[GROUP] Coffee Break Collection #39 - MAGIC lt

NickT0708 · Post by **NickT0708** » March 25th, 2024, 7:23 am

Hi Michele,

Thank you for the wonderful constructive feedback! I wanted to make sure I did all the work from recording to processing so I am really grateful and happy about the feedback!

There is magic almost everywhere if we have the "eye" to see it

Looking forward to many more projects - and I'll definitely check out the poetry!

I am in the process of processing/editing a Jack London story call "Love of Life" any idea where would be a good place to post to?

Thanks in advance for any suggestions!

-Nick

msfry · Post by **msfry** » March 25th, 2024, 7:53 am

The story you mentioned might fit best in the Short Story Collection 109, which you'll find in the current Readers Wanted - Short Works forum. But if it's a murder mystery or a sci-fi tale, it might fit better in one of those.

One of my new favorites is the First Chapter Collection (nothing open now), where you can submit the first chapter of a book you'd like to popularize, or a chapter you think stands out as a sensational piece of writing. Also, I just began BC'ing the Essays Collection #2, for any PD essays you'd like to read/orate/pontificate on/publicize.

These can include chapters from books where each chapter is a stand-alone essay, such as in Four Hundred Years of Freethought

NickT0708 · Post by **NickT0708** » March 25th, 2024, 8:58 am

Great suggestions and thanks again!

Post by **Rapunzelina** » March 25th, 2024, 9:41 am

msfry wrote: ↑March 25th, 2024, 7:53 am One of my new favorites is the First Chapter Collection (nothing open now), where you can submit the first chapter of a book

There is one open here viewtopic.php?t=101723

msfry · Post by **msfry** » March 25th, 2024, 9:59 am

Ah,multilingual. I hadn't noticed that!

elsieselwyn · Post by **elsieselwyn** » Yesterday, 7:20 am

I've got several more for you, Michele. If it's too many from one reader, just let me know

The Hour of Magic by William Henry Davies (1871-1940)
https://librivox.org/uploads/lynnet/cbc39_hourofmagic_es_128kb.mp3
duration: 1:00
text: https://archive.org/details/hourofmagicother00daviuoft/page/n11/mode/2up

The Magic Legacy by Anonymous
https://librivox.org/uploads/lynnet/cbc39_magiclegacy_es_128kb.mp3
duration: 15:30
text: https://archive.org/details/McGillLibrary-PN970_M69_M34_1837-2004/mode/2up

The Magic Ring by Anonymous
https://librivox.org/uploads/lynnet/cbc39_magicring_es_128kb.mp3
duration: 6:20
text: https://archive.org/details/magicring00andr/page/n3/mode/2up

Sawing a Person in Half by A. Hazelton Rice, Jr. (????-????)
https://librivox.org/uploads/lynnet/cbc39_sawingapersoninhalf_es_128kb.mp3
duration: 6:40
text: https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Electrical-Experimenter/SI-1921-12.pdf (a 1921 magazine)

The Magic Legacy ran just a little over 15 minutes. Hopefully, it is still short enough to be included. If not, I'll resubmit it over in the short story collection

msfry · Post by **msfry** » Yesterday, 8:32 am

WOW! Thanks, Elsie. I look forward to listening.

15:30 length is fine, even up to 18 minutes has been accepted. BUT, if ever you need to squeeze in under the wire, you can use the Tempo effect in Audacity to shave off a minute or two. You can bring an hour long file down to 53 minutes using Tempo +6, with no detrimental effect to quality except talking a little faster, or -6 to talk a little slower. It's one of my favorite effects, but anything above 10 and I discovered a noticeable loss of quality if you try to go back to the original.

msfry · Post by **msfry** » Yesterday, 10:02 am

elsieselwyn wrote: ↑Yesterday, 7:20 am Sawing a Person in Half by A. Hazelton Rice, Jr. (????-????)
https://librivox.org/uploads/lynnet/cbc39_sawingapersoninhalf_es_128kb.mp3
duration: 6:40
text: https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Electrical-Experimenter/SI-1921-12.pdf (a 1921 magazine)

I certainly want to know how to saw a person in half, alas I can't find the story. Can you cite a page #, please?

Post by **ColleenMc** » Yesterday, 10:53 am

I've been away for quite a while, and super happy to be back and able to contribute to a short works collection again!

Here is "Magic of Double Exposure Explained by Cameramen" by Anonymous, from the New York Times of November 15, 1925:

https://librivox.org/uploads/lynnet/cbc39_doubleexposure_cm_128kb.mp3

6:40

Source: https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1925/11/15/100031031.pdf

Thanks!
Colleen

elsieselwyn · Post by **elsieselwyn** » Yesterday, 10:57 am

msfry wrote: ↑Yesterday, 10:02 am
elsieselwyn wrote: ↑Yesterday, 7:20 am Sawing a Person in Half by A. Hazelton Rice, Jr. (????-????)
https://librivox.org/uploads/lynnet/cbc39_sawingapersoninhalf_es_128kb.mp3
duration: 6:40
text: https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Electrical-Experimenter/SI-1921-12.pdf (a 1921 magazine)
I certainly want to know how to saw a person in half, alas I can't find the story. Can you cite a page #, please?

Oh whoops - p.37 and then p.70 (these page numbers are the pdf page numbers...at the bottom of the pages it will say 733 and then 770)

msfry · Post by **msfry** » Yesterday, 11:54 am

elsieselwyn wrote: ↑Yesterday, 10:57 am Oh whoops - p.37 and then p.70 (these page numbers are the pdf page numbers...at the bottom of the pages it will say 733 and then 770)

1st 3 submissions above are PL OK. All entertaining, all nicely read. Thank you.
The Magic Legacy was especially funny . . . . my what a buffoon that man was!!!!!

I'll get to the sawing skill tomorrow.

msfry · Post by **msfry** » Yesterday, 11:57 am

ColleenMc wrote: ↑Yesterday, 10:53 am I've been away for quite a while, and super happy to be back and able to contribute to a short works collection again!

Welcome back, Colleen. You've been missed in the Zoom meetings. I look forward to listening tomorrow.

elsieselwyn · Post by **elsieselwyn** » Yesterday, 3:51 pm

msfry wrote: ↑Yesterday, 11:54 am
elsieselwyn wrote: ↑Yesterday, 10:57 am Oh whoops - p.37 and then p.70 (these page numbers are the pdf page numbers...at the bottom of the pages it will say 733 and then 770)
1st 3 submissions above are PL OK. All entertaining, all nicely read. Thank you.
The Magic Legacy was especially funny . . . . my what a buffoon that man was!!!!!
I'll get to the sawing skill tomorrow.

I have to agree. He is one of the stupidest protagonists I have ever read