The AsCast Jar

Way back in June of 2008, I started writing my very first Narnia fan fiction. I didn’t have any ties at all in the fandom and wasn’t yet working for NFFR. To try and promote my story, I headed over to www.williammoseleyfan.net to post the story on their forums.  I started posting my story, “Awake,” (which is now on hiatus) and people there started reading it…one quite notable name who we now all know as our very own Hev.  She soon began posting her own story there (which is still in progress), “The Gypsy’s Daughter.”  Since she was reading mine, I started reading hers and thought it was SO interesting, with such a distinct style and flair.  I was definitely intrigued by her…a gut feeling, I guess. At first, it was just casual conversation between us, another internet acquaintance, but one who seemed to be quite intelligent and interesting.

In August of 2008, I started working for NFFR as a screener and began to promote the site on the William Moseley Fan forums, making Hev aware of it.  It wasn’t until NFFR started its own forums, less than a year ago now, however, that Hev and I really began to talk a lot.  I got her to come over to NFFR and she began doing graphics for Tasty since she’s such a talented artist.  In February of 2009, I got the idea for AsCast and immediately knew that Hev needed to be on it with Tasty and I – she always offered interesting perspectives because of her background in psychology and just has a beautiful, creative way of seeing the world.  SO, anyway…all of the AsCast girls had our first Skype conversation in mid-March of 2009 and we hit it off. The rest, as they say, is history.

Since that first time, Hev and I have spent a ridiculous amount of time both talking and video chatting on Skype, both about Narnia and just about our everyday lives.  Hours upon hours upon hours…I don’t even know how many.  We knew each other pretty well, I would say, for two people who have never actually met in person.  A few months ago, I mentioned that I’d always wanted to go to Boston (where Hev lives) and she graciously said that if I ever came, I could stay with her.  Soooo, at the beginning of September, I looked up flights, found some cheap ones for my birthday/Halloween weekend…and off I went.

Because Hev and I already talked about all of the things we did in AsCast’s Episode 6.5 (which will be released in a week or so), I won’t go into detail here.  Suffice it to say that I can’t believe that NARNIA brought me such a good friend.  Ruth always calls fandom or internet friends “imaginary;” however, there’s nothing imaginary about Hev.  She’s genuinely a REALLY GREAT friend who I feel privileged and lucky to have met.  She’s honestly one of my favorite people in the entire world – definitely one of the people that I have the most respect for and admire most.

So, anyway – enough being sappy.  If you’d like to hear about all of the things that Hev and I did while I was in Boston, keep a lookout for that extra episode of AsCast which should tide you over until Episode 7 comes out in December. JThanks for reading and listening! Here are some pictures from the trip!

Irish in Salem with the "Bewitched" statue

Hev in Salem

Candlelit ghost tour in Salem

mooooooooooooooook!

Yep, those are wax mustaches.

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