Apologies to Robert for not getting the second part of his interview submitted for the June 2000 Newsletter. I totally dropped the ball on that one. Since this interview was last updated a year ago (with the original interview conducted over two years ago), I want to note that Robert has completed his first "rewrite" of the television history and is working on the next one. You can read his stories on his site at or from the Callisto's Tales Fan Fiction site at .

This is the last time that I'll get to remind you readers to write the authors and tell them how much you liked or didn't like their stories. Even just a little note will make their day. And for those aspiring writers out there, I urge you to keep writing. Literature is one of the great achievements of humanity. Contribute to it and know that your words will live forever.

-- Kevin (Finally done after over two years! Frak, what do I do next?)

[Kevin] Which is your personal favorite Callisto story that you have written? What makes it your favorite story?

[Robert] The one I'm writing right now. But of the ones I've written so far, "The Making of a Modern Goddess" is tops. I liked it most because it completed the mini-arc I'd started in "More Sinned..." - everything in those stories essentially leads up to and explains "Yes, Virginia, there is a Hercules". I had to do a lot to get there and seeing it all pay off was worthwhile. I also felt it was reasonably innovative as fan fic goes and made Callisto less two-dimensional: she has more depth and more background as a result of the story.

[Kevin] If you had to do it all over again, are there any stories that you would change substantially? What would you change?

[Robert] More Sinned Against...: the entire second half is rubbish. The fight scenes need far more description. The plot exposition scene is way too hurried (even I can't follow it and I wrote it!). Basically, it needs about another five or ten more pages to let it develop properly.

Callisto Explains It All: I'd find a way to show how Callisto's plot against Ares develops his paranoia. Right now the story's about half the length it should be because that plot is all condensed into about a page or two.

The Making of a Modern Goddess: Not a lot actually. I'd tried to get some different pictures and maybe make Hercules a stronger character, but otherwise it turned out quite well. Maybe a few more jokes.

Otherwise, bar the occasional piece of ropey dialogue, I'd leave them more or less as is.

[Kevin] Who do you write for? Who is the intended audience for your Callisto stories?

[Robert] Mainly myself but I'd like everyone to read them! Generally they're intended for the adult members of Callisto fandom (I don't mean that in a patronising way: I genuinely mean the adult members) rather than people who just want to read a big fight scene or whatever. But I have those as well.