Twenty-Seven Grilled Bards and One Reviewer: Marie E. Costa
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| Interviews by Fans | |
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| Title: | Twenty-Seven Grilled Bards and One Reviewer: Marie E. Costa |
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| Interviewee: | Marie E. Costa |
| Date(s): | July 20, 1998 |
| Medium: | online |
| Fandom(s): | Xena: Warrior Princess |
| External Links: | full interview is here, Archived version |
| Click here for related articles on Fanlore. | |
Twenty-Seven Grilled Bards and One Reviewer: Marie E. Costa is a 1998 Xena: Warrior Princess fan interview at Whoosh!.
Series
For others in this series, see Whoosh! Interview Series.
Some Excerpts
Both Xena, and Gabrielle and their ever changing drives have been the major inspiration in my writing Xena fan fiction. Both women have evolved quite a bit in the last three years and I enjoy the opportunity to explore the changes as they have been presented, and the chance to delve into their psyche in a way the television show can never do. I enjoy writing about relationships and what it tales to maintain a relationship. Many of today's unresolved issues stem from the inability of people to maintain comfortable relationships...whether at work, or in the home. Xena and Gabrielle provide the opportunity to explore this problem and to show that working through your changes and problems is worth it.
Yes. I have written all my life, which means long before becoming a Xena fan. I wrote Star Trek (original only) Fan Fiction, way before Xena was ever thought of. Although I have written some romance and mystery stories, most of my works have been in the Science Fiction/Fantasy genre, and were written for my enjoyment and that of my family and friends. Xena fiction is the only wide read fiction I have ever done, and therefore can't determine what the response to my other writings would be. My family and friends always seemed to like my writings.
Well I like all other authors enjoy learning that others like my work it is not the main reason I write. I write because I need to express my inner thoughts... Xena is an excellent modem for this, because in her you have all aspects of humanity... anything goes... meaning one is free to explore any aspect and to grow from it. As to being spiritually energized by my readers... if I were counting on that I'd be rather depleted. [G] Life is about relationships... that is true... and we must all be willing to step out into the light and take credit and blame for our own life, like Xena has.