[Kevin] When you write, how far ahead do you plan? Do you have the whole story thought out beforehand, just a chapter, nothing planned?

[Darth Skeye] That question is a tough one. A lot of times I sit down with a bunch of thoughts and emotions I want my characters to express and experience. Then the plot oozes around it. Other times, I want a more intricate plot-based story instead of a character-based one and I plan a small outline. Either way though, the story unfolds mostly before my eyes, like I'm actually living it.

[Kevin] How would you summarize who Callisto is, what motivates her, what her goals are?

[Darth Skeye] Another tough one. Summarizing Callisto is an oxymoron of sorts, as she is so complex. I think she is as intellectual and wise as someone twice her age, but is the emotional equivalent of someone half as old. Her goals and motivations are constantly changing as she grows and matures. But she is on the whole after the same thing everyone else is: contentment and peace of mind. She just goes about attaining it in strange ways sometimes. Very blunt and direct. Completely unapologetic for who she is.

[Kevin] When you write your stories, do you prefer Callisto as a mortal, immortal, or Goddess? Do you feel any of those is substantially harder to write for?

[Darth Skeye] It is easiest to write for a mortal Callisto, because I believe vulnerability adds to the character. As an immortal, or a god, she is limited in her chacterization. Fear becomes obsolete. Her intensity also suffers because there is no need for that unmatchable edge that gives her. And there is just less for her to do as an immortal. Having said that, my last story takes place in the now, and she has been alive and immortal all these years. I did create a "modified" immortality though, allowing her to maintain her humanity.

[Kevin] How close do you think your characterization of Callisto comes to the one shown on "Xena: Warrior Princess"? If there are differences, why did you include/exclude them in your characterization?

[Darth Skeye] My Callisto started out quite similarly to the one depicted when she first arrived in the series. But since then, the writers had evolved her into something new. I also had her evolve but in a different direction, hence the two depictions drifted apart. I had her change in a way that I thought would make her intriguing enough to have a series about her. Not be a Xena clone, yet not be a monotonous evil doer, which Hudson herself even said wouldn't work as a TV show..