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kaixotl;dr - Writers with BP, if you really want experienced Transformative Artists to do your work vs those of us who are learning, please post it on your BP. This is to avoid disappointment from both sides, thank you!
As a follow up to the last paragraph in this post . Long story short, I did a podfic of a fic wherein the author gave BP. At first, the author left a comment (it was encouraging, not necessarily complimentary, but didn’t need to be), and on a revisit (because I got word that a link to the podfic was borked), and I came back to find that the writer deleted their comment on the podfic.
I won’t lie, the podfic was one of the first ones that I did.
Its seams are there to hear, but I really tried, you know? From the language (not my L1), to the pacing, and the effort of working through the vagaries of GarageBand, edits, having it available in two formats (three, including direct streaming), plus cover art. On reflection I’m annoyed about it, because it took effort.
I’d have rather the writer not say anything at all than say something and then delete the comment. Or I’d have the writer be highly critical of the effort (and ask to be Alan Smitheed) than be passive aggressive.
Yes, I get the writer’s disappointment, I do. You put up BP and are expecting art - and not get the result that you like. It be like that sometimes.
Still, that is a dick move.
I’m tempted to contact the writer and ask her to please state on her BP that she’d prefer highly skilled transformative artists to attempt her work on BP. Or to do like some BNFs and use the ‘and ask’ option as a way for people to audition to do their work, in order to save the rest of us stragglers a lot of time.
Again, I won’t take down the work, because it’s done.
I’ve gone through the trouble of recording, processing, making it available in TWO formats in addition to streaming, plus cover art and hosting in the limited acreage of my Dropbox and SoundCloud account. So even if the work doesn’t suit, at least appreciate the effort. Or just… be polite enough to ignore it, tbh.
It’s not the... deletion of comment that gets me, I guess? Although it seems like it. It’s the disregard for the work that’s been shown, and the sneer at the effort made. Ugh, writers, you can’t have everything your own way.
As a result, I shan’t be touching their work again.
As a follow up to the last paragraph in this post . Long story short, I did a podfic of a fic wherein the author gave BP. At first, the author left a comment (it was encouraging, not necessarily complimentary, but didn’t need to be), and on a revisit (because I got word that a link to the podfic was borked), and I came back to find that the writer deleted their comment on the podfic.
I won’t lie, the podfic was one of the first ones that I did.
Its seams are there to hear, but I really tried, you know? From the language (not my L1), to the pacing, and the effort of working through the vagaries of GarageBand, edits, having it available in two formats (three, including direct streaming), plus cover art. On reflection I’m annoyed about it, because it took effort.
I’d have rather the writer not say anything at all than say something and then delete the comment. Or I’d have the writer be highly critical of the effort (and ask to be Alan Smitheed) than be passive aggressive.
Yes, I get the writer’s disappointment, I do. You put up BP and are expecting art - and not get the result that you like. It be like that sometimes.
Still, that is a dick move.
I’m tempted to contact the writer and ask her to please state on her BP that she’d prefer highly skilled transformative artists to attempt her work on BP. Or to do like some BNFs and use the ‘and ask’ option as a way for people to audition to do their work, in order to save the rest of us stragglers a lot of time.
Again, I won’t take down the work, because it’s done.
I’ve gone through the trouble of recording, processing, making it available in TWO formats in addition to streaming, plus cover art and hosting in the limited acreage of my Dropbox and SoundCloud account. So even if the work doesn’t suit, at least appreciate the effort. Or just… be polite enough to ignore it, tbh.
It’s not the... deletion of comment that gets me, I guess? Although it seems like it. It’s the disregard for the work that’s been shown, and the sneer at the effort made. Ugh, writers, you can’t have everything your own way.
As a result, I shan’t be touching their work again.
