Audio book readers:
I'm planning to record an audio version of Children of Doro, but debating whether to leave in the footnotes.
They carry information that absolutely deepens the character of my neurotic AI narrator, but audio books often leave them out.
If left in, they're coded with the word "footnote" and pauses.
Alternately, when I first sent my agent the manuscript, they were embedded in the body of the MS - so they could also just be read as asides.
As a listener, any preferences?
@stueytheround Oh, good, I was hoping someone would root for asides. 😭 And now you've got me itching to relisten to some Hitchhikers or Discworld! Got a favourite text in good old Discworld?
@MLClark
My favourite quote ever is a footnote from Small Gods.
"Just because you can explain it, doesn't mean it's not a miracle"
@stueytheround Oh, that's such a generous text. Great call! :)
Footnotes, yes!
@ATXJane ❤️ Thank you~!
@MLClark keep the footnotes in!
The Jasper Forde Thursday Next series also had footnotes as an integral part of the story.
@Flibitz Thanks Flibitz! I'm going to test out a chapter tomorrow with some new filtering tech @thewebrecluse brilliantly recommended me today, and I'll figure out in the process which method of inclusion best suits the content. Much obliged!
@MLClark Keep em! Having "footnote" read aloud sounds fun.
@MLClark
Hitch-hikers or discworld style works for me. Read as asides, generally.