A Soldier's Life Sample Audio
Added 2024-04-04 16:55:14 +0000 UTCHere is the sample audio for chapter 1 of A Soldier's Life. Same narrator as the podcast. Thoughts? Unfortunately, looking at the stupid contract with ACX, I can't post the completed audiobook here.
Comments
I am in the US and I WOULD LOVE A COPY!
Karnnie
2024-07-04 01:45:23 +0000 UTCYeah I still had e copies to hand out. You in US, Canada or UK?
Erick Thiemke
2024-07-04 01:16:43 +0000 UTCThere is an audiobook?
Karnnie
2024-07-04 00:58:00 +0000 UTCI haven't played the Witcher in a long time. I can't remember if his internal monologue was unemotive, but then his character in general was unemotive. I never played the other two titles.
Erick Thiemke
2024-04-04 17:59:33 +0000 UTCI agree, and i did not mind the setup for him, the reader has little perspective on how long he was in custody and he had at first no idea what was really going on, for all he knew until his journey to the training camp he could have had a fever dream from getting stuck in the cold. I think the reader/narrator does a good job, it is just my preference based on how the novel read, that as it is from the perspective from the MC, "first person" the way he narrates it does not suit the dramatized style in which words are often emphasized. Yes getting the listeners attion to what seem of importance is good, but due to it's nature as novel from the perspective of the character the emphasize seems out of place. Think of the inner monologue(which to me this novel always seemed to be). When we hear in a game the character narrating what he is seeing and hearing, unless there is a conclusion they are apathetic to the things in his/her perception it is just what the noticed, heard or were being told, they are not the reaction. Think of Geralt from the Witcher, Aloy in Horizon, Batman in the Arkham series etc. Like your and my thoughts they are without emphasis unless it is a conversation or the conclusion, the random thoughts to asses what is happening do rarely have emphasis, they just are. Agree or not, in my opinion that would seem more fitting to the way you write your novels. If the perspective was of an external observer, they would fit the samples' narration style more.
Otto Kovar
2024-04-04 17:55:01 +0000 UTCBesides feedback on certain voices, my only direction for him was to have the MC feel overwhelmed in the first few chapters. One of the criticisms from readers is the MC adapted too easily to his circumstances, so I was trying to get the feeling with the tone. after chapter 13, there should be a strong shift with the MC getting confidence in his new life (success in his first dungeon)
Erick Thiemke
2024-04-04 17:39:44 +0000 UTCAs far as i am concerened, the narrator is reading it a bit to "dramatized" and generally emphasizing many words that should have a bit more apathy or monotony attached. I think the best kind of narration for this novel would be like reading a report or diary and when in conversation the narrator can do what he did rather well, the conversations. Though I think the aristocrat was a bit too heavy he should probably have a more aloof tone just perkin up as Eryk was to make a decision. But the quality overall is good, the narrator has a firm voice when necessary.
Otto Kovar
2024-04-04 17:35:18 +0000 UTC
