Lois & Clark Nfic Archive Interview with Kathy Brown
| Interviews by Fans | |
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| Title: | Lois & Clark Nfic Archive Interview with Kathy Brown |
| Interviewer: | |
| Interviewee: | Kathy Brown |
| Date(s): | 1998 |
| 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, Kathy Brown was interviewed for Lois & Clark Nfic Archive.
For a later interview with Kathy Brown, see Lois & Clark Nfic Archive Interview: Where Are They Now? -- Kathy Brown.
Similar interviews in the series: Category:Lois and Clark Fan Interviews.
Some Excerpts
Since I was about 10 or 12. Chris Reeve's Superman in the movies really caught my attention, then I started watching the old George Reeves' TV show in reruns. I also picked up a few comics around this time, in particular, a "Superman Encyclopedia" that I found in a used book store. It summarized everything there was to know about Superman up to that time (late 70's), including the history of the character and descriptions/summaries of the villains, friends and plots. I really learned a lot from that book, which I used to pore over time and time again.Interestingly, what I would do in studying this book was gather "material" for my daydreams about Clark. I was actually writing fanfic in my head, though I certainly didn't have a name for it back then.
One thing I find funny/cute/ironic, is how most of my "daydreams" about Clark involved him meeting a woman who appreciated him for all the things he was, not criticized him for what he wasn't. (Remember, this is based on the "pre-crisis" Superman, like in the Reeve movies, who pretended to be a timid nerd as his disguise.) I might have been the only person who really liked Superman 3 & 4, not because of the gosh-awful a-plots, but because they both involved women who liked Clark romantically, and made Lois jealous. <g>
In my mind, he always would go for the girl who treated him well and left Lois lamenting the fact that she didn't know a good thing when she saw it. I think it was the allure of finding that "diamond in the rough". We all want to both find that person ... and be that person that someone notices as being special.
But my "fandom" was brought to a new level with "Lois & Clark". There is absolutely no contest over which incarnation is my favorite.
I wrote my first story (Camping with Clark) in December of 1995, which was half-way through the 3rd season of L&C on ABC.Fanfic was one of the first things I discovered in FoLCdom when I went on-line that fall, and I was devouring them left and right. After I'd read a hundred or so <g>, I started thinking "hey, I could do this". All I needed was the right idea. I had recently attended a camping trip with a bunch of work friends and bingo! I always wanted the show to introduce us to some of Clark's old friends who he claimed to keep in touch with. Since they didn't, I decided to do it myself. :)
"Camping" was intended to be within continuity -- L&C had just become engaged on the show, and I figured they'd get married during May sweeps. I set the wedding in June to account for summer break. Who could have expected they'd try to get married in February?! When L&C didn't end up married after that horrible story arc, I thought I was golden once again --they'd have to marry them during May sweeps. Buzz! Wrong answer. Oh, well, can't have everything. <g>
As many people know, I'm the Editor-in-Chief of the L&C Fanfic Archive. This keeps me pretty busy. I love the job and am honored to be such an active part of running the Archive. But the irony is it keeps me so busy that I don't have nearly as much time to either write my own stories, or even to read other people's fanfics. Up until a year ago, I could say that I had read every single story on the Archive. Now I have to rely on recommendations from friends and my editing staff to give me a heads up when a new great story comes along. What some of you may not know, however, is that I'm coordinating a Season 6 (S6, continuing from last year's S5) this year. It won't be a full season as S5 was -- we are only doing 11-12 episodes, spread out over 9 months. However, I can say that we have some fantastic writers on staff (about half from S5, half new to the project) and some great episodes planned. So, even though they won't be released like clockwork every Sunday, keep an eye out for them. We'll be sure to post our schedule on LOISCLA and the Fanfic list when we are ready. We'll also put a link to our website on the Archive, once we get things rolling. We're aiming for a mid-October premiere.