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I don't use levelator, but if you try upping the mic gain (or simply talking louder) you might avoid it having to raise the volume (and thus the background noise) as much.
yesterday
I use Adobe Audition. It's about a $400 price tag, but the the concepts of using equalizers to bring up vocal frequencies and high/low pass filters to remove extreme wavelengths can be applied from most audio programs. Just be careful of overdoing i…
yesterday
I haven't heard your other takes, just to clarify, but I can comment on this one. You probably want to get rid of some of the noise behind your voice. This may be caused by normalizing the volume too high....it sounds a lot better about 6dB softer b…
yesterday
In addition to a pop filter, I tend to have my mic not straight in front of my mouth, but swung about 45 degrees so my breath generated wind is unlikely to interact with the mic. I also tend to try to use the following distance trick I've pick up fr…
January 24
I'll be sure to post anything interesting that I might figure out.
January 19
Actually, I recently asked Scribe to voice a character for me, so I should be able to work from a raw recording and help find the optimal noise reduction process for her setup. Don't be discouraged, Scribe! You read very well. The technical stuff i…
January 18
I would even say to finish the full production before releasing any of it (especially if it is your first book). But I also think doing a practice run on the production of a rough 1st chapter is a good idea. It can help you in a number of ways. You…
December 31, 2009
I'm no seasoned veteran, but having written a lot more 1st chapters than 3rd chapters in my life I can say two things for certain: 1)If you have a bunch of characters but no story clear story to tell, your story will likely feel aimless and be very…
December 28, 2009
I get the bulk of my writing done between 1-3 AM while in bed. My slate is always full, and this is the bast way to get writing done every day. I tend to fall asleep dreaming of the next plot direction to take. While I like to write on a computer, a…
December 28, 2009
Awesome! I'm always amazed at how many writers "write" their stories (pen and paper). I tend to grip the pen too tight and cramp my hand just filling out job application forms. ;) Keep it up!
December 28, 2009
Bryan Lincoln added a blog post
I'm at 61k words now on my rough draft of my novel. That is 21 chapters. 22 is written too, but I only count the words I've typed up, and I do pen on paper writing. I just have the last arc to do, probably putting me at about 30 chapters and 90k wor…
December 27, 2009
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December 27, 2009
Had a listen today. Good job! Fun story.
December 10, 2009
Congrats! I'll definitely give it a listen.
December 9, 2009
I can hear the voice clips Nathan mentions in a few places. Careful about raising the amplitude if you have a lot of dynamic range. Try compressing it first if you have to bring up the low stuff (whispers and the like) It's not terrible though; I do…
December 6, 2009
In case you want to hear a finished example, check out the latest story on http://www.dunesteef.com The story is called "His Poisoner" by Sean Eads. Thanks to Abbie Hilton for pointing me in their direction (through the podiobooks community, no less…
December 1, 2009

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How many podiobooks are in your subscription sets?
2 - 3
How do you listen to your podiobooks?
I change the frequency depending on the title
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"The rhythm is broken by continuous illumination, continuous darkness, or by decapitation." M.Morita and J.B.Best. The Journal of Experimental Zoology. 231: 273-282 (1984)
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The Fox
Brave Men Run
Antithesis
Call of the Herald
Infected
Murder at Avedon Hill
Weather Child
The Prophet of Panamindorah

In Progress (and liking):

The Leviathan Chronicles (not on podiobooks, but worth mentioning)

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updated word count

I'm at 61k words now on my rough draft of my novel. That is 21 chapters. 22 is written too, but I only count the words I've typed up, and I do pen on paper writing. I just have the last arc to do, probably putting me at about 30 chapters and 90k words at the end. I've also been doing a second draft as my alpha reader (who will be co-directing the audio production) gives feedback. We've discussed 12 chapters so far at a rate of 1 per week. I foresee 2 more passes over the draft, one focused on pl… Continue

Posted on December 27, 2009 at 10:48pm — 2 Comments

Bryan Lincoln

Word count update

I'm up to 25K words. Thought I would be further, but I've really been on a pace of a page or two per night. With writing as a hobby on the side of a full time career, I can't accelerate too much without hurting my real responsibilities, but I'm pretty encouraged as I know how it all wraps up, and I think I won't be over my goal of 70-90K words. Have gotten good feedback from the one person I've let read it so far. The first chapter audio attempt was a healthy learning experience...might try anot… Continue

Posted on June 28, 2009 at 6:12pm — 2 Comments

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My first production attempt

Ok, hopefully this upload worked. Here's my first attempt at producing a chapter. A few things of note:

1)Produced in audacity. Considering a software upgrade. Thoughts? Suggestions?

2)The voice actors in this trial run got one take with little direction and partial scripts. They're all creative people who are learning right along with me, and are still developing their characters for themselves, so please keep that in mind. They also had varying hardware to record on and background noise issu… Continue

Posted on May 13, 2009 at 10:07am — 8 Comments

Bryan Lincoln

New Author Update

A few updates have failed to appear, but maybe it was the network I was on. Hoping for better luck here....

I'm still writing the first draft. Long way to go still, but I like where things are right now. I'm porting into ywriter. I want to avoid Word, and this program helps me to organize a bit of backstory as well as helping focus on the qulity of each individual scene. And it was free, which is good.

I have 11-12K words in it now. That's 4 chapters, each with room to add a bit in the second… Continue

Posted on March 29, 2009 at 8:56pm —

Bryan Lincoln

Going strong...

This week, I've managed to further solidify the main plot in my head and push the word count to the 8-9K range. I'm being very careful about spending too much time forcing in desrciptive details in my first draft; I'm thinking of the first draft as the skeleton of the story. It will need to be filled out with a second pass before anyone reads it critically.

I'm finding a need to solidify some biological details for the species represented in my story (human-like but not human) in order to deriv… Continue

Posted on February 21, 2009 at 2:30pm —

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At 2:29pm on June 22, 2009, Brian Rollins said…
Writing. Yeah...that.

I should be writing....

Really. I've gotten behind in other stuff and really hooked on Atlas Shrugged (63 hour audiobook!) Maybe I should put it down for a bit and focus on getting a chapter or two done. Thanks for the prodding.
At 3:06pm on June 19, 2009, Jeffrey A. Carver said…
Ah--I've wondered if it might be something like that. Since I just got your msg, I think that might be the answer.
At 6:22pm on May 6, 2009, Brian Rollins said…
Thank you for taking the time to read my sample chapter and commenting!

You sir, rock!
At 7:55am on April 17, 2009, Bryan Lincoln said…
I'm about 15 thousand words in. It can be slow going. I'm a scientist professionally, and that involves sometimes long hours 7 days a week. It also involves its own writing obligations (I'm not published in the fiction realm, but my scientific publication list is a couple pages long). I'm not looking for critique just yet, mainly because in my drive to finish, I'm making notes in earlier sections rather than editing, and I'm skipping some descriptive detail for now when it slows me down too much. What that means is that I will definitely want to do a 1st edit of the completed work before looking for readers and advice. While I'm anxious to get to that point, I know I have months of work to fit in first.

Most of my feedback so far has been from the other 3 members of the Iocaine Project, all of whom will be doing major voice parts for the story. My younger brother is an aspiring writer and asks a lot of good questions. I'll probably take a practice run at producing a scene to get a feel for what does and doesn't work audibly since that will influence my writing. I made my first promo last night (just for fun and motivation) and it was a blast.
At 6:48am on April 17, 2009, Arlene Radasky said…
I listen to your The Iocaine Project podcasts and enjoy them.

So, you are starting a book! And it sounds like you are doing well on it! congratulations! Do you have critiquers to help you along as you write?

If you have questions, I am not an expert, but if I can't answer, maybe i could point you in the right direction.

Hard work, this writing stuff! LOL
At 8:50pm on February 23, 2009, Emerian Rich said…
Welcome Bryan!
 
 

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