Category Archives: Commentary

Website changes & life updates

Posted on 4 May, 2020 by jlynnstapleton

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 →

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Writing Meme: Cool Asks for Fic Writers

Posted on 17 May, 2017 by jlynnstapleton

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 →

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Last Tango in Halifax – Series Three – Missing Scenes [Eps 304-306]

Posted on 13 August, 2015 by jlynnstapleton

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 →

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Yet again playing devil’s advocate for Last Tango in Halifax

Posted on 12 January, 2015 by jlynnstapleton

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 →

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Why write fan fiction?

Posted on 10 October, 2014 by jlynnstapleton

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 →

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Clara’s Big Ride – Bell Let’s Talk about Mental Illness

Posted on 10 April, 2014 by jlynnstapleton

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 →

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My Scattered Brain…

Posted on 7 April, 2014 by jlynnstapleton

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 →

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