Lois & Clark Nfic Archive Interview: Where Are They Now? -- Jeff Brogden
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| Title: | Lois & Clark Nfic Archive Interview: Where Are They Now? -- Jeff Brogden |
| Interviewer: | Annette |
| Interviewee: | Jeff Brogden |
| Date(s): | 2001 (possibly 2002) |
| Medium: | online |
| Fandom(s): | Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman |
| External Links: | Lois & Clark, Archived version |
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Jeff Brogden was interviewed for the Lois & Clark Nfic Archive.
This interview was part of a series of checking back in with previous interviewees in the series: "Welcome to the Writer's Showcase *new* monthly feature!! Have you ever wondered what happend to your favorite writers? Are they still a part of FoLCdom? Have they moved on to bigger and better things? (Who am I kidding, there's nothing better than LnC!) Are they still writing at all? Well, look no further ... At the beginning of each month we will feature a previously showcased author, beginning with those authors who were interviewed by Annie Lansbury when she founded the idea and web site of The Writer's Showcase."
See Jeff Brogden's previous interview: Lois & Clark Nfic Archive Interview with Jeff Brogden.
For similar interviews, see Category: Lois and Clark Fan Interviews.
Some Excerpts
What have you been up to since the last interview?
After my last interview, I found that I could not keep up with the amount of email the various LnC mailing lists produced, the amount of fanfic being produced and all the things that were happening in my personal life with work and family. Something had to give, and that was my involvement with FoLCdom. I unsubscribed from the mailing lists, and only looked at the fanfic archive once or twice a month. It's hard to give up reading all those great stories, and in the end I couldn't do it. If it wasn't for the great stories posted on the archive, I wouldn't have anything to read. :-)
After about a year and a half or two years, I got the itch to write again. I discovered Zoomway's message boards and as soon as I read them, I was hooked again. I tried to start writing several different stories, but nothing clicked. After many false starts, "Lost and Found" seemed to strike a cord and take on a life of it's own. It was a great challenge, both technically and personally, for me to finish that story. That challenge was rewarded when the wonderful FoLC's awarded it a Kerth last year. I was stunned and humbled. Thank you, all, who voted.
During the writing of that story, my personal life changed yet again, and since then, I've found even less time than before to devote to writing. At this point, sadly, I've even been forced to give up reading the message boards on a regular basis.
Are your tastes in fanfic, as well as your view of writing in general, different from what they used to be? Why?
Most definitely different. Like most people, I originally read everything I could find. Now, I'm much more selective in my reading. There is just so much *good* fanfiction out there, and so little of my time. I still have the same criteria - creative and original. And those two requirements are still being met today, even though the show has been off the air for so long. In someways, reading LnC fanfic has made reading "commercial" fiction boring. I can spot all kinds of mistakes and plot holes and contrived circumstances in "professional" writing. When I want something really good to read, I still hit the archive.