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How to support podfic & podficcers!

I’ve seen a few “Here’s how to support writers” posts, so here’s one for your friendly neighbourhood podfic people! 

Podfic is more well-known these days, but in case you haven’t come across it: think of it as fan-made audiobooks for fic.

If you like podfic and would like to help the people who make it make more of it, here are a few easy tips and tricks:

How to support podficcers as a writer:

Post a permission statement somewhere public! That can be your AO3 profile, your tumblr bio, the tags of your works… Preferably all of the above! You don’t have to give “Blanket Permission,” it can be an “ask first but I’ll probably say yes” or an “leave a comment and I will decide on a case-by-case basis” statement. Or even a “Blanket no” statement, which will spare the podficcers the time and energy to track you down and ask you, only to be told no thank you. If you want to be asked, though, make sure you specify an up-to-date way to contact you.

Share the podfic! If someone makes podfic of your work, the most helpful thing you can do as a writer is share it: accept the related work notification and add the “podfic & podficced works” tag on AO3,  but especially share the link on Twitter, reblog the podficcer’s post, etc. You don’t have to rec the podfic or even listen if you don’t want to-it’s not expected of you! You don’t have to say anything but “Look, this exists!” Your audience as a writer is almost always much bigger than the podficcer’s own audience, so by sharing the post with your followers, you will help increase the podfic’s visibility and chances of getting feedback, which in turn will probably motivate the podficcer or inspire other podficcers to record more of your stories/your fandom.

How to support podficcers as a listener:

Give feedback! If you think writers get little reward for their efforts, oh boy do I have news for you about podficcers. There’s a bunch of reasons why it’s logistically harder to leave feedback on podfic (we’ve all downloaded and listened to something & then… forgot to come back….), and readers sometimes don’t know what to say. If you’re looking for inspiration or a place to start, here are some ideas for leaving podfic feedback: Podfic Feedback Toolbox by KLB, and some useful vocabulary to comment on podfic by yue_ix. Feedback on podfic is so rare that I guarantee you that every single kudos notification, comment, tweet, squeeing tags on a reblog, ask or nice AO3 bookmark is cherished forever.

Share the podfic and/or rec it! Maybe new people will be intrigued and give it a try, which will increase the demand, which will motivate your current podficcers and attract new ones, you know the drill.

In general, the more podfic-positive and responsive a fandom, the more podficcers will be attracted to it. So if you love podfic and would like there to be more… You know what you have to do :p

And if you’re new to the idea of podfic and don’t know where to start: There are more than 22,000 on AO3 right now, in a multitude of fandoms, ratings, lengths, voices and styles. You can usually stream them right on the page, and you can always download them to listen to later. It’s never been easier to have a fluffy ficlet keep you company while you do the dishes or to have someone tell you your favourite AU as a bedtime story.

And that’s it for me! Please share this post and feel free to add your own tips or ask questions if you have any. :D Thank you for reading!

#podfic #if someone comments on one of my podfics I stg I almost cry #also please please permission statements are like so good for everyone in fandom I implore all ao3 authors to create one #not sw

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#x #my family’s genetics are too god awful for either of these activities to not be massive risks to me #polls #not sw

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My bookbinding tools and stuff

I started binding in July 2023, so I'm certainly no expert, but in case you're interested in what I use to create my binds…

I use Adobe InDesign to typeset and Illustrator for graphics

I print on an old Canon laser printer for black and white and an Epson ET-3830 inkjet for color

I purchase my shortgrain paper from Church Paper (for folios) and the long grain paper I use for quartos is just whatever (nothing special)

I love my punching cradle and guide that I got off etsy.

I use this thread (that I wax with beeswax) for sewing signatures

I love this cardstock for endpapers (Craft Consortium ink drops)

I like this bookboard (in black specifically)

I use these tools for spacing and squaring when creating covers

Everything gets stuck together with this glue. (GET THE POINTY TOP!)

I have an old Silhouette Cameo for cutting vinyl and applying foil to bookcloth (with this pen)

I use this foil quill for freehanding

I apply laser toner foil with this Scotch laminator

I have a thermal binding machine from Amazon and I use these glue strips with it

I have this guillotine (but I don't recommend black for visibility reasons)

I have purchased bookcloth from Hollander's, Colophon, and Amazon

Get this head and bond if you want to make your own bookcloth

I make ribbon bookmarks with charms like these and these crimps.

I get positive feedback and help and kindness from @renegadeguild

Caveat: These are just the tools and supplies I use. I am not an expert. I'm a hobbyist who is relatively new to it. Some of the things I use might be "wrong" but every book I've made works, so who cares?

If you want to see what it looks like when I bind something, here's a short video.

#incredible resource thank you op #SHORT GRAIN PRINTER PAPER THAAANKK YOUUY #not sw #bookbinding #art tag

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Boat-billed Heron (Cochlearius

cochlearius) in Costa Rica

by Stephen Powell.

#birbs #flora and fauna #not sw

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#18% don’t know what a podfic is…..sad #low key hate how niche it is in fandom as a podficcer but also yk I get it #podfic #not sw

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everyone shut the fuck up and look at lil nas x and the wiggles

#HELLLLLL FUCKING YEEEEEAAAAAAAAH #the wiggles #lil nas x #not sw

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You have to recognize your capacity for harm. You cannot omit the harm you've done to others to remain "good." Anybody can be a bigot. Anyone can be an abuser. Anyone can harm anyone at any time even those who have been harmed themselves. The world is not made up of victims and villains only, this is life, not a Saturday morning cartoon and you are a human being who can or maybe even has hurt others and you HAVE to acknowledge that to learn to be better.

#you will fuck up #you will say or do some shitty ass bigoted things #you will at one point fuck over someone who didn’t deserve it #it will happen #it will suck #you will move on and continue to grow #not sw

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you can’t support autistic people and support the police. No amount of paint jobs or sensitivity training can stop police from killing with impunity

#this is in sickeningly bad taste Jesus #us poltics #not sw

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re: that last post, ive said it before and ill say it again: no one deserves to die (deserving is fake and death is bad) but some people need to be stopped and choose to make death the only way to stop them

#any political opinion based on a gut feeling of disgust needs to be deeply scrutinised #you are not immune to the reactionary knee jerk gag reflex #not sw #us politics #tw pedophila mention #tw sexual assult

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Be a good kitten or I’ll disable your duplex setting

Finding exiting new ways to plead, bargain and/or threaten my printer rn

#nsfw ish #please just print my sewing pattern boy #not sw

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Finding exiting new ways to plead, bargain and/or threaten my printer rn

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#I THINK I met someone named Mara jade #did not confirm if that was a coincidence or if her parents were big into Luke’s legends wife #polls

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Hey everyone, please consider buying the 2024 itch.io Palestinian Relief Bundle- it's 373 games, game-making assets, tabletop roleplaying games, zines, and comics for a minimum of just 8 USD! They have a goal of 100,000 USD, and as of the time I'm writing this post, they have 8 more days to reach it.

Link will be in the reblog!

#itch.io #free palestine #not sw #world politics

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We don’t tie up our thobe sleeves the way we used to anymore. A shame

#history posting #not sw #I FUCKING LOVE TIED UP SLEEVES I LOVE WORKING CLASS PRACTICAL HISTORICAL FASHIOOOON

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Sketchbook - Minoan and Mycenaean Art serie

#history posting #art tag #not sw

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Realized I never posted the unuki hoodie I had to paint for class last year!

#THIS GOES SO FUCKING HARD!!!! #ugh now I really wanna make my own #not sw #the summer hikaru died

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hey hey hey

Assigning you a song that makes white people go nuts (from experience)

#bring me to life by evanescence #I blame this on my taek teacher using that song as a bo staff form backbeat #music tag #not sw