| Jilly: |
Hello … hello there, Nyn. Nyn? Are you there?
Weren’t you supposed to be meeting me for coffee? |
| Nyn: |
mmwff ppwwgg … |
| Jilly: |
What’s that? Nyn? I can’t see you! Can’t
understand you! Where are you? |
| Nyn: |
Underneath this pile of scrapbooks! I’m just trying
to get them in order. What with travel and recipes and … |
| Jilly: |
… and of course Crossing Jordan. There must
be one for … |
| Nyn: |
Oh, it’s a work in progress. And I have to say, it’s
going to be an enormous - a fantastic - work. Probably my best
scrapbook yet. |
| Jilly: |
I’m not surprised. You’ve been collecting - and
creating - CJ material for a long time. |
| Nyn: |
Certainly have. I’ve been writing CJ fanfic since 2005. |
| Jilly: |
Around 65 pieces in all … not counting the Nina La Vough
pieces. |
| Nyn: |
Aah! Nina! You know, I wrote fanfic for The X-Files
and for Buffy and indeed for several others, but it
wasn’t until CJ that I started writing collaboratively.
What an experience that has been. The Ninas are part of our
VS7 team, you know. |
| Jilly: |
Yes – already spoken to a few of them. So, your fanfics
cover a whole range of CJ experiences. You seem to be a bit
of a Jordan/Woody aficionado but you’ve written much more
widely than that. |
| Nyn: |
And just as well, too. VS7 is not just a series of WoJo moments.
It’s 31 episodes covering the experiences of the whole
cast. Written, I have to say, as Series 6 should have been written!
Or even more to the point, as a certain network should have
written their own Series 7. But I’m over that. On with
the show, I say. Even if we have to write it ourselves. |
| Jilly: |
It’s a big ask, Nyn. So, who’s involved? |
| Nyn: |
Writers, artists, a website host – a whole range of
people across a broad spectrum of occupations and age. We’ve
got someone in every decade from their second to their sixth.
Shows you the appeal the show had to such a wide range of viewers.
I think you’re going to meet them all for a chat. |
| Jilly: |
So, how do you fit all this in to a busy life? You still do
some teaching for scrapbooking, you work in a scrapbook store,
you love to travel, you’re an avid reader. Very impressive
bookshelf over there. |
| Nyn: |
All of the those. And yes, this VS7 is a time-consuming and
intricate business but the team is great and our potential virtual
viewers already so supportive. And fortunately my husband is
supportive also. I disappear, it seems, for days at a time.
Nigel’s aliens, I think. Or maybe a hangover from X-File
days. It’s certainly a challenge, but then, CJ is all
about facing challenges. |
| Jilly: |
You’ve a few of your own, I believe. Diagnosed with
Cystic Fibrosis in your mid-30s. |
| Nyn: |
Sure. That’s led to some changes of direction. I don’t
teach as much as I used to. Check out the website at http://www.cff.org/
if you want a greater understanding of it. But I’m busy
writing. And scrapbooking, And travelling, And sorting out recipes
from my travelling. Apart from VS7, I’m (according to
the latest jargon) a “pre-published” writer. It’ll
be good to find a publisher one day so I can look those rejection
slips in the eye and tell them where to get off. |
| Jilly: |
You live in a busy household, then. All of that, and two cats
… |
| Nyn: |
Shhh! Don’t tell them they’re cats! They think
they’re children. |
| Jilly: |
You know, you really do need to come over for coffee –
there’s always room for coffee – or is that ‘there’s
always Coffeerooms’? I should really ask you about … |
| Nyn: |
Later. I’ve got to get back to mmwff ppwwgg … |
| Jilly: |
Yes, I see, Well, actually I don’t … see: you’ve
disappeared again. But come September 30, I will surely be heading
across to Virtual Season 7 in the Crossing Jordan Encyclopedia.
See you there! |
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