Lois & Clark Nfic Archive Interview with Erin Klingler

Interviews by Fans
Title:	Lois & Clark Nfic Archive Interview with Erin Klingler
Interviewer:
Interviewee:	Erin Klingler
Date(s):	1998 or 1999
Medium:	online
Fandom(s):	Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
External Links:	full interview is here, Archived version
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In 1998 or 1999, Erin Klingler was interviewed for Lois & Clark Nfic Archive.

For a later interview with Erin, see Lois & Clark Nfic Archive Interview: Where Are They Now? -- Erin Klingler.

For similar interviews, see Category:Lois and Clark Fan Interviews.

Some Excerpts

When I heard that ABC was going to be having a primetime show about Superman, I remember rolling my eyes and saying, "Oh, brother! They must be pretty desperate for ratings." So, needless to say, I didn't bother to tune in. But one Sunday night, halfway through the first season, I was channel surfing and happened upon the show. It was "Green Green Glow of Home", and from that night on, I was totally and completely hooked. :) I can remember being drawn in by the way Dean played the character so charming and well-mannered, yet insecure and naive. Teri's portrayal hooked me, too. I liked her brazen "I know where I'm going, so get out of my way" attitude, but also liked the insecurities I saw inside her character, as well. Maybe that's what made their characters so appealing to me. I liked the fact that inside, they're just like the rest of us. :) It took on a very real, yet fairy tale quality. And since I'm such a sucker for romance....

I wrote my first fanfic before I even realized there was such a thing. :) Somewhere near the beginning of the second season, I had an idea for a fanfic that I just couldn't get out of my mind. So I started jotting down some notes. What started out as a fairly short story turned into a 70+ page fanfic. (That should give you an idea of how long- winded I can be <g>) But it just sat on my hard drive because I had no idea people were interested in reading such stories. :) Then a couple of months later, I was surfing the 'net one night, and just for the heck of it, I typed "Lois and Clark" and was both shocked and thrilled when it came back with all those matches! When I went through the links, I stumbled across the fanfic archive and was immediately entranced. I read story after story until five the next morning, slept for a couple of hours, then got up and read some more. Thankfully it was a weekend! <g> From that day on, I was hooked. I rushed my fanfic out to a couple of buddies I had met on #loiscla, and revamped a huge portion of it before sending it to the archive for uploading. After that, I couldn't stop writing!

Nfics? Love them!! <bg> But I definitely prefer the nfics that are more than just an R-rated scene or two. For example, I absolutely love Demi's "Heaven's Prisoners", Kathy Brown's "Winners" and "Camping With Clark", and Sheila Harper's "A Shot in the Dark". All these authors (and tons of others) do a great job of drawing a reader in with a great story and then including the nfic scenes to further develop their plot. If done well, these stories are my favorite. :) I'm seriously thinking about making an nfic version of the fanfic I'm working on currently, but I'll have to wait and see if I want to undertake that. (I'm sure there will eventually be one, if Kathy Brown has anything to say about it! <bg>)