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Title: My new link-rich fansite for DS! :D
Post by: AKA Laura's Fires on April 17, 2006, 06:03:01 PM

Greetings, my cousins!  Hope y'all remembered not to offer Barnabas any hot cross buns at your Easter banquets.  ;)

For those here who don't know me (probably plenty, I haven't posted much yet), my name is Marian and I'm a cousin from Southern California.  Recently put "AKA" in my username because there's a nice lady whose real name is Laura and I didn't want to confuse anyone.  ;)

I'm a bohemian-type housewife with off-beat tastes and I enjoy laughing and sharing my innocent passions like my love for classic movies and celebrities and television shows.  Consequently I've been working on fansites for my favorite actors for a couple of years now, and started my television section project with..."Dark Shadows"!   8)

My sites tend to be pretty link-heavy since that kind of research is my strong suit (with bells and whistles and froufrou being my weak link) and fans seem to like sites that provide cyber-roadmaps to other similar sites of interest.

Needless to say my research on the "Dark Shadows" project kept me pretty busy.  (Link research on my project led me to this board, as it happens, with the encouragement of the lovely and gracious ProfStokes, a hostess with the mostes'!)  Thought it may be a good idea in this close-knit community to "make my bones" here by finishing the project and presenting it to you all for your review and hopefully your entertainment!

The kindly Mysterious Benefactor here assured me that plugs for "Dark Shadows" fansites - even a shameless one that promotes my own work - are all good to go for new threads, so here's mine!  ;)  Lots of links, plus links to my own silly little mini-bios on some of the characters and photo pages.  (Most photos courtesy of a process I call "GhettoScoping", wherein I focus my digital camera at the TV screen, pause the DVD when I find a good still, and then CLICK!  A little touch-up in PaintShopPro and they're okay to go.  Not the greatest of quality, but then I'm a fansite creator, not a photographer!)

Glad to have this opportunity to introduce myself to all of you and also to contribute to the presence of "Dark Shadows" fans on the Internet!

My website:

http://darkshadows.fashionstate.com

(The link is also available below my avatar.)

Looking forward to getting to know you all better!

Peace out, cousins!

Marian, aka AKA Laura's Fires, aka Mad Molly   8)

Title: Re: My new link-rich fansite for DS! :D
Post by: arashi on April 17, 2006, 06:13:58 PM

Hey awesome new site! I was laughing at your captions on the photo pages. Great job!

Title: Re: My new link-rich fansite for DS! :D
Post by: Midnite on April 17, 2006, 07:36:51 PM

An excellent compilation of links.  Nice job, Ms. AKA LF!

"Price check on the vampire," snort.  I snickered at the hot cross buns joke, too.  :D

Thanks for the hyperlink!

Title: Re: My new link-rich fansite for DS! :D
Post by: Charles_Ellis on April 17, 2006, 07:47:48 PM

Congratulations on an entertaining site! May you get a million visitors!

Title: Re: My new link-rich fansite for DS! :D
Post by: Ian on April 17, 2006, 08:18:19 PM

VERY entertaining! :) I love the captions.

The gypsy noogies line was a literal LOL.

Title: Re: My new link-rich fansite for DS! :D
Post by: AKA Laura's Fires on April 17, 2006, 10:34:39 PM

Thanks so much, folks...it was really fun to create that format and focus on some of the fun things that made (and make!) DS so enjoyable for me.

Going through all those links...all those trees in the forest, sometimes sites get overlooked.  Do let me know if I am missing any good DS links from my list, I want it to be as comprehensive as possible of all the good DS stuff on the 'net.  :)

Title: Re: My new link-rich fansite for DS! :D
Post by: retzev on April 17, 2006, 11:15:57 PM

Wow  :o that's a lot of links! Great work!

Title: Re: My new link-rich fansite for DS! :D
Post by: PennyDreadful on April 18, 2006, 05:17:33 AM

Great site Laura's Fires!  Very nicely done, and very useful links!

Title: Re: My new link-rich fansite for DS! :D
Post by: BuzzH on April 18, 2006, 02:45:34 PM

Kool site!  I enjoyed it thoroughly!   ;)

Title: Re: My new link-rich fansite for DS! :D
Post by: CyrusL on April 18, 2006, 10:29:55 PM

This is good stuff! Its the best set of links I've seen in a long time. I will recommend this site especially to newbies. I bow graciously to your good work. [a345]

Michael  

Title: Re: My new link-rich fansite for DS! :D
Post by: AKA Laura's Fires on April 19, 2006, 08:51:19 PM

Jeepers, I haven't even heard back from my few family members with whom I shared this link and here you all are!  *lol*  (Who knows, maybe they got caught up in the links!)

Thanks for your sweet comments, I'm gonna have my pointy li'l haid turned.   ;D

Glad to see too that it can be used for DS Newbie Recruitment!   8)  Awesome.  That's what Mad Molly's Fashion State is all about...turning folks onto stuff I like, and the more who share the love the merrier   :-*!

Title: Re: My new link-rich fansite for DS! :D
Post by: Mark Rainey on April 19, 2006, 11:18:32 PM

Nice site, AKA Laura. Really enjoyed the captions...they're spot-on.  >:D