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Hi Lynette,
I've uploaded The Hotel Child tonight here for PL https://upload.legamus.eu/simple/files/ ... gerald.mp3

36 stories left to read

Hello there

Sections 34 and 73, "One Trip Abroad," is PL OK for both parts 1 and 2.

PL Note: Section 35, "A Hotel Child," is very nice, except there is about a ten-second silence between the intro and the story.


Spot-work on some of the divided stories:

PL Note: Section 2, "Dice, Brass Knuckles, & Guitar, part 1" - at 0:23, it seems there should be a "Part 1" after the chapter name, and the existing intro sounds really smushed into the beginning of the actual story. Similarly, the ending sounds smushed into the end of the story at 23:54.

Section 74, "Dice, brass Knuckles, & Guitar, part 2" is PL OK

PL Note: Section 11, "Jacob's Ladder, part 1" - is still the full Jacob's Ladder story.

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For what it's worth as a listener, if they fit in the time constraint, it's much better with these short stories to have them whole. I wasn't sure why the need arose to divide them, though, so perhaps I missed something operational.

It seems to me that someone who initially set this up as a group project divided long stories for unknown readers, not knowing if they would fit in the time, and perhaps also anticipating having difficulty getting people to volunteer for the long ones in one shot.

Maybe it's a pain, but will it be nicer to revert to the original whole-story files? Whatever you prefer, Adrian, I'm happy to do the spot-PL stuff. I'll be back for the others on another session. This snowstorm is starting up a migraine for me.

Viktor wrote: Fri 24. Jan 2025, 01:27 Hello Adrian,
I assume these Pat Hobby stories are OK from a copyright point of view (that is, the only author is Fitzgerald). I don't see any information to the contrary. Then it's completely up to you! If you want to read them, I can do the word counts.

I prefer the whole stories myself. Is that okay with you Viktor if we revert to whole stories apart from the one that was very long?

Yes, sure!

Cool. I've pulled all the spot-PLs to double-check when I have a longer moment.

LCaulkins wrote: Thu 20. Feb 2025, 16:44 Cool. I've pulled all the spot-PLs to double-check when I have a longer moment.

Lynette, sorry I forgot to say I have done all that in an email, but you've picked it up anyway. Thanks so much for your application

There it is! Everything in the MW is PL OK now

brilliant, thanks

Hi Lynette,
I've uploaded Babylon Revisited https://upload.legamus.eu/simple/files/ ... gerald.mp3
and A New Leaf https://upload.legamus.eu/simple/files/ ... gerald.mp3 for PL

35 stories left to PL, 34 stories left to read

Lynette,
I have uploaded story Emotional Bankruptcy for PL https://upload.legamus.eu/simple/files/ ... gerald.mp3

36 stories left to PL, 33 stories left to read

Section 36, "Babylon Revisited" is PL OK

Dude needs to just get a lawyer.

hi Lynette, I really can't remember the story now it's so long ago since I read it! Anyway your proofreading has prompted me to say it's been awhile since I did some reading, life getting in the way, but I'll get back to it today. Watch this space

(That was the one where the sister wouldn't let him get his kid back)

Section 37, "A New Leaf" is PL OK

ah… I think your solution might have been too prosaic for Francis

On Section 38, "Emotional Bankruptcy," there is a repeated portion where it sounds like a voice notification had intruded - at 6:01-6:12.

While you're there, it might be nice to amplify the volume of the first part of the recording from the beginning to that point.

oops. i'll fix that

I think it was that darned lady virtual assistant … fixed

Hi Lynette, I've just uploaded story 39 "A Freeze Out”. Good luck! https://upload.legamus.eu/simple/files/ ... gerald.mp3.

Hey, Adrian,

Pulling the current sections 38 and 39 from the MW, 38 holds the old file and 39 holds the fixed-38 file.

On the fixed file, at 6:01, if you'd like to add a little more pause between those sentences, the "Martin Munn, Lillian's escort..." won't sound smushed against the sentence ahead of it. (Since you'll be messing with the files, anyway )

Hi Lynette,
Would you try them both again please 38 and 39?