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Category Archives: Personal
My overall impression of the first series of “Gentleman Jack”
So many things to say… J. Lynn Stapleton There are so many things to appreciate about the entirety of Gentleman Jack that I scarcely know where to begin. I’d been massively looking forward to this series since I heard of its … Continue reading
Writing Meme: Cool Asks for Fic Writers
Questionnaire snagged from a few others via Tumblr. This is a bit of a first for me – at least in terms of responding to a questionnaire on writing Describe yourself how you would describe a character you’re introducing.Mmm. Petite. … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Interviews, Personal
Tagged fandom, fanfiction, multi-fandom, Writing
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Last Tango in Halifax – Series Three – Missing Scenes [Eps 304-306]
This post concludes the missing scenes from second half of series three of Last Tango in Halifax. Okay, so these episodes were probably the hardest to re-watch, and possibly one of the reasons for the delay – in addition to … Continue reading
Yet again playing devil’s advocate for Last Tango in Halifax
Another series and another set of knee jerk reactions from a group of fans (if you don’t know that I’m lesbian in all my writings thus far, so be it) pissed off with the direction of the series, saying they’re … Continue reading
Why write fan fiction?
This article was originally posted on 5th September 2011 on my old blog. ____________________ I was talking with my mother about a week or so ago about writing, specifically my interest in writing fan-fiction, which she doesn’t entirely get. ‘Why … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Commentary, Entertainment, Personal, Television
Tagged fanfiction, Otalia Virtual Season, television, why people write fanfic
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Clara’s Big Ride – Bell Let’s Talk about Mental Illness
Many people of all ages, races, sexual orientations, socio-economic status are affected by mental illness, whether it is something they live with themselves, or have family and/or friends that have some form of mental illness. Many suffer in silence because … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Personal
Tagged Bell Let's Talk, Clara Hughes, Clara's Big Ride, Mental Health, Mental Illness
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My Scattered Brain…
So, what have I been doing lately? Well, aside from work (geriatric nursing), I took a couple of weeks off in March to go visit my sister and her family in Ontario. Driving. Which meant two days of driving at … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Commentary, Television
Tagged British Television, Canadian Television, Photography, Reading, US Television, Writing
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Kyler England: Creating music with an Electric Hum
Interview by J. Lynn Stapleton These days, I tend to get my interest in new music by word of mouth through local friends and social media contacts, as well as finding songs and artists that I like that show up … Continue reading
Posted in Interviews, Introspection, Uncategorized
Tagged Interview, Kyler England, Music
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Website changes & life updates
Due to changes with my previous web-hosting company (switching to commercial only accounts), I decided to transfer things over to WP, including the Otalia Virtual Seasons as a separate page from the blog. All of the mini-sodes that were written are … Continue reading →