COMPLETE: Highways in Hiding by George O. Smith -jo

blondon · Post by **blondon** » September 11th, 2021, 12:29 pm

I hear the static while recording and on playback and during editing as well.

loon · Post by **loon** » September 11th, 2021, 12:38 pm

blondon wrote: ↑September 11th, 2021, 8:20 am I think I must have forgotten to save Chapter 4 with the correct silences; it's fixed now, along with the cut off word. But I still get the same time on it - what are you getting?

Chapter 4 - PL OK. "Discarded stuff" sounds fine now. I get the same time as you. I'm moving on to listen to chapter 5 next.

loon · Post by **loon** » September 11th, 2021, 1:09 pm

Chapter 5 - PL OK. I'm enjoying this story lots!

blondon · Post by **blondon** » September 11th, 2021, 1:22 pm

I’m so glad! I’m thinking of you when I’m recording

blondon · Post by **blondon** » September 18th, 2021, 6:18 pm

Hi - Chapter 6 is posted; sorry for the delay - crazy week. I'll try to get at least one more chapter in tomorrow.

loon · Post by **loon** » September 18th, 2021, 6:23 pm

A new chapter - cool - you are moving at a breakneck pace compared to (cough) some of us.

Downloading it next.

loon · Post by **loon** » September 18th, 2021, 7:15 pm

blondon wrote: ↑September 18th, 2021, 6:18 pm Hi - Chapter 6 is posted; sorry for the delay - crazy week. I'll try to get at least one more chapter in tomorrow.

At the beginning - there needs to be 1/2 second of silence before you start talking.

At ~1:00 I hear, "if the case Dr. Thorndyke carried any weight." The text reads "if the case of Dr. Thorndyke carried any weight."

At ~1:21 a chunk of the text got edited out:
She greeted me with a glacial calm and asked my business.
Brazenly I lied. "I'm a freelance writer and I'm looking for material."
"Have you an assignment?" she asked without a trace of interest in the answer.
"Not this time. I'm strictly freelance. I like it better this way because I can write whatever I like."
Her glacial air melted a bit at the inference that my writing had not been in vain. "Where have you been published?"

At ~2:54 missing phrase:
When he spoke, his voice was as clipped and precise as his moustache

Starting at ~14:33 I start hearing that annoying interference. We've already decided there is little you can do about that. :-( It's not at all loud so we can let it stay in there.

You threw some personality into - in particular - the receptionist and Dr. Sprague. Nice.

blondon · Post by **blondon** » September 19th, 2021, 7:08 pm

Yikes! Sorry for all the mistakes; I've fixed everything and reposted Chapter 6. Did quite get Chapter 7 done yet, but I'm working on it.

blondon · Post by **blondon** » September 19th, 2021, 7:09 pm

Oops - missed one - will redo and repost

blondon · Post by **blondon** » September 27th, 2021, 7:10 pm

Okay, Chapter 6 is now corrected and posted.

loon · Post by **loon** » September 28th, 2021, 1:16 am

blondon wrote: ↑September 27th, 2021, 7:10 pm Okay, Chapter 6 is now corrected and posted.

Thank you thank you. Chapter 6 is PL OK. You're leaving me hungry for the next chapter.

blondon · Post by **blondon** » October 1st, 2021, 4:19 am

Hi -

Chapter 7 is posted; hope it has fewer errors!

loon · Post by **loon** » October 1st, 2021, 7:31 am

blondon wrote: ↑October 1st, 2021, 4:19 am Hi -

Chapter 7 is posted; hope it has fewer errors!

The closing silence is nearly 16 seconds. That needs to be trimmed.

At ~1:20 I hear "You'll listen to the end?" - the text says "You'll listen to the bitter end?" This isn't a big deal; doesn't need any fix, so just trim the ending silence and the chapter will be good. See PL notes until then.

Steve's car must have a good point-able spotlight so he can examine the highway markers after sunset - NO, SILLY ME, he doesn't need light - he can just esper them, and nurse Farrow can read the info second hand out of Steve's mind. Cute.

loon · Post by **loon** » October 1st, 2021, 7:55 am

P.S. They're going to go out to the car in the morning and find a highway patrol officer with one foot resting on the big dent in the front bumper. "Care to explain this sir? May I see your license?"

blondon · Post by **blondon** » October 2nd, 2021, 6:13 pm

Funny!

I fixed the end silence and the "bitter end" sentence in Chapter 7. Also loaded Chapter 8.