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What is Podfic Bingo?
When you sign up for Podfic Bingo, you'll be given a bingo card with a number of podficcing challenges on it. The point is to push you to try different things when podficcing. Maybe push you out of your comfort zone and to try different styles in a safe learning environment. If you've always wanted to try something different when podficcing, this comm can be your excuse!

You'll have till the end of the year to work on your card.

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There are so many people out there that have never heard of podfic or only vaguely know what it is. This comm is designed to spread awareness of podfic and help us share our love with others.

How are we going to do this? For one week (November 7-13) every day there will be a topic to talk about regarding podfic. But! We're not just going to talk about podfic, to help spread awareness we're going to make stuff!

You can make whatever you'd like, it can be a podfic of course but it doesn't have to have anything to do with podfic. It could be a fic, art, icons, pic spam, meta, rec list, vid, anything you'd like! Feel free to get creative in whatever it is you do or would like to do.

Note: As everyone has probably noticed LJ is being a pain in the butt about posting anything (or even showing up at times) due to a DDoS attack. I highly encourage people to leave their comments over at the Dreamwidth post instead, since it's working. You can sign in using open ID and your LJ name if you don't have a Dreamwidth account.

Yesterday Tuesday was our last day posting reveals for pod_together. We had 41 projects turned in by 73 talented people in 31 different fandoms.

You all are awesome!

We'd like to send thanks to everyone who took part in this challenge! To participants, especially pinch hitters and those who took on more than one project. To all who helped spread the word about this comm, or who helped out in other ways such as cheerleaders, betas and readers/listeners of the final projects. To Amelia at AO3 for helping us get set up over there, providing us with invites and making sure that streaming was available on time for reveals. And to lazigyrl who put in time when she was super busy to help with some things on the website (which none of you saw but we still appreciated).

It was so exciting for us to see all the finished projects, and to see how authors and podficcers alike experimented and pushed boundaries to take full advantage of this challenge. You can see all our works here. It's been amazing, and we hope to see you back next year for round 2!

And with that, we'd like to open the comments up to you. We'd love for people to talk about their experiences and share their observations, kind of like a mini DVD commentary for your project. What went well? What did you find challenging? What surprised you? Did you change up your usual creative process for your project? What are your thoughts on author/podficcer collaborations after this experience, and do you have plans/hopes/ideas for future collaborations?


Love,

Mods

The podfic links posted on AO3 lead directly to the file, so please be sure to right-click (control click for Macs) and save to download the files.

Once your project has been revealed, you are welcome to crosspost wherever you would like.

The Highest Heights And The Wildest Fights (Supernatural)
Created by blackbyrdy (podficcer) and trinipedia (author)
9955 words/ 1:14:29
Summary: He had always loved to write; it was the first thing that came to his mind when he was frustrated, tired or stressed. It was an outlet of sorts; like Dean had sex, Sam had writing.

Identity Crisis (Stagate Atlantis)
Created by bessyboo (podficcer) and busaikko (author)
1451 words/ 9:18
Summary: Rodney, the wrong John, and the right John.


And a Party Favor!
A Quiet Beginning (Harry Potter)
Created by fire_juggler (podficcer) and starduchess (author)
1033 words/ 8:19
Summary: After the battle, Severus awoke to bubbling cauldrons and unmistakable green eyes.

The podfic links posted on AO3 lead directly to the file, so please be sure to right-click (control click for Macs) and save to download the files :)

Once your project has been revealed, you are welcome to crosspost wherever you would like.

We're All Mad Here (Stargate SG-1)
Created by staranise (author) and tsuki_no_bara (podficcer)
1035 words/ 8:13
Summary: Not all the SGC's psychologists are stupid.

When Life Gives You Apples (Discworld)
Created by miss_s_b (podficcer) and roga (author)
3700 words/ 23:26
Summary: Wherein a new piece of technogoly comes to the Disc, and the witches deal with birds, imps, and unfortunate rhymes.

On Pins And Needles (Bandom)
Created by canadasuperhero (podficcer) and dancinbutterfly (author)
5362 words/ 37:17
Summary: Gerard watches the door to Riot Squad Tattoos twice a day, every weekday as he takes his cigarette breaks. He doesn't go inside until his shop's been open for more than a year but that's not his fault. He has a thing about needles. Also, he's not the best with people.

There have been some last minute changes going on, so there are only 2 reveals today and the projects are a bit different from the schedule.

The podfic links posted on AO3 lead directly to the file, so please be sure to right-click (control click for Macs) and save to download the files.

Once your project has been revealed, you are welcome to crosspost wherever you would like.

Time and Relative Perspectives in Space (Doctor Who, Supernatural)
Created by cantarina1 (podficcer) and moragmacpherson (author), nickelmountain (podficcer) and weimar27 (podficcer)
4708 words/ 24:52
Summary: Tall Tales four years later. With an unearthly twist.

Elves Love Snakeskin Leather Boots (American Idol)
Created by house_of_lantis (author) and paraka (podficcer)
9321 words/ 1:04:41
Summary: Kris makes handmade leather shoes but his business isn’t going well. If he doesn’t find a way to sell his shoes, he’s going to lose everything. Until one night, when he receives special help in the form of a mysterious and naked elf.

The podfic links posted on AO3 lead directly to the file, so please be sure to right-click (control click for Macs) and save to download the files.

Once your project has been revealed, you are welcome to crosspost wherever you would like.

Pilot (Stargate Atlantis/The Social Network)
Created by novembersmith (author) and thisissirius (podficcer)
6145 words/ 33:03
Summary: The first time Mark meets Eduardo Saverin, he’s not really paying attention. On top of the project proposals he keeps mocking up and Erica keeps shooting down, the red-tape the military keeps mummifying the science department in, and the overwhelming rush of adrenaline that comes from the knowledge that in three weeks, he'll be leaving the Milky Way galaxy, he also has to worry about his underlings staging a mutiny.

In the face of all the things going on in Mark's head, meeting one Air Force major doesn't register, much.

A story set in modern times, about something that’s so much older (Glee)
Created by parsnips (author) and podklb (podficcer)
1281 words/ 9:53
Summary: A bedtime story. Set in the same universe as the Crazy Boys in Love series.

Handle With Care (Harry Potter)
Created by khasael (author) and laeathearcher (podficcer)
1023 words/ 6:26
Summary: It's hard to help him come back together but he does it every month. Some would see it as a curse, but Sirius knows it is a blessing.

The podfic links posted on AO3 lead directly to the file, so please be sure to right-click (control click for Macs) and save to download the files.

Once your project has been revealed, you are welcome to crosspost wherever you would like.

Another Bedtime Story (Supernatural)
Created by palpable_notion (author) and weimar27 (podficcer)
1031 words/ 6:35
Summary: A mother tells her children a bedtime story about the awful Winchester brothers.

Proof (Bandom, My Chemical Romance)
Created by desfinado (author) and shiningartifact (podficcer)
6419 words/ 40:00
Summary: Frank won't stop taking pictures in the studio while the band records their new album.

Unexpected Happily Ever Afters (Princess Bride)
Created by cantarina1 (podficcer) and somnolentblue (author)
4838 words/ 34:05
Summary: Wherein a farm girl becomes a queen.

The podfic links posted on AO3 lead directly to the file, so please be sure to right-click (control click for Macs) and save to download the files :)

Once your project has been revealed, you are welcome to crosspost wherever you would like.

Smitten (Stargate Atlantis)
Created by juniperphoenix (podficcer) and smallearthcat (author)
5162 words/ 29:08
Summary: A little bit of Lucius Lavin's drug goes a long way. John finds out just how far. Episode tag to Irresistible.

L.A. Burning (Adam Lambert RPF)
Created by jenepel (podficcer) and prairiegirl116 (author)
951 words/ 6:26
Summary: A sweet little amuse bouche glancing into the lives of Adam Lambert and Sauli Koskinen.

Map Quest (Merlin/Rapunzel)
Created by aphelant (author) andpennyplainknits (podficcer)
4394 words/ 25:43
Summary: "Wait, wait, let me get this straight -- you crossed the border from Camelot, risking all out war with Escetia, just to rescue me?"

"No!" Arthur yelled, and the villagers leaned away from him warily. He rubbed the back of his neck and blew out an exasperated breath. "No. I was just tired of Cenred ignoring all of his border towns," he explained, "and I was tired of telling my father that someone had to protect the abandoned villagers and rescue the captured ladies, and I traveled all the way here to rescue Rapunzel, whom I thought was a lady, but instead I found you."
"That's so romantic," a bloke in the back sighed, and the villagers all nodded dreamily.

The podfic links posted on AO3 lead directly to the file, so please be sure to right-click (control click for Macs) and save to download the files.

Once your project has been revealed, you are welcome to crosspost wherever you would like.

Je te veux (Inception)
Created by pennyplainknits (podficcer), toomuchplor (author) and xenakis (editor and illustrator)
6384 words/ 45:15
Summary: The story of ‘happily ever after.’

Vancouver (Bandom)
Created by escherzo (podficcer) and mistresscurvy (author)
1438 words/ 7:57
Summary: They've only been back in North America for forty-eight hours, the jetlag still intense and disorienting as fuck, his brain still stuck on Paris time. They probably should have just gone back to the hotel after tonight's concert, should have left right after their set without sticking around for Blink to finish up and forced their bodies to accept that it's time to be going to sleep rather than time to be getting up, but then someone mentioned a bonfire under the stars and it was all over.

A Girl's Guide to Open Heart Surgery (Jennifer's Body)
Created by novembersmith (author) and swiiftly (podficcer)
2655 words/ 16:00
Summary: The heart wants what the heart wants.