Lois & Clark Nfic Archive Interview: Where Are They Now? -- Pam Jernigan
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| Title: | Lois & Clark Nfic Archive Interview: Where Are They Now? -- Pam Jernigan |
| Interviewer: | Annette |
| Interviewee: | Pam Jernigan |
| Date(s): | 2001 |
| Medium: | online |
| Fandom(s): | Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman |
| External Links: | Lois & Clark, Archived version |
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In 2001, Pam Jernigan 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 Pam's previous interview: Lois & Clark Nfic Archive Interview with Pam Jernigan.
For similar interviews, see Category: Lois and Clark Fan Interviews.
Some Excerpts
Are you still writing? If so, what is/are your current project/projects?
I've just finished my longest story yet, and at the moment I have nothing new planned. My son is in school now, but my daughter has quit taking naps. Since naptime was my writing time, I'm thinking I'll need to take a break for a year or so. But you never know when the bug might bite me again.
Do you think your writing style has evolved? How? Why?
Gosh, I hope so. I like to think I've gotten better at plotting, and I've been lucky enough to find excellent beta readers and editors, so my grammar has improved, at least somewhat. I've also been writing longer stories, and I can't do that without more advance planning, which has been interesting. While writing the beginning of Hearts Divided, I knew exactly how I was going to end it, but no clear idea of what to do in the middle -- thankfully it all came together as I wrote. I ended up re-sequencing some of the scenes in the end section during the editing process, which I think made the story stronger. I like to think I'm gaining some understanding of story structure. Slowly and painfully. :)
Are your tastes in fanfic, as well as your view of writing in general, different from what they used to be? Why?
Umm ... I think my view of writing has been deepening, if that makes sense -- I'm more aware of the techniques and craft of writing, underneath the surface of the story. My tastes in fanfic are for stories that don't stress me out :) but I can appreciate a well-written nail-biter, whether the tension comes from the a-plot or the b-plot. I do require a happy ending, but fortunately those aren't hard to come by. I've stopped reading nfic for personal reasons. Overall, there are even more great stories being written now than there used to be, and I'm grateful for that.