Twenty-Seven Grilled Bards and One Reviewer: sHaYch
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| Title: | Twenty-Seven Grilled Bards and One Reviewer: sHaYch |
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| Interviewee: | sHaYch |
| Date(s): | July 3, 1998 |
| Medium: | online |
| Fandom(s): | Xena: Warrior Princess |
| External Links: | full interview is here, Archived version |
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Twenty-Seven Grilled Bards and One Reviewer: sHaYch is a 1998 Xena: Warrior Princess fan interview at Whoosh!.
Series
For others in this series, see Whoosh! Interview Series.
Some Excerpts
Well... y'see, there was this little idea... and it just wouldn't go away... At least, that's how it starts. And then I get into telling the story. I'll admit it here and now... I'm a big ol' mushball. I love happy endings. So everything I write has a happy ending : )... (or at least, it sort of does...;) When I start to tell a story, I want to write about the search, discovery and living of... happiness/true love/etc : ) I think I must also go thru a "compulsion" too... because almost all of my stories are "first time" stories... I guess it has to do with "wish fullfillment"... going where the TV show won't/can't go...
[Is there any truth to the rumor that "Warrior's Hands" was written in response to Bongo Bear's "The Alternative Fan Fiction Clich‚ List"?]: I won't tell if you won't ; ) Yes, and no. I saw a rerun of Lost Mariner and read BB's Cliche list at the same time... and the story was born... : )
Actually, depending on the "negativity" of the feedback, I get energized by it. I can't say that a "you suck, your writing sucks, and you're a sicko queer" letter would make my day all that much brighter, but I think after the initial reactionary response (griping, groaning and cussing...) I'd feel the need to "prove them wrong" or whatever. ;) Of course, this is not to say that I don't adore positive feedback... I love that. Nothing makes me smile brighter, or gives me more surprised pleasure than to open an email from someone regarding a story I wrote, and see that they're telling me just how much they enjoyed it. As a matter of fact, I save every letter I get, to look at when I'm feeling low :). I also answer everything... sometimes I'm not the most verbose in my replies, but I like to let people know just how much I appreciate their appreciation :) I will have to say that if the feedback stopped, I'd still keep writing. And posting.