COMPLETE In Pawn, by Ellis Parker Butler - icequeen

DaleBarkley · Post by **DaleBarkley** » May 18th, 2022, 2:40 pm

Chapter 2 is ready for PL

vviera · Post by **vviera** » May 18th, 2022, 5:54 pm

DaleBarkley wrote: ↑May 18th, 2022, 2:40 pm Chapter 2 is ready for PL

PL OK. Poor kid.

Next time I'm ticked off though, I'm going to send someone to Hail Columbia. Loved that.

DaleBarkley · Post by **DaleBarkley** » May 18th, 2022, 6:04 pm

vviera wrote: ↑May 18th, 2022, 5:54 pm
DaleBarkley wrote: ↑May 18th, 2022, 2:40 pm Chapter 2 is ready for PL
PL OK. Poor kid.

Next time I'm ticked off though, I'm going to send someone to Hail Columbia. Loved that.

Yes indeed! More to come soon....

DaleBarkley · Post by **DaleBarkley** » May 19th, 2022, 2:35 pm

Chapter 3 - Ready for PL !!

vviera · Post by **vviera** » May 19th, 2022, 3:10 pm

DaleBarkley wrote: ↑May 19th, 2022, 2:35 pm Chapter 3 - Ready for PL !!

PL OK

I was wondering if this is near where I grew up, and this time it mentioned Iowa. I grew up probably an hour north, in South Central Wisconsin. We used to ski on the Mississippi in summer

DaleBarkley · Post by **DaleBarkley** » May 19th, 2022, 3:58 pm

vviera wrote: ↑May 19th, 2022, 3:10 pm
DaleBarkley wrote: ↑May 19th, 2022, 2:35 pm Chapter 3 - Ready for PL !!
PL OK

I was wondering if this is near where I grew up, and this time it mentioned Iowa. I grew up probably an hour north, in South Central Wisconsin. We used to ski on the Mississippi in summer

Wow, that's cool! I don't know Iowa at all, although my grandparents came from there (I grew up in small towns in Wyoming, where small town life is similar). The first full book that I read for Librivox a few months ago (by the same author) was "Swatty: A Story of Real Boys" - also in Riverbank, Iowa - and then I did "Kilo: Being a love story of Eliph' Hewlitt, Book Agent" - in the little fictitious town of Kilo, also near the Mississippi.

vviera · Post by **vviera** » May 19th, 2022, 6:32 pm

The Mississippi is a fascinating river. It has such lore in the American imagination, and is such a different kind of place in different areas of it. I've been to the headwaters in Bemidgi, MN - so I can truthfully say that I've walked across the Mississippi. When you think of what it becomes by the time it spills out in New Orleans, you'd barely think it was the same river.

On this page is a good picture of the headwaters.
https://bemidjinow.com/mississippi-headwaters-restoration-project-scheduled/

I also just noticed you're in Tucson. Did you see I'm in Las Cruces?

DaleBarkley · Post by **DaleBarkley** » May 20th, 2022, 2:17 pm

Yes! My wife and I have driven through there on our way to Dallas Texas and beyond.

Chapter 4 is ready for PL - and we interrupt the story of Harvey, to get all wrapped up in the soap-opera lives of the women of the boarding house! Butler gets back to Harvey later on, fortunately.

It took me a little while to figure out where to pitch the voices of these 4 different women so that they'd all sound a little different.

vviera · Post by **vviera** » May 20th, 2022, 2:48 pm

DaleBarkley wrote: ↑May 20th, 2022, 2:17 pm Chapter 4 is ready for PL -

What melodrama there at the boardinghouse.

One note:
At 12:06, you say Henrietta Betts. I thought it might be just an accent thing, but at :31 you clearly say Bates. I'm sure we're going to return to this story line, so it should probably be fixed.

DaleBarkley · Post by **DaleBarkley** » May 20th, 2022, 3:25 pm

vviera wrote: ↑May 20th, 2022, 2:48 pm
DaleBarkley wrote: ↑May 20th, 2022, 2:17 pm Chapter 4 is ready for PL -
What melodrama there at the boardinghouse.

One note:
At 12:06, you say Henrietta Betts. I thought it might be just an accent thing, but at :31 you clearly say Bates. I'm sure we're going to return to this story line, so it should probably be fixed.

Good catch! I'll fix that (probably on Monday or Tuesday). Thanks!

DaleBarkley · Post by **DaleBarkley** » May 24th, 2022, 11:15 am

DaleBarkley wrote: ↑May 20th, 2022, 3:25 pm
vviera wrote: ↑May 20th, 2022, 2:48 pm
DaleBarkley wrote: ↑May 20th, 2022, 2:17 pm Chapter 4 is ready for PL -
What melodrama there at the boardinghouse.

One note:
At 12:06, you say Henrietta Betts. I thought it might be just an accent thing, but at :31 you clearly say Bates. I'm sure we're going to return to this story line, so it should probably be fixed.
Good catch! I'll fix that (probably on Monday or Tuesday). Thanks!

All fixed - ready for spot-PL

vviera · Post by **vviera** » May 24th, 2022, 3:00 pm

DaleBarkley wrote: ↑May 20th, 2022, 3:25 pm
vviera wrote: ↑May 20th, 2022, 2:48 pm
DaleBarkley wrote: ↑May 20th, 2022, 2:17 pm Chapter 4 is ready for PL -
What melodrama there at the boardinghouse.

One note:
At 12:06, you say Henrietta Betts. I thought it might be just an accent thing, but at :31 you clearly say Bates. I'm sure we're going to return to this story line, so it should probably be fixed.
Good catch! I'll fix that (probably on Monday or Tuesday). Thanks!

Chapter 4 PL OK. As I listened to that last bit, it occurred to me what a creepy character that Henrietta Bates is. We'll she what she gets up to next...

DaleBarkley · Post by **DaleBarkley** » May 24th, 2022, 4:34 pm

vviera wrote: ↑May 24th, 2022, 3:00 pm
DaleBarkley wrote: ↑May 20th, 2022, 3:25 pm
vviera wrote: ↑May 20th, 2022, 2:48 pm

What melodrama there at the boardinghouse.

One note:
At 12:06, you say Henrietta Betts. I thought it might be just an accent thing, but at :31 you clearly say Bates. I'm sure we're going to return to this story line, so it should probably be fixed.
Good catch! I'll fix that (probably on Monday or Tuesday). Thanks!
Chapter 4 PL OK. As I listened to that last bit, it occurred to me what a creepy character that Henrietta Bates is. We'll she what she gets up to next...

She IS creepy - and deceitful, too... I'll record some more tomorrow.

DaleBarkley · Post by **DaleBarkley** » May 25th, 2022, 1:06 pm

Chapter 5 is ready for PL

vviera · Post by **vviera** » May 25th, 2022, 2:28 pm

DaleBarkley wrote: ↑May 25th, 2022, 1:06 pm Chapter 5 is ready for PL

Hmmm...text is perfect. But at 7:35, a sort of soft whooshing background starts. I at first thought it was a car passing or something like that, rain maybe? But it kept going. It stops abruptly at 11:50. It probably isn't something our listeners would hear while driving or wearing headphones while cleaning house (my two places to listen!), but listen to it and see what you think. I was kind of waiting for a pause long enough to use for noise reduction, but I'm not sure there is one since it's mostly dialogue. Up to you whether to address.