Gene O’Neill and Noreen Tobin discuss One Against An Army.

Steven L. Sears and Chris Manheim discuss The Bitter Suite.

Chris Manheim discusses Maternal Instincts.

A recipe for disaster and hilarious outtakes - order up one very hot day, the smallest of studios, toss in an afternoon barbecue and just a pinch of late-night revelry.

A recipe for disaster and hilarious outtakes - order up one very hot day, the smallest of studios, toss in an afternoon barbecue and just a pinch of late-night revelry.

R.J. Stewart discusses The Debt I and II.

R.J. Stewart discusses Gabrielle’s Hope.

Steven L. Sears discusses The Deliverer.

Liz Friedman discusses The Rift arc.

Do I dare confess that I started this phone interview with the words, “Rise and Shine! Rise and Shine!” What possessed me? Thank God Lucy has a terrific sense of humor and it functions at eight o’clock in the morning.

Talking to Renee O’Connor on the phone is like talking to Gabrielle - the voice is the same. There is a difference, though. And I realize it is the voice of Gabrielle from “The Deliverer,” “Gabrielle’s Hope” and “The Debt.”

My first phone interview with Lucy Lawless introduced me to an intelligent woman whose conversation ranged from “why I took up fire-breathing” to “how to get inside the mind of a murderer.”