Inside the Head of Trish Shields
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| Interviews by Fans | |
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| Title: | Inside the Head of Trish Shields |
| Interviewer: | Amy Murphy |
| Interviewee: | Trish Shields |
| Date(s): | September 2002 |
| Medium: | online |
| Fandom(s): | Xena: Warrior Princess |
| External Links: | full interview is here, Archived version |
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Inside the Head of Trish Shields is a 2002 Xena: Warrior Princess fan interview at Whoosh!.
Series
For others in this series, see Whoosh! Interview Series.
Some Excerpts
I've always written poetry ever since I can remember. It's the best, easiest, and cheapest therapy on the market, but I never wrote a story until the third season of Xena: Warrior Princess. I was reading a piece of fan fiction. I'd discovered it while downloading some pictures of Xena and Gabrielle for my kids at the local library. I'd come across something called 'alt' fiction and on a whim decided to print some up for myself. When I read it I felt so liberated. There were others out there with this truth in their head. It was empowering. So, there I am reading this long since forgotten piece and it just faltered at the end. I thought about how I might have ended it differently and began to try my hand at writing the ending. I really enjoyed myself and so I began to write full stories. Slowly. I'd like to think I've improved since then.
I'd like to think folks would continue to be entertained by my stories, my poems and my filks. I guess I want people to see me as a serious writer, someone who was inspired to great heights and tried to achieve them.
I admit to feeling quite melancholy, actually. I'm p-ss-d off that Lucy Lawless and Renee O'Connor were forced to end their program and couldn't stay on for one more year. Oh, I know they have lives and perhaps the time had come for them to move on. But I'm selfish sometimes; the sixth season was so rewarding, making me wish seasons four and five could have been better. What unrealized potential. Ah, but it's all good and I'm glad I haven't missed one moment of it - I don't think this magic will come this way again.