October 30th, 2009 (12:42 am)
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By now you all more than know that I have been a fan of Jensen Ackles for over a decade, ever since he first appeared in the fictional town of Salem, Anywhere USA on Days of our Lives. It is often said that soap fans are the most loyal of any genre and any medium: once they welcome an actor into their home day after day, they stick with them-- no matter how many unfinished weddings, natural disasters, babies switched at birth, or crappy mainstream projects onto which they might go. I have proven this theory in the past by looking at the following of some ex-Days stars, including Ackles. Though I, of course, consider myself the most loyal of all of the Ackles' fans, I admit Beth, the author of The Official Jensen Ackles Newsletter gives me a run for my money.
Here I chat with Beth about her motives for the newsletter and her reasoning behind devoting so much time and effort to one man for all of these years.
The Official Jensen Ackles Newsletter was founded in February 1998 and has been emailed out to a select listserve of fans ever since. Issues come up periodically throughout the year, whenever Ackles makes it into national publications with stories worth reprinting/sharing. Beth has even enlisted the help of the Ackles family to talk up their baby within her own.