Sign-up for Chapters 4 & 6

[ex-lbilover.livejournal.com]

It's that time again! This round of Reading LOTR Aloud will work a little differently. I've been counting up chapter pages, and Chapter 4 is a very short one at only 12 pages, as are most of the following chapters up until 'The Council of Elrond' (which is a whopping 32 pages long and will present a different challenge!) Tolkien clearly wasn't consistent with his chapter lengths, lol!

Because of the shortness of the upcoming chapters, my fellow mods and I have decided it would make more sense to do two chapters at once rather than severely limit the number of participants or give each person only a few paragraphs to read.

When I did a trial run of this project a while ago, the chapter we read was Chapter 5, A Conspiracy Unmasked. For that reason, we will be skipping over Chapter 5 and instead read Chapters 4 & 6. (I will post links to the previous reading of Chapter 5 when we are done with this month's readings.)

I hope this is as clear as mud! :)

Ideally, it would be great to have 20 readers, 10 for each chapter, without duplication if possible so everyone has a chance to participate. In signing up, if you have a preference for either Chapter 4, A Short Cut to Mushrooms, or Chapter 6, The Old Forest, please let me know. I will do my best to accommodate everyone's requests. If you don't have a preference, I'll randomly assign a section to you.

Additionally, if you are one of those brave souls who doesn't mind reading a bit of poetry or singing a song, let me know! I already have the names of a couple of people who are willing to do this, but it's helpful to know in advance who else is game for the challenge! :)

So, sign-ups will run from today until next Monday, January 19th. You will then have a week to practice and the actual readings will begin on January 26th.

I'm really looking forward to another reading!! Yay! :D

ETA: we have a full complement of readers! Thank you all so much!

Comments

[ex-lbilover.livejournal.com]

It's not hard to do a voice post. If you go to the user info page for this community, you'll find a link to the FAQ that explains how to do it. It's really very simple to set up.

I'm so happy you're going to give it a go! Yay!!

Thanks for offering to do poetry singing- not everyone (like me) is comfortable with that. And I can guarantee that you will get some Smeagol when the time comes. *g*

[ex-lbilover.livejournal.com]

Yay! I'm so glad you're participating again. There are definitely open slots left.

[ex-lbilover.livejournal.com]

Okay, I promise, no poetic hippies hey dilly dilly-o. :))

I'm so glad you're signing up again!!

[http://users.livejournal.com/tweedle_/]

I'd love to participate again and don't mind what I read but singing is out of the question. *shudders at the thought* :)

[ex-lbilover.livejournal.com]

LOL! Okay, no singing! And yay, I'm glad you're signing up again!

And btw, how did you do your reading for the last chapter since voice posting wouldn't work for you? The Gizmo service that LJ had is no longer functional and I'm looking for alternatives to offer people who don't live in the U.S.

[claudia603.livejournal.com]

I am okay with either/or! :) I'd love to join in again! And hahaha, as you know, I don't mind the singing bit! :D

[ex-lbilover.livejournal.com]

Hehe, I'm counting on you for singing. You did such a fab job with your first attempt!

And yay! Thanks for signing on again!!

[http://users.livejournal.com/tweedle_/]

I used www.box.net. It's free up to a 1 GB of storage space and them you'd have to sign up for a paid account. The bit I recorded was 2.9 mg so I still have a way to go. :) You need to make the recording on your PC/laptop. I saved it as an MP3 and just uploaded it to box.net and shared it. I can see that 27 people have listened and 1 person has downloaded it. If you want to be able to password protect your file you would need a paid account as well, which if I was going to post an alternative version, I think I might want to. If you have any other questions I'd be pleased to help but I've only used it the once so am by no means an expert. :)

There is also this site http://audiofic.jinjurly.com/ that hosts audio fics by request. They might well host it for you. There is a contact on the home page. This might well be a long term solution.

[bjtp.livejournal.com]

Oh no!! D:

Do let me know how Tweedle managed to get her post up.. maybe I could just record it onto the Mac and upload it from there... hmm.

[ex-lbilover.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for this info! It's very helpful. I've contacted LJ tech support innumerable times to ask them when the problem with non-U.S. voice post numbers will be resolved and they continue to blow me off. I suspect it will never be resolved.

[ex-lbilover.livejournal.com]

Yes, LJ just up and dumped the service without even telling anyone. Typical!

Check Tweedle's comment below! She uses a site called box.net. Looks like that would work well for you.

[bjtp.livejournal.com]

Thanks Ellen! I just need to work out how to record onto something on the Mac! Its all so new to me!

[addie71.livejournal.com]

Hey there! I'm game to do this again if you still need more. No poetry or songs if possible please? Thanks!

[baranduin.livejournal.com]

Count me in if there's still space available! My preference is The Old Forest but either is fine of course!

[arcadiaego.livejournal.com]

If there's still space I'm up for reading again. :) And as I've said to you before I'll do singing or poetry if required. I'd prefer The Old Forest but either is fine really.

[ex-lbilover.livejournal.com]

Yay! Yes, we still need people and I promise not to give you poetry or songs. I'm so glad you are participating again! :)

[ex-lbilover.livejournal.com]

There is still space, and I can definitely give you part of The Old Forest. Yay, I'm very happy you're participating again!

[ex-lbilover.livejournal.com]

Oh good! I'm glad you're signing up again! It shouldn't be a problem to give you a section of The Old Forest, and I've got you down as one of my singing/poetry readers! Thanks!

[ex-lbilover.livejournal.com]

I think you can use the Garageband program to record your part and then upload it.

[arcadiaego.livejournal.com]

I always worry I've missed the boat because I come to the threads late due to time zones or something. But hurrah! I am so enjoying hearing everyone's readings each time. :)

[ex-lbilover.livejournal.com]

Well so far, we haven't yet reached the 20 reader limit for any of the chapters, so don't worry too much.

I'm glad you're enjoying it! I'm just thrilled with the level of participation and how wonderfully everyone reads their parts. :D:D:D

[lavendertook.livejournal.com]

I just looked over the faq. I'm not going to be able to do it. I don't know a thing about mp3's and using sound on my computer. I thought you could do it by telephone, but apparently not. Ah well.

[ex-lbilover.livejournal.com]

Oh no no, it *is* done by the telephone. Go here: http://www.livejournal.com/manage/voicepost.bml

All you have to do is plug in your phone number and choose a pin number. Be sure to turn auto-transcription off (as it will give a terribly garbled transcription of your post if you don't). Then when it's time to do your post, click on where it says 'You can voice post by calling one of the access numbers' and you will see the list of phone numbers to call. (Toll free, btw.) When you make your call, just follow the prompts. It's quite easy!

[grey-wonderer.livejournal.com]

I'm glad to know that the dogs will be safe. Thanks for understanding. You've made lots of dogs feel safe tonight!

[bjtp.livejournal.com]

Thanks hun! You've managed to work everything out for me, while I've just kicked back and relaxed! lol.