something about this just makes me feel old.
i mentioned mark z. danielewski's upcoming novel only revolutions yesterday, but i'd been purposely keeping myself in the dark as to any specifics plot-wise. curiosity got the best of me and i looked at the publisher's catalog entry.perpetual summer, allways sixteen? this is a beautiful concept. but beyond that, here's an extension, an interactive flavour to the book that i'm positively swooning over: the or audio project. danielewski is accepting audio submissions from guys and gals reading selected passages.
quoth the z:
"You are invited to submit by July 4thpatty and i actually got into a semi-heated argument about this today, she suddenly insisting that i should send one in. what? me? with the terrible, annoying voice? there's that certain element of a mother's overconfidence and irrational reverence for her child, but she was downright insisting for a while there. "you're your own harshest critic, you know. i've never seen anyone with such a low opinion of their own abilities," she was saying. i hadn't even expressed interest in actively participating beyond informing others, just saying that i thought it was a great idea-- but suddenly, whoa, the world has opened up in marvelous vistas of cascading potential and her son will henceforth be a celebrated voice actor!
ONE (1) AUDIO TRACK
of yourself reading a passage from Only Revolutions.
Why?
For starters, all the good ones will go up on the website. For finishers, if you’re really good, and we mean really really good, you may be asked in July to play either Sam or Hailey for the Full Length Audio Version of Only Revolutions due out September 12.
ALL ACCENTS WELCOME!"
so, anyway, i probably won't be doing it.
but you? (i'm looking in ashley's general direction) other people? you totally should.
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Hypothetically...how would one go about making and sending a voice recording? I have a feeling a computer comes into play somewhere.
you're an idiot, and your mother has a point. nike thinks you should just do it.
i don't know much about it, but they're discussing it on the forums over there. this guy seemed to have a bit of advice. advice involving a computer.