[Kevin] If you had to do it all over again, are
there any stories that
you would change substantially? What would you change?
[Tower] I would be lying if I said I was happy
with all my work.
Sometimes I wish that I took my time writing it, or did some more
proof-reading before posting it and that if I had done it this
'way' then it would had been better.
[Kevin] Who do you write for? Who is the
intended audience for your
Callisto stories?
[Tower] Anyone who appreciates Callisto with a
PG rating and with an
occasional R, but doesn't like Callisto being portrayed as a way
over the top, sword slashing mad woman. I don't like writing her
all bad. Most of my writings are General fan fiction but some
subtext themed stories are sneaking in now. Being a heterosexual
male, I'm not bothered by a woman being attracted to another
woman. Now I'm also getting into crossover stories, letting
Callisto run into characters from other shows. My first
crossover was in the '...Only One' that was started by Heresy
where Callisto is a Highlander-style Immortal. It's called 'Two
Minutes to Midnight', were Methos from Highlander the series goes
to find Callisto. It's just two VERY old friends getting back
together in our present day and finding themselves in trouble.
The oddest crossover I've done so far in the '...Only One' series
was 'Forever Maternal,' where an Immortal Dana Scully (Yes... an
Immortal) meets up with Callisto and it turns out that our
favorite redheaded FBI agent was Callisto's mother way back in
Cirra through the miracle of reincarnation. I never intended to
have it happen but the idea hit me after I did the restaurant
scene of them meeting.
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[Kevin] How important is feedback from readers?
How does reader
feedback influence your writings?
[Tower] Very important. It lets fan fiction
writers know that you're
doing a good job. If you get no feedback then it leads you to
think that it must suck. I wish I could give feedback to every
story that is posted on my site but I don't have the time because
I know how important it is. So far all the feedback has been
positive on my stories with a few criticisms but I can take it.
However to date, no one has told me that 'I suck' so I must be
leaving everyone generally happy.
[Kevin] "A Promise" credits Melissa as
co-author. What was it like
collaborating with another author?
[Tower] It happened unexpectedly. I finished the
story and just asked
Melissa to look it over and to offer some feedback. A few days
later she emailed my story back with comments... A LOT of them.
Offering more suggestions and ideas than I could have ever asked
of her. She was a great help in developing the story farther
than I intended. Melissa was the 'tender loving care' for it. We
bounced a feel emails back and forth as I used her suggestions
and since I've pretty well loved all of them, this collaboration
between us went incredibly smoothly. When I was about to post it,
I then offered to list Melissa as co-author which surprised her
slightly but it was the least I could do considering how helpful
she was.
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