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Fast Facts
Location: I'd rather not give that
out. :-)
Favourite pairing: As far as Voyager goes, P/K all the way...
Any other fandoms?: I also love The Sentinel
Why that handle: Well, I've been a Trekkie a long time, and I used
Trekker as a camp name once... I tagged on the 47 'cause plain old
Trekker was taken.
Favourite episode: Deadlock
Favourite quote/line: "Get that cheese to sickbay!!!" - Janeway, I
dunno what ep. [Actually, it was B'Elanna, in Learning Curves]
Favourite fic of own: Tarnished Armor
Favourite fic of others: Amirin's Bound in Blood series...
Vampires!!!
Favourite colour: blue
Interview
Gypzy: I'll start with the
stupidest question first. How do you get your ideas?
Trekker: Various places. I spend a ridiculous amount of time thinking
about slash. Actually, I have more ideas than I know what to do with.
They pop up unannounced and unsolicited. Most of them just flit away
after that. The important thing is the ones that stick and won't
leave me alone. Like Home. That was a tenacious little plot
bunny.
Gypzy: Do you find you can write
better in a certain mood, or a certain time of day? Or do you just
spend all your time writing?
Trekker: I write best late at night. This can be a problem, cause
when I'm feeling really inspired, it keeps me up WAY past my bedtime.
<g> I do have to be inspired, cause I just write for fun, so I
figure there's no point in forcing it.
Gypzy: And do you have a particular
muse who helps you out?
Trekker: Well, I tend to see the characters as my muses. Whether or
not they help me really depends on their mood.
Gypzy: Have you ever used a dream
as a basis to finish off a story?
Trekker: Well, Tarnished Armor originated from a dream I had about
someone falling off a cliff. That image was so firmly entrenched in
my mind I had to do SOMETHING with it. The story was basically built
around that scene.
Gypzy: I've noticed that most of
your stories are quite long. When you do write shorter pieces, do you
find it hard to stop the plot from developing further?
Trekker: I think it's deep psychological damage actually... all
through school, people told me my writings weren't long enough ("This
is only TWO pages... I said THREE to FOUR"). I think I feel
inadequate unless my stories hit 50 k or so... Heaven help me, I have
a size fixation... um, but seriously, my ideas do tend to turn out
more complex than I initially intend them to be.
Gypzy: Finally, why are you a
P/Ker?
Trekker: They're so good for each other. Oh, and it's Jim at
reviewboy.com's fault. I was innocently reading his review of "The
Chute," and he said the magic word... "homoeroticism." The light bulb
went on. That was before I even knew what slash was, so I thought I
was kind of weird seeing Tom and Harry that way... He corrupted me.
Thanks, Jim!
Gypzy: Definitely, thanks Jim! And thank you, Trekker, for your time. It was great talking to you.