Lois & Clark Nfic Archive Interview with Wendy Richards

Interviews by Fans
Title:	Lois & Clark Nfic Archive Interview with Wendy Richards
Interviewer:	Lois & Clark Nfic Archive
Interviewee:	Wendy Richards
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, Wendy Richards was interviewed for the Lois & Clark Nfic Archive.

See that site for others in this series.

Some Excerpts

I've always loved writing, though in recent years I had given up on any efforts at fiction in favour of my academic writing. However, along came this TV show with wonderful characters, a timeless love story, humour, adventure, danger and a super-hero all wrapped up together. I watched the episodes avidly, and after the end of Season 2 on British TV felt that I couldn't wait until its return in the autumn... I went to the Internet, discovered hundreds of fantastic L&C sites, and best of all... fan fiction. Hundreds of great stories about my favourite characters. I read them all, eagerly checked the Archive for updates, was delighted when the Fifth Seasons started on the Internet, and regularly ended my working day with a treat - reading a new story. What started me writing for myself, I think, was buying the videos of Season 1 episodes I had never seen, and the kindness of some UK FOLCS in giving me copies of some episodes I was missing from my taped collection. I watched TOGOM for only the second time early in 1998, and thought - as many FOLCs did - that the non-resolution of Lois's feelings about Clark's 'death' was so disappointing... so I went away and wrote 'Identity Crisis, in which, when Clark reveals his real identity to Lois, she is hurt most of all that he could have let her think that he was dead. And I haven't been able to stop since!

I always liked anything to do with Superman, although I wasn't a great comic fan. The idea of this Super being, who could do almost anything, yet preferred to hide under the guise of a quiet reporter, always intrigued me. When I started watching L&C, and realized that in this incarnation *Superman* was the disguise, I was hooked. The series has always had humour and wonderful WAFFy moments. But it also introduced a Clark Kent who was so very human; who made mistakes, was unsure of himself both as Clark and Superman, who was kind and giving and could also be hurt. And Lois was created as intelligent and feisty, a very strong female character who, however, also had a vulnerable side; and who managed to show Clark on many occasions, even if she didn't know it, that her intelligence and cunning were often better weapons than super-powers.

Humor? The series always contained plenty of humour, whether it was Clark's weak jokes, the interaction between Perry and Jimmy, or a comic villain; therefore a good fanfic should contain some humour. Zoomway does this perfectly; I really envy her facility at genuinely funny dialogue. But again, for me a story has to have *more* than just humour to make it worth re-reading.