1) If you could visit any place at any time period, where would you go and what would you do?

I think I’d go back in time, rather than forward – the Regency period in England would be awesome (think Jane Austen!). To be honest though, I think I’d get bored pretty quickly with all the social hierarchies and the need to be uber-polite… it’s a very romantic notion to live in that period, but I was definitely born at the right time!

2) Have you ever met anyone famous?

Joe Pasquale. Briefly. He’s an English comedian with a squeaky voice. Bit of a pathetic claim to fame really! My firm acts for a lot of English celebs going through divorces though, so I live vicariously

3) If you could meet any famous person, alive or dead, who would it be and what would you say/do?

I’d quite like to have tea and crumpets with the Queen! No idea what I’d say to her, but it would definitely make a good anecdote at dinner parties.

4) If you could switch lives with any person, who would you choose and why? If you want to switch with a person who is dead, we’ll assume that you wanted to live their life while he/she was alive.

Hmmm…. I’m happy as I am!

5) Who is your favorite author, alive or dead, and why?

Charlaine Harris – I’ve only read the Sookie Stackhouse novels so far (twice), but I’m totally hooked.

6) What is your favorite book and why?

Probably Pride and Prejudice as I’ve read it so many times. Elizabeth is such a strong, complex heroine, it’s timelessly romantic and so beautifully written.

7) Who is your favorite singer, alive or dead, and why?

Nina Simone – her voice is so incredible, her music hits the spot every time.

8.) What is your favorite song and why?

Teardrop by Massive Attack. There’s just something about the combination of the drum beat, harpsicord, piano and haunting vocals that gives me goosebumps every time I hear it. I was very nervous about doing a video to it.

9) What is your favorite movie and why?

This is so difficult!! If I have to plump for one, I’d say American Beauty – when I first watched it, it had a really profound effect on me and it just inspired me to live every moment of my “stupid little life” to the full. Labyrinth (the David Bowie film) would be a very close second: it was the first internet community that I took part in, and I can pretty much quote the entire film.

10) What is your favorite television show and why?

Smallville used to be the only one on the podium, but thanks to the one or two duff seasons, I’d say True Blood is my favourite, closely followed by Misfits. I also love The Vampire Diaries, Merlin and Doctor Who… Oh, I used to love a show called The 10th Kingdom too, but I bet most people haven’t heard of that one… All it takes is a good ‘ship and I’m hooked (e.g. Eric/Sookie, Ashley/Future!Simon, Elena/Damon, Arthur/Gwen, Doctor/Rose, Virginia/Wolf)

11) Who is your favorite actor/actress, alive or dead, and why?

I think it’s a tie between Sir Anthony Hopkins and Kevin Spacey. They’re just so brilliant!!

12) What is the one movie/television show that you would never admit to family, friends, co-workers that you watch? Yes, I know asking defeats the point, but spill your guts anyway.

If I find a show I like, however embarrassing, I want everyone to watch it! I’ve even got my mum hooked on True Blood (“ooh, that Eric’s a right B isn’t he?”)…

13) Do people in your Real Life know that you are a member of NS?

My boyfriend knows all about it as he lives with me: my computer is hooked up to my big TV so there can be no secrets!!!

14) Do people in your Real Life know that you create fan videos?

My boyfriend has to suffer through my hours of editing, and he grumbles when I hog the TV to do it! He’s very supportive though. My best friend has watched most of my videos, my brother’s watched a few, but that’s about it – I’d be a bit embarrassed having a screening of my back catalogue with Mum and Dad!

15) When did you first start reading fanfiction?

Back around 1998/9 when I was at Uni – I started to hunt down fanfiction for Labyrinth and it got me hooked into the whole fan world. I also wrote fanfic for it too. It was one of the main reasons I first came to NS, and the rest is history…

16) When did you first get started in creating fan videos?

After I joined NS, I watched a few of the music videos on the boards – it was the first time I’d seen anything like it, and I was completely mesmerised by seeing a fictional ‘ship come to life. I think I made my first one ‘A Cinderella Story’ in late 2003/early 2004.

17) Is creating fan videos just a hobby for you or do you do more with your video making skills?

I love a good challenge – my boyfriend is a graphic designer, so I often animate his drawings and I want to do a more formal collaboration with him soon and might get to help with/do some of his paid client work. I’ve also created funny videos for my synchronised ice skating team to boost team morale, and have done some motion graphics to break complex moves down and animate where each individual needs to go. Oh, I filmed and edited a music video for an old friend a few years ago who was a songwriter – that was so much fun! Sadly, I haven’t made any money from it yet!

18) When you aren’t making awesome fan videos, what do you do and/or want to be doing?

When I’m not working, vidding or sleeping, I’m ice skating… I’ve been an ice dancer for 3 or 4 years now, and am team captain of the local adult synchro team which I helped to form. I love being on the ice – it makes me feel like I’m flying! Plus, my boyfriend is an amazing ice dancer, so we get to play with lifts too. Oh, and I love, LOVE making cupcakes. I’m such a girl.

19) How and why did you first get interested in Chlex? What do you like most about the characters? What do you hate about them?

It’s been so long that I can hardly remember! I think it was towards the end of the first season that I came across a site called Fire and Ice which was devoted to chlex: I just thought what an awesome pairing it was, and something clicked! I loved Chloe’s spirit and intelligence, and I found Lex interesting because he seemed so different to the legend that he would ultimately become and I knew he had an interesting journey ahead of him. I honestly don’t hate anything about either character, though wasn’t too hot about Lexana or Chimmy.

20) How and why did you first get interested in making Chlex fan videos?

It never occurred to me to make anything else! I was totally obsessed with chlex at the time that I started learning how to vid.

21) Is there anything while watching Chlex fan videos that you really like/hate?

I do have a couple of things that bug me about videos in general which I consider bad editing, but vids on NS are usually second to none. I love watching AU videos and getting lost in the storyline, or being surprised thinking ‘hang on, when did THAT happen on the show?!’

22) What (if any) other fandoms do you make fan videos for and why?

It was a few years before I branched out, but now I’ll do anything! I’ve made vids for Harry Potter, Phantom of the Opera, Doctor Who, True Blood, Pride and Prejudice, and even one about my favourite ice dancers, Torvill & Dean! There isn’t really a reason, it’s just to tell a story, highlight a theme or generally get an idea out of my head!

23) What type of environment do you need to create your videos? For example: extreme quiet, blaring music, subtle background noise, etc.

I need to listen to the music as I’m editing, and scrub through it frame by frame to make sure I cut on the beats. It drives my boyfriend round the bend. I find it quite distracting if I’m listening to anything else – I must be a nightmare to live with, but I bake a lot which evens things out.

24) How do your ideas come to you? Do you always create videos for them or do you let them disappear?

If I have a vid idea that I really want to do, I always write it down – I have a vidding book (with an apt picture of a mad cow on the front) just for this purpose. I also have lots of little notepad files in a notepad on my computer with snippets of lyrics/scene ideas in. The most fully formed and persistent ideas always get made, otherwise they won’t leave my head!

25) When and how did your collaboration with Zannie start in making videos for her fanfics?

I’d already made a vid for Fiona’s Sanguis Quid Ligurat and absolutely loved the challenge of being constrained by someone else’s story, so when I fell in love with Zannie’s ‘Irrevocable’ I really wanted to do the same. I think Zannie had liked a few of my vids already, so I tentatively asked and she said yes!!! It was such an amazing opportunity to work with her on it – I sent her the music, and bits of scenes as I was doing it to make sure it fitted with what was in her head. When I started reading Untouchable, I was already making notes for a video during the first chapter! She’s such an amazing author that her words leap to life – it makes vidding very easy and I just found it immensely satisfying

26) Do you plan a video from the beginning to end or do you start with an idea and let the choices for clips and effects come to you while working on the video?

My first few vids were a bit anarchic – I started with the first scene and went where it took me. I soon realised that I much preferred the outcome if I put a bit more planning in to get the storyline sorted first. I listen to the song on repeat dozens (and dozens) of times until I can watch the vid in my head – I split the song up into scenes and chapters according to it’s pace and mood, then I write everything down and make a shopping list of clips. I don’t mind changing small things as I’m editing if I find something works better, but on the whole, I tend to have it all mapped out before I even start choosing my clips.
27) What software do you use or have used to create your fanvideos?

I started with Windows Movie Maker for the first three or four vids, and then moved over to Adobe Premiere LE. I now use Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 for the editing, Adobe After Effects CS3 for any special effects or motion graphics (like the advent trailer), and I still use Adobe Photoshop CS for any manipulations I need. I also edit my own music sometimes too, and I use a program called Audacity for that.

28) How do you pick the songs to feature in your videos? Do you find a song to fit the video or do you fit the video to a song?

The idea usually comes first, then I have to hunt for a piece of music to match it, which can be a real pain. Occasionally, the music comes first such as for ‘Drifting Away’ and ‘I Bruise Easily’.

29) Which video was the most difficult to create and why?

Bachelorette. Hands down. It was the last vid in the chlex/chruce/chlark trilogy and I had so many characters and plotlines to resolve in under 5 and a half minutes it gave me such a headache!!! It took me months to figure out how to get to the big fight scene at the end. To add to this, I’d used up all the ‘easy’ scene manipulations in the first two vids, so I really had to drag this vid kicking and screaming to the finishing post. I think it took over a year to plan and then months to edit.

30) Which video are you most proud of and why?

‘All is Full of Love’ as it was selected to be screened at Vividcon 2007 in Chicago, which is an annual convention for fanvids showcasing work from some of the best vidders around. It was shown in the ‘Daughters of the Experimental’ session which featured vids that “stand out for unusual style or technique, that take risks and experiment with effects, storytelling techniques, music, etc”. Even now, I can’t quite believe it! I’d love to go one day.

31) Is there anything that you won’t feature in a video or feel uncomfortable putting in a video?

No. I tend to create vids for myself, so if it’s something I want to watch, I’ll vid it!

32) What do you do if/when you have a mental block while making a video? What advice can you give to new vid makers who might be scared to post their fanvids?
If I get vidder’s block, it’s a case of never give up, never surrender! If I’m struggling plot-wise, I write things on bits of paper and shuffle them around until I work out a storyboard in my head. If I’m having trouble editing, it’s usually the music that isn’t quite right so I try something different.

Vidders must never be scared to post their work!!! Especially on such a friendly forum like NS. My first vids were a bit raw and I was nervous about posting them, but it’s so encouraging when you get feedback and when you can see that people are watching your work – you get a real buzz from it and it pushes you to get better and do more.

33) Have you ever seen someone else’s fan video and wished you thought of the idea first?

Deconstruction by hirukodark – it’s an 8-minute chlex/chlark vid where Lex wipes Chloe’s mind and convinces her that they’re a couple. It’s fantastic.

34) Have you ever wanted someone else to make your fan video concept?

Usually when I have an idea I’m excited about doing it myself. Fee (staysixkid) and I used to swap songs and bounce ideas around all the time though.

35) Are reviews vital to keep you creating fan videos or will you continuing making fan videos to entertain yourself?

Comments really, really help. I do create for myself, but the thing that keeps me going is imagining other people’s reactions when they see things. In the advent calendar 2010 vid, for example, there are a couple of scene manipulations that I think are going to get a few people excited, so I’m eager to know what people think! Vids usually take me at least a month to do, often two or more, so I invest a lot of my free time. It’s quite disheartening to see a high ‘view’ count with no feedback as you wonder if people are enjoying it and if your hard work paid off. I’d still muster on for a bit without feedback, but it would be really hard.

36) Have you ever had a review that made you think something about your video that you never thought of before? Has a review ever made you want to make a major edit to your video?

I once saw a thread (not on NS) that was discussing Teardrop and one person said that they didn’t like the ‘pro-life’ angle of the vid. I was really surprised by this as it never even entered my head to be pro-life or pro-choice – I just wanted to tell a story about Lex and Chloe having a baby and overcoming adversity in the form of a meddling Lionel Luthor. I was quite upset, but realised that it was up to the viewer if they wanted to read something into a vid – it’s wrong of me to assume that people will always view things the way I intend. Ultimately, I still loved the vid, so I didn’t change anything.

37) Do you catalogue certain Smallville (or any fandom) scenes so you know exactly where to find a clip of someone smiling/crying/etc.? Or do keep the whole video files intact and rewatch them to find the necessary scenes?

I have a catalogue of scene fillers, such as shots of the daily planet, the torch and so on, but I try not to catalogue anything else as they would get overused. I tend to know SV really well, so I know which eps I need to rip for particular things. If I’m struggling, I scan through the DVDs to find what I need. It’s different for films, as I watch them a few times with my trusty ‘mad cow’ book and write notes on which scenes/clips I need to grab.

38) Do you see Chloe and Lex or other Smallville characters in different television shows or movies? Meaning, do you watch a movie like Star Wars and start thinking that Lex is just like Han Solo? If so, would you make a video based on that idea?

Not really, but I do often pair them up with characters from other shows/films! Watch this space :-p

39) What do you think AM and MR would say about your videos if they watched them? How would you feel if someone from the show did watch your videos?

I’m sure Allison and Michael would be very embarrassed at the raunchier bits, but I hope they’d like them! I would be absolutely over the moon if anyone even remotely associated with the show watched one of my vids, unless they were on the hunt for copyright infringers…

40) If you could have any super power, what would it be and why? Would you use it for good or evil?

I’d love to be able to travel in time and would use it purely for selfish reasons, so that I could vid, skate, work, sleep AND spend time with my long-suffering boyfriend!

1) If you could visit any place at any time period, where would you go and what would you do?

I think I’d stay where I am (upper Midwest U.S.) & go back about 12,000 years. It would be very cool to see all the animals that are now extinct in North America – the mammoths & camels & llamas, etc.
2) Have you ever met anyone famous?

Garrison Keillor. Does that count?

3) Who is your favorite author, alive or dead, and why?

Agatha Christie – I think I’ve probably read everything she’s written. Even as a kid I enjoyed how character-driven her mysteries are — the big revel always involves some secret about the murderer’s psyche.

4) What is your favorite book and why?

Gilead, by Marilynne Robinson.

5) Who is your favorite singer, alive or dead, and why?

Billie Holiday. My favorite album of all time is “Lady in Satin”. Her voice was pretty much shot by then but nobody else could do what she could with a song.

6) What is your favorite movie and why?

By genre:

Western – The Wild Bunch
Musical – West Side Story
Rom/Com – The Philadelphia Story
Animated – Spirited Away (yeah, the English version, which I guess means I’m doing it wrong)
Sci-fi – the Wrath of Khan / Search for Spock / Voyage Home trilogy is still my fave
Comedy – Galaxy Quest
Romance (dramatic) – Sweetland
Drama – The Lion in Winter (the Peter O’Toole / Katharine Hepburn version)
Sports – Rocky
Harry Potter – The Prisoner of Azkabahn
Bill Murray – The Royal Tenebaums
Caper – The Sting
Comic Book Adaptation – Iron Man, but that’s solely because of RDJ, otherwise I’d have to go with X-Men.
Period – this is actually a mini-series, but I really liked the HBO John Adams production

7) What is your favorite television show and why?

Of all time, probably X-Files. Right now the only thing I tune for live is Community. I tried watching Fringe the first season and couldn’t get into it, but I’ve heard good things about it, so I may try that out again.

8.) Who is your favorite actor/actress, alive or dead, and why?

Dead? Kate Hepburn. Alive? Cate Blanchett. Guys it’s harder. I think James Cagney, Dead, and Robert Downey Jr., Alive.

9) What is the one movie/television show that you would never admit to family, friends, co-workers that you watch? Yes, I know asking defeats the point, but spill your guts anyway.

I don’t really tell people I watched Smallville. Usually I get a reaction that boils down to “Seriously?” and I’m not at the point where I can defend the show anymore.

10) Do people in your Real Life know that you read/write fanfiction?

My husband knows, and a few friends. I mostly keep quiet about irl because I teach Sunday School for some senior high students, a few of whom are SV fans and seem to be active in fandom, and while sexuality is one of the issues that gets discussed in class I’m not too sure most of their parents want their kids reading the smut I’ve written. I’m also pretty sure it would creep most of the kids out to know that I had.

11) When did you first start reading fanfiction?

About four years ago I really got into Harry Potter fanfic in a big way, then switched over to Smallville about a year and a half ago.

12) When did you first get started in writing fanfiction?

I’m not usually inspired to write anything for shows/books/movies I enjoy. If I enjoy something I just want to enjoy it for what it is.

Occasionally I’ll enjoy something mostly, but there will be one or two or several things about it that bother me, and I’ll get the itch to “fix” it. Or at least bring/up acknowledge the thing that bothers me (I’ve noticed this seems to be true for a lot of people who write Smallville fic.) The first time I wrote something, it was a little drabble, was just the most amazing feeling. It was like hiking to the top of some ridge and seeing the view from the top and knowing that sense of accomplishment.

13) Is fanfic writing just a hobby for you or do you hope to go further with your writing?

The great thing about fanfic is that I set my own deadlines. Writing fiction for a living would require me to develop a lot more discipline than I have now.

14) When you aren’t writing awesome fanfics, what do you do and/or want to be doing?

I like knitting, cooking, yoga. My husband and I bike & back-pack together, and we also enjoy watching previous seasons of shows that aired on cable channels we don’t have. Right now I’m in the middle of seasons 2 of Mad Men and Weeds. I’m also slowly and painfully learning a little bit about photo manipulation.

15) How and why did you first get interested in Chlex? What do you like most about the characters? What do you hate about them?

Chlex as I see it is — or can be — a fascinating coupling. They are so alike in some ways — they’re both curious, driven people with self-esteem problems, and how they handle those problems that differentiates them, I think. Chloe has developed a habit of repressing her wants in the name of the greater good, while Lex tends to use money as insurance against rejection. So Chloe becomes sort of self-righteous and Lex becomes arrogant, and its whether they can see past those bad habits in the other that I think determines whether they would be able to come together. What adds an additional layer to the clash of personalities is that a lot of other people are materially affected by the decisions the two of them make, so there are a lot of potentially dangerous external consequences to their relationship (as there were, for instance, for Lionel). There’s a lot riding on their verbal judo.

16) How and why did you first get interested in writing Chlex fanfiction?

Like a lot of people, I think, I was very interested in the Chlex relationship in season 3 and was extremely disappointed with how it failed to develop in season 4. Then I sorta gave up on it until season 9 rolled around and Chloe paid to have the kryptonite weapons made. For some reason, unlike all the other Chloe/Lex comparisons they tried to make that season, that one struck me as actually being Lex-like and I started to wonder what could have happened if Lex and Chloe had re-entered each others’ lives at that point.

17) Is there anything while reading Chlex fanfiction that you really like/hate?

I enjoy reading Lex’s POV; it doesn’t seem as if there are many people who do write from his perspective, so it’s a treat when someone does.

18) What (if any) other fandoms do you read/write for and why?

I’ve written other Chloe ships, but not for other shows. I write so slowly I think I can really only handle one fandom at a time.

19) What type of environment do you need to write? For example: extreme quiet, blaring music, subtle background noise, etc.

I need quiet, which stinks, because I would love to be able to write on slow days at work. I can sometimes write to music, but any spoken language in the back-ground will kill my train of thought.

20) How do your ideas come to you? Do you always write them or do you let them disappear?

I try to write every idea down, although I don’t always use it in a fic. I have some great single scenes (well, I think they’re great) that will probably never make it into a finished story.

21) Do you plan a story from the beginning to end or start with an idea and let the chapters come to you as they do?

My first multi-chapter story I had a definite objective and I knew what I wanted to do to get there. My other multi-chapter stories are a little more open-ended. I know that I want certain events to happen, but I’m not entirely sure how that will come to pass, and then sometimes when I’m in the middle of it it’ll come to me, “Oh, that’s how that’ll happen.”

I think my main problem is that I’m constantly asking myself, “But would this person really DO this thing I’ve got planned for them to do? Why?” and it gets hard to move on with the story until I’ve answered that question.

22) Do you ever input certain aspects about yourself into the lives of Chloe and Lex? For example: Do you have Chloe listen to your favorite song or have Lex watch your favorite movie?

I haven’t in my Chlex stories. In other stories I’ve written Chloe mysteriously knows a lot of the same poems I do.

23) Do you associate your writing with any songs even if it isn’t a songfic?

I have a whole Pandora station devoted to a story I’m working on now; it’s based on a fanmix the person who asked for the story put together, and it’s a real kick to see how many new songs get kicked out that just fit the theme perfectly.

24) Do you prefer writing easy, quick stories or long, layered stories?

Shorter pieces are fun because they’re a quick hit and they allow me to play with mood. Longer pieces are more of a challenge. Sometimes I’m up for a challenge & sometimes I’m not.

25) Which do you find easier to write: dialogue or description or are the equally hard/easy?

Dialogue. That always comes first. I really struggle with exposition; I dislike reading it in large chunks and so I try to find ways to chop it into small pieces in my stories, which can be difficult.

26) Is there anything that you won’t write or feel uncomfortable writing?

Writing from a male pov has been always been a little scary for me. I’m trying to do it more, get out of my little box. Similarly, I haven’t written any slash, because what do I know about the way men experience their bodies? So I’m saving that for someday when I want to really push my boundaries.

27) What do you do to cure writer’s block? What advice can you give to new writers who might be scared to post their stories?

I have the worst cure for writer’s block: I start working on something else. All my short moody pieces were written in between chapters of longer stuff.

28) Have you ever read someone else’s fanfic and wished you thought of the idea first?

All the time. I also frequently think, “Gosh, this person is a great stylist, I wish I could write like that” or “This person has such insight into these characters, I wish I did too” or “I wish I could write clever, twisty plots like this”, etc., etc.

29) Are reviews vital to keep you writing or will you finish a story even if you aren’t certain people are reading?

I love reviews. Probably the best review I ever got was from someone who very nicely told me that she didn’t get the point I was trying to make and we had a good discussion about it. That was fun. But I would write & post even if I didn’t get them, since I’m mostly writing to combat what I see as the stupidity of this show.

30) Have you ever had a review that made you think something about your story that you never thought of before? Has a review ever made you want to make a major change to your story?

I’ve had a couple of one-shots turn into something much longer because of comments.

31) How badly do you want to write for Smallville or at least rewrite some of the seasons?

Badly.

32) Do you see Chloe and Lex or other Smallville characters in different television shows or movies? Meaning, do you watch a movie like Star Wars and start thinking that Lex is just like Han Solo?

In my mind Inception was all about the Lex/Lionel relationship.

33) If you could have any super power, what would it be and why? Would you use it for good or evil?

Telekinesis. I’m extremely lazy.

1) If you could visit any place at any time period, where would you go and what would you do?

I would love to visit the UK. As for time periods, there are to many to count.

2) Have you ever met anyone famous?

Robert Blake, he was a good tipper.

3) Who is your favorite author, alive or dead, and why?

Jane Austen, she is timeless.

Read the rest of this interview at NS Forums!

For the latest and updated list, please visit the thread at NS Forums.

2005

May 2005 Interview: ruafair

2006

May 2006 Interview: Blaire023
June 2006 Interview: Zannie
September 2006 Interview: nonky
November 2006 Interview: Catheryne
December 2006 Interview: sydsvaughn

2007

January 2007 Interview: scifichick774
February 2007 Interview: JosiCuervo

2008

March 2008 Interview: skauble
April 2008 Interview: superag
May 2008 Interview: newbatgirl
June 2008 Interview: kimbo
July 2008 Interview: letia84
August 2008 Interview: BlueSabby
September 2008 Interview: Sabby
October 2008 Interview: Kit Merlot
November 2008 Interview: PMD
December 2008 Interview: TheAmazingApe

2009

January 2009 Interview: westwingwolf
February 2009 Interview: Ultra
March 2009 Interview: Lexie
April 2009 Interview: Scorch
May 2009 Interview: toryjhay
June 2009 Interview: cypanache
July 2009 Interview: JennyD13
August 2009 Interview: Avalanche
September 2009 Interview: santija
October 2009 Interview: ThraceC
November 2009 Interview: Krissy235
No interview for December

2010

January 2010 Interview: Booksketeer
February 2010 Interview: biscuits
April 2010 Interview: hagu
May 2010 Interview: sinecure
June 2010 Interview: momdaegmorgan
July 2010 Interview: Zannie (new interview!)
August 2010 Interview: Minty Revolution
September 2010 Interview: Ami Rose

Interview: Ami Rose

1) If you could visit any place at any time period, where would you go and what would you do?

Ireland, I’ve never been out of the US! I’ve always dreamed of visiting or moving to Ireland. See the castles and the land.2) Have you ever met anyone famous?

Yes! Karl Urban, Bruce Campbell, William Gregory Lee, Timothy Omundson, Hudson Leick, Alexandra Tydings, Adrienne Wilkinson, Claire Stansfield, Darien Takle, Ted Raimi & a few more I can’t remember their names.

3) If you could meet any famous person, alive or dead, who would it be and what would you say/do?

There are many stars I’d love to meet! But one that I almost had a chance but he died was Kevin Smith (Ares: God of War)! And living, no question! Jensen Ackles!!!! He’s my favorite actor. I’d just don’t know how I’d react or what I’d say!

4) If you could switch lives with any person, who would you choose and why? If you want to switch with a person who is dead, we’ll assume that you wanted to live their life while he/she was alive.

I don’t have any one person in mind. I know I wouldn’t want to be famous. I’d live to switch lives with someone who’s beautiful and maybe wealthy. I love to travel, and being wealthy would help.

5) Who is your favorite author, alive or dead, and why?

Heather Graham, I fell madly into with her book Ghost Walk. She’s a great mystery suspense author!

6) What is your favorite book and why?

Ghost Walk by Heather Graham, it’s realistic but at the same time its not!

7) Who is your favorite singer, alive or dead, and why?

I love country music and have many favorites. But if I had to choose just one, I’d go for Carry Underwood.

8.) What is your favorite song and why?

Carry Underwood’s Some Hearts, I love her version just don’t know why!!!!

9) What is your favorite movie and why?

That’s a hard question. Ummmmmm… How bout a movie I’ve never got tired of watching… Disney’s Beauty and the Beast!

10) What is your favorite television show and why?

I have 3 favorite and I can’t choose between the 3. Vampire Diaries, Supernatural & Smallville! Everything I’d want in a show is in these 3 shows.

11) Who is your favorite actor/actress, alive or dead, and why?

Jensen Ackles, love his work in Supernatural! He seems like he’d be a nice guy and funny!

12) What is the one movie/television show that you would never admit to family, friends, co-workers that you watch? Yes, I know asking defeats the point, but spill your guts anyway.

I don’t think there’s one nobody don’t know about. I’m open when it comes to movies &/or tv shows. Some people call me a critic.

13) Do people in your Real Life know that you are a member of NS?

Very very few people! Maybe 2 or 3!

14) Do people in your Real Life know that you read/write fanfiction?

A few more then the last question. Mainly my family know!

15) When did you first start reading fanfiction?

I was 14 or 15, I hated reading, had trouble with it! So my aunt told me bout fanfiction (she’s a Xena fan) and told me about fanfiction.net!

16) When did you first get started in writing fanfiction?

I started writing fanfiction about 6 months to a year after starting to read it!

17) Is fanfic writing just a hobby for you or do you hope to go further with your writing?

It’s just a hobby!

18) When you aren’t writing awesome fanfics, what do you do and/or want to be doing?

I throw myself into work! Or I’ll watch tv! But I love the outdoors, and I love geocaching. And I love playing with my 2 dogs.

19) How and why did you first get interested in Chlex? What do you like most about the characters? What do you hate about them?

I’m not sure how or why, but just that in the first season I thought they’d be a cute couple. And I hate that Lex is evil and got taken out of the show. Chloe is just awesome. Maybe the reason I like her so much is because she reminds me of me. I us to want to be a journalist.

20) How and why did you first get interested in writing Chlex fanfiction?

After watching the show and already knowing about fanfiction, I just thought I’d put my own thoughts out!

21) Is there anything while reading Chlex fanfiction that you really like/hate?

I’m a romance buff. I can’t live without it, since I don’t have it in my real life!

22) What (if any) other fandoms do you read/write for and why?

I use to LOVE *N Sync and had read and written stories with them on fanfiction.net!

23) What type of environment do you need to write? For example: extreme quiet, blaring music, subtle background noise, etc.

I turn on my tv and listen to SIRIUS: Heart & Soul or Prime Country! I need a little quiet music to relax while writing.

24) How do your ideas come to you? Do you always write them or do you let them disappear?

I’m not sure how they come to me! But when they do, I’ll think about it for a few days and turn them into stories in my head then start typing them out til I have nothing left!

25) Do you plan a story from the beginning to end or start with an idea and let the chapters come to you as they do?

I get the idea and start typing, then slowly let more chapters come to mind.

26) Do you ever input certain aspects about yourself into the lives of Chloe and Lex? For example: Do you have Chloe listen to your favorite song or have Lex watch your favorite movie?

I try not to, but it seems to happen sometimes. Defiantly when it comes to music.

27) Do you associate your writing with any songs even if it isn’t a songfic?

No! Not that I know of!!!

28) Do you prefer writing easy, quick stories or long, layered stories?

Long stories, but it drives me crazy to do so at the same time. I’ll start one, and then my mind will push it away.

29) Is there anything that you won’t write or feel uncomfortable writing?

NC-17

30) What do you do to cure writer’s block? What advice can you give to new writers who might be scared to post their stories?

I still haven’t really found a way around writer’s block. I just try and give it time. Re-read what I’ve write over and over til something comes up.

31) Have you ever read someone else’s fanfic and wished you thought of the idea first?

Many times!

32) Have you ever wanted someone else to write your story idea?

Sometimes! But mainly because I’m not got with words like a lot of the other writers.

33) Are reviews vital to keep you writing or will you finish a story even if you aren’t certain people are reading?

Reviews are important, they make me feel better about a story. But if I have it in my head to write something I will.

34) Have you ever had a review that made you think something about your story that you never thought of before? Has a review ever made you want to make a major change to your story?

Not really!

35) How badly do you want to write for Smallville or at least rewrite some of the seasons?

That would be a honer, but I’d rather see some of the other authors here rewrite some of the seasons.

36) Do you see Chloe and Lex or other Smallville characters in different television shows or movies? Meaning, do you watch a movie like Star Wars and start thinking that Lex is just like Han Solo?

Not like that example. I see the actors/actress and remember them from the show. But I have done that with real life. My best friend’s name is Josh and he reminds me of Pete from time to time. And like I said before, Chloe reminds me of me a little.

37) What do you think AM and MR would say about your fics if they read them? How would you feel if someone from the show did read your writings?

I’d be SHOCKED! And scared! I’m not that great of a writer and I’d be afraid they laugh at my stuff.

38) If you could have any super power, what would it be and why? Would you use it for good or evil?

LMAO! Wow! I’m not sure! Maybe the power to read minds. Some people just look at you and you wonder what their thinking. I would defiantly use it for good.

1)If you could visit any place at any time period, where would you go and what would you do?

I would visit The Forbidden City in China as an honored guest!

2) Have you ever met anyone famous?

 Yes. A soap star was a guest teacher in an acting camp I went to once. Also, my boyfriend’s dad is a published author of fantasy and children’s novels. And I think it’s really cool. He gets lots of German fanmail.

3) If you could meet any famous person, alive or dead, who would it be and what would you say/do?

 I would really like to meet Lisa Ling and tell her she’s my Lois Lane.

4) If you could switch lives with any person, who would you choose and why? If you want to switch with a person who is dead, we’ll assume that you wanted to live their life while he/she was alive.

 Um…Princess Diana. She’s a PRINCESS.

5) Who is your favorite author, alive or dead, and why?

 Vladimir Nabokov. Lolita, need I say more?

6) What is your favorite book and why?

 Lolita. I’ve read it twice. And I NEVER do rereads for books. It’s such pretty writing with layers of scary situations.

7) What is your favorite movie and why?

 Girl 6. It makes me want to be a phone sex operator.

8.) What is your favorite television show and why?

 Glee. Because life is a musical.

9) Do people in your Real Life know that you are a member of NS?

 Yes.

10) Do people in your Real Life know that you read/write fanfiction?

 Yes.

11) When did you first start reading fanfiction?

 6th grade.

12) When did you first get started in writing fanfiction?

 6th grade

13) Is fanfic writing just a hobby for you or do you hope to go further with your writing?

 I secretly dream about writing trashy romance novels under a glamorous pen name. But it’s a fun hobby. When I get a chance to do it.

14) When you aren’t writing awesome fanfics, what do you do and/or want to be doing?

 I am working and/or watching lots of television. I want to read and paint more.

15) How and why did you first get interested in Chlex? What do you like most about the characters? What do you hate about them?

 It was during Magnetic when Lex urged Chloe not to bite of more than she could chew in regards to his father. Sparks. Sparks were in the air with that dead man on the table in the cold morgue. I imagined in my head instantly that they embraced passionately as they fell to the ground. My head has never been wrong about a couple. Never.

16) How and why did you first get interested in writing Chlex fanfiction?

 I was waiting for it to happen on the show. And when there was that explosion with Chloe and Lex drank that poison, I knew I had to act fast to keep my heart from breaking.

17) Is there anything while reading Chlex fanfiction that you really like/hate?

 I love obsessed Lex. I love Chloe just in general. I don’t hate anything about Chlex.

18) What (if any) other fandoms do you read/write for and why?

 I used to hit the HP fanfic like an addict back in the early high school days. And I wrote for it too. Oneshots. Yuppers.

19) What type of environment do you need to write? For example: extreme quiet, blaring music, subtle background noise, etc.

 I need adequate time. And snacks within reach with the television playing a rerun of SVU.

20) How do your ideas come to you? Do you always write them or do you let them disappear?

 I let them disappear. When I write them down, I feel burdened to write them out. And then I can’t finish and I feel guilty. It’s best to let them go.

21) Do you plan a story from the beginning to end or start with an idea and let the chapters come to you as they do?

 I let the chapters smack me around a while.

22) Do you ever input certain aspects about yourself into the lives of Chloe and Lex? For example: Do you have Chloe listen to your favorite song or have Lex watch your favorite movie?

 Yes. I input a lot of my fashion sense onto Chloe. Nothing very out of character, but I like her in pencil skirts and high heels ALL THE TIME. I can’t connect with Lex as well. I’m very nice and nurturing in real life and I try not to accidentally make him that way.

23)Do you associate your writing with any songs even if it isn’t a songfic?

 Sure do. I like pretending that I can make ChlexVids and what songs I would use. And then it just becomes an idea for a fic.

24) Do you prefer writing easy, quick stories or long, layered stories?

 Easy and quick. But I always end up trying to do something long and layered.

25) Which do you find easier to write: dialogue or description or are the equally hard/easy?

 They are both hard. But I prefer writing description.

26) Is there anything that you won’t write or feel uncomfortable writing?

 Incest makes me very uncomfortable. Rape is also too emotionally hard to write.

27) What do you do to cure writer’s block? What advice can you give to new writers who might be scared to post their stories?

 There’s a cure?! Post it anyway even if you’re scared. Believe that people are innately good-hearted and excited to help and all you have to fear in life are natural disasters.

28) Have you ever read someone else’s fanfic and wished you thought of the idea first?

 Every time.

29) Have you ever wanted someone else to write your story idea?

 EVERY TIME. I’m lazy.

30) Are reviews vital to keep you writing or will you finish a story even if you aren’t certain people are reading?

 Reviews makes me feel bubbly. But an urgent review can light quite a fire under my butt.

31) Have you ever had a review that made you think something about your story that you never thought of before? Has a review ever made you want to make a major change to your story?

 Yes yes yes. And it always turns out better.

32) How badly do you want to write for Smallville or at least rewrite some of the seasons?

 I would LOVE to write for Smallville. But not too badly. I wouldn’t start a campaign or anything.

33) Do you see Chloe and Lex or other Smallville characters in different television shows or movies? Meaning, do you watch a movie like Star Wars and start thinking that Lex is just like Han Solo?

 Yes. Yes, I do that all the time. I like thinking that Lex and Chloe are the leads in any Asian Drama I watch because it’s a good fit. Finding Mr. Perfect? That has Lex and Chloe ALL over it.

34) What do you think AM and MR would say about your fics if they read them? How would you feel if someone from the show did read your writings?

 They would get dirty ideas and look at one another with a new light. Or that’s what I wish.

35) If you could have any super power, what would it be and why? Would you use it for good or evil?

 I would like to walk through walls. At first, I would use it for evil. I would rob a few banks. But then, I would feed the poor all over the world.