COMPLETE - Beautiful Thoughts from George MacDonald - tg

ShellyW · Post by **ShellyW** » March 16th, 2024, 1:24 pm

Beautiful Thoughts from George MacDonald, by George MacDonald (1824 - 1905) and Elizabeth W. Dougal

This project is complete! All files can be found on our catalog page: https://librivox.org/beautiful-thoughts-from-george-macdonald-by-george-macdonald/

A brief quote from MacDonald for each day of the year. (Summary by Shelly)

Source text (please read only from this text!): https://www.google.com/books/edition/Beautiful_Thoughts_from_George_MacDonald/pUb0vfrTzGAC?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover

Target completion date: 2024-07-01

Prooflistening level: Word Perfect
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LibriVox recording settings: mono (1 channel), 44100 Hz sample rate, 128 kbps constant bit rate MP3. See the Tech Specs

Intro to recording:
Leave 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning.

For the first section, say:

"Section (or Chapter) # Beautiful Thoughts from George MacDonald. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit librivox.org." [Optional: "Read by your name."] "Beautiful Thoughts from George MacDonald, by George MacDonald and Elizabeth W. Dougal. Section Title."

For the second and subsequent sections, you may use the shortened intro if you wish:

"Section (or Chapter) # of Beautiful Thoughts from George MacDonald, by George MacDonald and Elizabeth W. Dougal. This LibriVox recording is in the public domain." [Optional: "Read by your name."] "Section Title."

End of recording:
Say:

"End of section (or chapter) #." [Optional, and if not stated in the intro: "Read by your name, city, date."]

If you are recording the final section of the book, add:

"End of Beautiful Thoughts from George MacDonald, by George MacDonald and Elizabeth W. Dougal."

Leave 5 seconds of silence at the end.

Filename: beautifulthoughts_##_macdonald_128kb.mp3 where ## is the section number. (e.g. beautifulthoughts_01_macdonald_128kb.mp3)

Upload to the LibriVox Uploader: https://librivox.org/login/uploader

MC to select: TriciaG

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InTheDesert · Post by **InTheDesert** » March 17th, 2024, 7:32 am

I could DPL this for you Shelly.

There's an IA copy of this book here if you want. Some users have trouble with google books because it blocks countires selectively.

ShellyW · Post by **ShellyW** » March 17th, 2024, 8:10 am

Hi thank you ITD! Are you able to access the Google edition? I find the white background easier. If not I can switch to Archive.

ShellyW · Post by **ShellyW** » March 17th, 2024, 8:13 am

Do we also need a MC?

InTheDesert · Post by **InTheDesert** » March 17th, 2024, 8:37 am

An MC will come along in time

I'm happy to use whichever edition you prefer.

Post by **TriciaG** » March 17th, 2024, 1:23 pm

Since I cataloged A Fort for the Afflicted, I have a free space to MC this.

You should be all set. Have fun!

InTheDesert · Post by **InTheDesert** » March 17th, 2024, 9:04 pm

Oops, I see that you intend word perfect. Is that really what you intend? A lot of first-time soloists think it's the best idea but then come to see the complications later (the editing is a bit tedious and you'll usually end up with audible edits which will distract more than the minor text errors). What I would suggest is a PL note if there is a noticeable deviation form the meaning of the sentence. But I'm happy to follow your preference.

ShellyW · Post by **ShellyW** » March 18th, 2024, 6:48 am

InTheDesert wrote: ↑March 17th, 2024, 9:04 pm Oops, I see that you intend word perfect. Is that really what you intend? A lot of first-time soloists think it's the best idea but then come to see the complications later (the editing is a bit tedious and you'll usually end up with audible edits which will distract more than the minor text errors). What I would suggest is a PL note if there is a noticeable deviation form the meaning of the sentence. But I'm happy to follow your preference.

Oh

Thank you for that clarification. Yes what I would really like is something between word perfect and standard

. And maybe you can even help me with one of the "thoughts" I'm having trouble with:
"January 6th - love which will yield to prayer is imperfect and poor"

what is he saying??

ShellyW · Post by **ShellyW** » March 18th, 2024, 6:51 am

TriciaG wrote: ↑March 17th, 2024, 1:23 pm Since I cataloged A Fort for the Afflicted, I have a free space to MC this.

You should be all set. Have fun!

Yay Tricia!!!! My hero!!!

InTheDesert · Post by **InTheDesert** » March 18th, 2024, 7:25 am

ShellyW wrote: ↑March 18th, 2024, 6:48 am
Oh
Thank you for that clarification. Yes what I would really like is something between word perfect and standard . And maybe you can even help me with one of the "thoughts" I'm having trouble with:
"January 6th - love which will yield to prayer is imperfect and poor"
what is he saying??

The context is here. The way it is extracted from its context is certainly unhelpful. But the way he is phrasing it is deliberately provocative. He means that God doesn't change his mind in response to prayer, which is true and the standard conclusion Christians have drawn across history, though really should be qualified with why it doesn't mean you shouldn't pray.

ShellyW · Post by **ShellyW** » March 18th, 2024, 7:28 am

Yes, thank you. I was kind of hoping that's where he was going. Would it be appropriate to add a readers note?

InTheDesert · Post by **InTheDesert** » March 18th, 2024, 7:31 am

We can't add readers notes for content matters (only things like 'missing text' if the original is unreadable).

I'm pretty sure Mr MacDonald will say much more contentious things than this as we go on. When I listened through Unspoken Sermons, I was shocked.

ShellyW · Post by **ShellyW** » March 18th, 2024, 10:17 am

InTheDesert wrote: ↑March 18th, 2024, 7:31 am We can't add readers notes for content matters (only things like 'missing text' if the original is unreadable).

I'm pretty sure Mr MacDonald will say much more contentious things than this as we go on. When I listened through Unspoken Sermons, I was shocked.

can't wait

ShellyW · Post by **ShellyW** » March 19th, 2024, 7:43 am

After recording January it came to less than 10 minutes, so I would like to switch to 2 months per section instead of 1 month, making 6 sections instead of 12. I adjusted the titles accordingly.

Post by **TriciaG** » March 19th, 2024, 7:48 am

Extra sections removed.