Cascade Library Interview with JET

Interviews by Fans
Title:	Cascade Library Interview with JET
Interviewer:	Cascade Library
Interviewee:	JET
Date(s):	May 1, 2000
Medium:	online
Fandom(s):	The Sentinel
External Links:	interview is here, Archived version
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In 2000, JET was interviewed for Cascade Library.

Some Excerpts

I loved the show from the premiere episode! I just happened across it that very first evening and was hooked. I've always been a sucker for 'buddy shows', and this one definitely had what it took to make me a loyal viewer.... [After a lengthy medical leave] I quickly burned out on daytime TV and turned to exploring the internet. As a matter of sheer luck, I found TSFF and was mesmerized! I had made up plots for my favorite shows since I was a child, and here was a whole world of people who loved to do the same thing! I had no idea such a thing existed. Needless to say, the rest of my recuperation was spent glued to the monitor.

It took me a couple of months to get the courage to post Affirmation. I had actually conceived of the plot during the first season of The Sentinel, but at the time, hadn't yet discovered TSFF. So, I had most of the plot written in my head long before I put fingers to the keyboard. I had no clue how to post, where to post, or anything at all about this wonderful world I was about to step into! Thankfully, an LoC I'd written to MegaRed resulted in a great on-line friendship, and she gave me the encouragement and advice I needed to take the plunge and post Affirmation. I have to admit, even after all my years of graduate school and writing and defending my dissertation, I was extremely nervous! It was so fufilling when that first positive feedback started coming in.

Smarm is definitely tops on my list. But, I love to see a good plot with the emotion. I've done a few 'smarm for the sake of smarm' stories, but I try to weave drama into the mix and have the hugs and h/c flow from the plot. I think my stories have touches of humor, but I haven't written a really humorous piece yet.

Well, I didn't know it was called 'fanfiction' at the time, and there probably wasn't a name for it back then. That was in the Dark Ages, BC (Before Computers)! ~grin~ I was in junior high school in the early 1970's, and I kept a little notebook where I wrote scenes and scripts for my favorite TV shows. I think the first one was for The Streets of San Fransisco, a show with some pretty good emotional scenes, by the way. I also wrote some for Starsky & Hutch and Simon and Simon. Those were never read by outside eyes, and that's probably a very good thing! I really didn't do any fiction writing after high school until discovering TSFF last year, but I never quit writing in my head!