JillBearup

Please enjoy organised sewing gear and kittens on a piano

$5+ Patrons I will see you on Saturday for the stream, and everyone else, I am currently ears deep in the Scaramouche script, so expect that and the next instalment of the Fanfic Files…err…probably next month, filming time is currently scarce 😂 Happy August to all!

George is Judging Me...

But we're raising money to get people clean water, so it's all good :D

George the Caladrius

I’m not sure what it says about me that I decided that Ursa Minor and I should try and make a plushy caladrius over the summer…but uhh…here’s George so far!

Good News!

Well, sort of. I got reading glasses a couple of months ago, which did wonders fixing my headaches but instead made my eyes really tired. So this morning I went back to the optometrist who said 'ooh, yes, that's too strong a prescription, let's replace those lenses for you, it'll take about a week'.

So 1. Hooray, my eyesight isn't as bad ...

Saturday 9th August 1600 BST livestream

I'm being organised again. But please don't panic XD

Hardback Proofs Unboxing (Opinions Requested XD)

The proofs for the hardback have arrived, and they are quite beautiful and I love them.

Jane Austen In SPACE

I went through this series like a hot knife through butter, let me share my joy.

Because a lot of you told me I'd like it, and I did. And several of you told me I remind you of Cordelia, and...I now appreciate the depth of the compliment :)

By Popular Request: The Vorkosigan Saga, my Summer Reading Recommendation :D

Many of you told me I'd like it, and you were very much correct! :)

The Brain Fog? It Was TIKTOK.

I love short form content, it's really fun to make, but uh...I do need to remember how bad it is for everyone's brains.

I Read The Dramione Book. It Was...

OK, I guess? That said, I now have a fancy signed-by-the-author hardback of a book I don't actually like that much, so...not sure what to do with that XD

YouTube link: https://youtu.be/NZpUjb1cK_8

12th July livestream 1600 BST

I...apparently did not post this earlier in the week to remind you. Sorry.

I will be in the usual place at the usual time today, but if most people can't make it I'll just do a second stream this month, because my bad, I gave you no notice!

Hopefully see you later o.0

Why All the Wincest?

AO3 is disproportionately full of stories about two fictional brothers from the TV show Supernatural getting it on. I will now attempt to (partially) explain why, because...well, some people wanted to know why.

Which honestly: fair question.

History of Fanfiction: Who Used It First?

Hooray, the twentieth century is coming into view! Science fiction fandom, the first use of "fan fiction", and a minor digression on mimeographs, hectographs, and spirit duplicators :D

YouTube link: https://youtu.be/ZHOpO-t8vzM

Commit No Nuisance

And other good advice 😁

I was in London yesterday for a Patreon creator event (it was Actually Fun, I was…honestly not expecting that) and I got a very nice tote bag, and also the opportunity to walk through London looking at some of my favourite architectural features, i.e. the things that people carved into buildings back in the da...

Audiobook Promos are better with KITTENS

In which Luna (black) and Neville (tabby) make their official YouTube debuts :)

It's Called Summer!

Hello friends, the livestream link, as promised, for the 12th July! (Pray forgive the Peter Kay quote, it is, indeed, very warm here at the moment :D)

The heat appears to have got to the desktop 🥵

We put it back together but uhhh…I may need to replace this computer 😂

Four Ships in a Trenchcoat

Ah, Miraculous Ladybug, you truly have hacked the shipping system :D

2000s PSAs were BRUTAL

And now I'll never be able to listen to Samantha Mumba without thinking "they say the guy without the seatbelt did the damage"

Please share your horrifyingly effective PSAs in the comments :D

History of Fanfiction: Swift, Austen and Holmes

We've finally started to reference the twentieth century! Yeah!

I am having such a great time making these videos, I hope you are enjoying them as much as I am.

It's FINALLY HERE!!!

I am so, so happy to tell you that the Just Stab Me Now audiobook (both the Audible/Spotify-compliant version and the Patreon exclusive FX0 version) are now available for purchase!

For $11 you get these: https://www.patreon.com/collection/1562303?v...

I Finally Got to the NEXT STEP

Friends, I have submitted my audio files to Audible. I now have to wait to see if they pass QA, which allegedly takes ten days.

I have a compiled file of the whole audiobook, which I will be making available to $10 Patrons as soon as the opening credits and end credits sound levels are fixed. Audible is very strict about RMS, which is some...

A Midsummer Night's Stream! (1600BST, 21st June)

I am so proud of that pun, you guys. SO PROUD.

Kittens Vs. Printer

Literally just two and a half minutes of kittens freaking out over the printer...printing. It amused me, therefore I share it with you :)

Sequelised Vengeance

Don Quixote's author was either really petty, kind of a genius, or...both.

Oh the DRAMA-ione

AKA Play Fanfic Games, Win Fandom Prizes. Consider this another instalment in my Random Videos About Fanfiction series, and I hope that even if the subject matter is entirely opaque to you, that you nonetheless enjoy the video!

($5+ patrons, I will see you on Saturday 21st June for a livestream, look out for a post on that soon :D)

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KITTENS

Please enjoy pictures of Luna (the black tabby) and Neville (the regular tabby). Pray also spare a thought for me, a woman who is going to have to yell, “NEVILLE! Come inside Neville!” Once he is allowed out 😂

It's Been *A Time*, And Now I Need Reading Glasses

Who has two thumbs and was in Accident and Emergency until midnight on Tuesday morning? Yup, it's me. I went for an evening appointment with my doctor, who listened to my symptoms, took my blood pressure, and then told me to go to the hospital. Now, please and thank you.

So I did. I was there for four hours, by which point my blood pre...

Fanfiction History pt 2 :)

Part 2: please enjoy the first part of a history of copyright, because uhhh...I find this stuff interesting, so maybe you will too. $5+ patrons, I'll see you in...ten hours, I think?

YouTube link: https://youtu.be/ntgHvvBtF9E

Fanfiction History - Because Virgil Was A Homer Fanboy (pt 1)

May I present, for your entertainment, because it's not going public until it's a complete (and very long) video, the first part of my newest project on the history of fanfiction.

Because yes, I decided I'm going to make one of those extremely long videos deep diving into a subject, I hear that's what people are into these days, and I've b...