Author: Eneasz

When Harry first started labeling his various internal thought processes according to the Houses, I knew I had to give them slightly different voices. Slytherin and Hufflepuff were easy – make ’em sound like Draco and Neville, of course. Ravenclaw is just Harry’s natural voice. Gryffindor was tougher, as Harry doesn’t have any peers in Gryffindor in MoR. I went with a sort of superman/mighty-mouse tone (or my best approximation at any rate.)

Now that I have someone new voicing Neville this will be less obvious. And when I’m done going through the earlier episodes and replacing all of my Neville renditions with Adom’s, there will be no tie between Neville and internal-Hufflepuff at all. Older listeners might remember, but anyone new – if they think about it at all – is going to wonder why that particular voice. I think I kinda like that quirk. :)

I aim for the 25-35 minute range on my podcasts. This is primarily because any longer than that and I would go insane. I only have so much free time, and my girlfriend claims a fair chunk of it. I’ve already basically cut out video games entirely in the past six months to make room for the podcast (in fairness, I was already starting to tire of them, this is much more fulfilling. But I would love to play Mass Effect 3 and I haven’t even picked it up yet). It’s also a happy coincidence that A) the average commute is about this length, and B) most HPMoR chapters are about this length.

I’ve found that 4000-5000 words fits this nicely. More than that and the episode runs a bit long. Significantly more and I have to break it up into two parts.

Chapter 63 is over 14,500 words. I was hoping to do it in two parts, but I was defeated. Therefore 63 will be my first three-part chapter. I wish it weren’t so, but I am a mere mortal and I have to hold down a full-time job too.