various announcements coming
Jms at B5
me that's non-B5 in nature...along with the just completed novel, there are a
number of things that I've signed to do that I haven't been able to talk about,
but will be able to start releasing some of that information here over the next
few weeks, so stay tuned....
jms
(jms...@aol.com)
B5 Official Fan Club at:
http://www.thestation.com
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synthetic worlds, ltd., permission
to reprint specifically denied to
SFX Magazine)
JBONETATI
number of things that I've signed to do that I haven't been able to talk
Oooh, I like the sound of that.....
Jan
Tammy Smith
Tammy
in_vale...@hotmail.com
jms...@aol.com (Jms at B5) wrote:
> Just a note in response to those who've asked about what's coming up
> next for me that's non-B5 in nature...along with the just completed
> haven't been able to talk about, but will be able to start releasing
> some of that information here over the next few weeks, so stay
> tuned....
...and the theme music for that old Heinz ketchup commercial runs
though my head. An-ti-ci-paaation, it's making me wait ... :)
Hope you clear up the rumours of new comics work, one way or the other.
A short story collection of the Amazing, offical B5 magazine, & new
stories from Del Rey would be nice... <thud! whack! thud!> Gee, that
dead horse still won't move.
Also, when is that NPR SF drama series you and Harlan are involved in
starting?
scott tilson.
--------------------
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http://www.topcow.com/previews/kin/
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Before you buy.
Jms at B5
>
Nothing there can happen until later down the road a piece. The problem is
that, while freelancers can kinda work year round, there are only two periods
during which show runners are hired.
The first is late May/June, when series are commissioned from pilots, and those
that don't already have a show runner attached need to find one. I missed this
slot last year because we didn't finish posting on Crusade until late May, and
because I've kind of been off the network radar screens for six years doing B5
and Crusade, they weren't even aware I was available (that has since changed).
The other period is late July/mid October, which is when show runners go in and
pitch series to studios and networks, which are then developed into pilots that
are shot prior to the following May, when the decisions are made as to what
goes and what doesn't. The Chris Carter situation went through this past
development season, and when Fox pulled out after Harsh Realm went down,
development season was over.
Susan Phillips
>Just a note in response to those who've asked about what's coming up next for
>me that's non-B5 in nature...along with the just completed novel, there are a
>number of things that I've signed to do that I haven't been able to talk about,
>but will be able to start releasing some of that information here over the next
>few weeks, so stay tuned....
Dare I say it?
Mommy, he's doing it again!!!!!!!!
Sue
"How can you be anal-retentive if you don't have an anus?"
Bartleby, "Dogma"
Gareth Jones
since you have a steady job. Perhaps if you're having some trouble you can raise
some money by posting a message here!
Keith Wood
in_vale...@hotmail.com wrote:
>
> In article <20000321171311...@ng-bk1.aol.com>,
> jms...@aol.com (Jms at B5) wrote:
> > Just a note in response to those who've asked about what's coming up
> > next for me that's non-B5 in nature...along with the just completed
> > novel, there are a number of things that I've signed to do that I
> > haven't been able to talk about, but will be able to start releasing
> > some of that information here over the next few weeks, so stay
> > tuned....
>
> ...and the theme music for that old Heinz ketchup commercial runs
> though my head. An-ti-ci-paaation, it's making me wait ... :)
Thanks. I wasn't feeling old enough today.
That "old" ketchup commercial used a song that was a hit when I was a
kid.
Rob Vander Sloot
stories on that show have gotten really good going into its second season, and I
imagine that the jms touch would only improve things.
If this isn't one of the things on your plate, have the producers of Farscape ever
approached your or have you approached them?
Thanks for B5!
robvs
Jms at B5 wrote:
> Just a note in response to those who've asked about what's coming up next for
> me that's non-B5 in nature...along with the just completed novel, there are a
> number of things that I've signed to do that I haven't been able to talk about,
> but will be able to start releasing some of that information here over the next
> few weeks, so stay tuned....
>
in_vale...@hotmail.com
k...@bctv.com wrote:
>
> in_vale...@hotmail.com wrote:
> >
> > In article <20000321171311...@ng-bk1.aol.com>,
> > > Just a note in response to those who've asked about what's coming
up
> > > next for me that's non-B5 in nature...along with the just
completed
> > > novel, there are a number of things that I've signed to do that I
> > > haven't been able to talk about, but will be able to start
releasing
> > > some of that information here over the next few weeks, so stay
> > > tuned....
> >
> > though my head. An-ti-ci-paaation, it's making me wait ... :)
>
> Thanks. I wasn't feeling old enough today.
>
> That "old" ketchup commercial used a song that was a hit when I was a
> kid.
Golly, gee! So what was it like when they invented the stone wheel?
Oh, wait, *I* remembered that commercial. Oh, god, I'm an old fart too!
My palm crystal's gone red! A sandman's coming! It's Logan! Run,
run, run! Santuary ...
:)
scott tilson.
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http://www.diamondcomics.com/previews/editorial/readinglamp/ratscellar.h
tml
Jms at B5
>year
>since you have a steady job. Perhaps if you're having some trouble you can
>raise
>some money by posting a message here!
>
I have rarely seen a message that manages to be so astonishingly rude on so
many levels simultaneously.
Alison Hopkins
Jms at B5 wrote in message <20000323165911...@ng-cm1.aol.com>...
>>I hope this doesn't mean you are starving... After all it has been nearly
>>year
>>since you have a steady job. Perhaps if you're having some trouble you
can
>>raise
>>some money by posting a message here!
>>
>
>I have rarely seen a message that manages to be so astonishingly rude on so
>many levels simultaneously.
>
And in so few words. Perhaps he's a reincarnation of FATboy or Theron.
<shudder>
Ali
JBONETATI
many levels simultaneously.>>
No kidding! And there I was thinking how nice it was that JMS gave us an
expanded answer that explained a lot about the industry!
Thank you for NOT ignoring him and for calling him the boor he is, JMS!
Jan
Wesley Struebing
<vam...@mindspring.com> wrote:
>On 21 Mar 2000 21:09:05 -0700, Jms at B5 wrote:
>
>>Just a note in response to those who've asked about what's coming up next for
>>me that's non-B5 in nature...along with the just completed novel, there are a
>>number of things that I've signed to do that I haven't been able to talk about,
>>but will be able to start releasing some of that information here over the next
>>few weeks, so stay tuned....
>
>Dare I say it?
>
>Mommy, he's doing it again!!!!!!!!
>
Yes, dear one. Just eat your veggies, and all will be well. After
all, you DO want to be around when the announcement comes...
<snicker>
Tammy Smith
unmoderated newsgroup! :(
Tammy
John W Gregory
Am I missing some history that's gone between JMS and Gareth, and thus
some red-flag words in that first message? Or, am I the only one who
took Gareth's post as just an attempt at (utterly utterly deadpan ironic)
humor?
--
John W. Gregory ash...@skypoint.com URL=http://www.skypoint.com/~ashbury
Thought for the moment:
As long as you live, keep learning how to live. -- Seneca
Jms at B5
>and
>stories on that show have gotten really good going into its second season,
>and I
>imagine that the jms touch would only improve things.
>If this isn't one of the things on your plate, have the producers of Farscape
>ever
>approached your or have you approached them?
>
Generally speaking, when one has run a show, one doesn't then go down the
pecking order/hierarchy to freelance for other shows; it's VERY hard to climb
to run one's own show, and the moment you start back down again, it's damn near
impossible to get back up again.
Gordon B. Alley
>in_vale...@hotmail.com wrote:
>>
>> In article <20000321171311...@ng-bk1.aol.com>,
>> jms...@aol.com (Jms at B5) wrote:
>> > Just a note in response to those who've asked about what's coming up
>> > next for me that's non-B5 in nature...along with the just completed
>> > novel, there are a number of things that I've signed to do that I
>> > haven't been able to talk about, but will be able to start releasing
>> > some of that information here over the next few weeks, so stay
>> > tuned....
>>
>> ...and the theme music for that old Heinz ketchup commercial runs
>> though my head. An-ti-ci-paaation, it's making me wait ... :)
>
>Thanks. I wasn't feeling old enough today.
>
>That "old" ketchup commercial used a song that was a hit when I was a
>kid.
I was thinking the same thing.
These young whippersnappers don't realize that a lot commercials in
recent years have been targetting our generation by using some of our
great old music. "Anticipation" was sung by Carly Simon, wasn't it?
--
Gordon Alley <*>
<mailto:gal...@texas.net>
<http://galley.home.texas.net>
JBONETATI
some red-flag words in that first message? Or, am I the only one who
took Gareth's post as just an attempt at (utterly utterly deadpan ironic)
humor?>>
If there's any history between them, I'm unaware of it. If it was an attempt
at humor I'd class it as moronic rather than ironic.
The most obvious implications in his statement were that A) JMS couldn't find
or keep a steady job and that B) JMS' main or only reason for maintaining a
presence here is to 'milk' the fans for financial gain rather than his stated
(and oft-demonstrated) purpose of opening a window for us to see what the
entertainment industry is about.
In other words, Gareth's post was rude, crude and socially unacceptable. I'm
glad JMS said so.
Jan
Corun MacAnndra
>
>Please--not FATboy, Alison! I had enough problems with him at the
>unmoderated newsgroup! :(
You mean someone still read the unmod group? Glad I never met this FATboy.
Theron and the other one (you know, wosname) were bad enough.
Corun (see, you can forget)
Corun MacAnndra
>In article <38D9716B...@bctv.com>,
>k...@bctv.com wrote:
>>
>> in_vale...@hotmail.com wrote:
>> >
>> > ...and the theme music for that old Heinz ketchup commercial runs
>> > though my head. An-ti-ci-paaation, it's making me wait ... :)
>>
>> Thanks. I wasn't feeling old enough today.
>>
>> That "old" ketchup commercial used a song that was a hit when I was a
>> kid.
>
>
>Oh, wait, *I* remembered that commercial. Oh, god, I'm an old fart too!
You missed it completely. Several years before it was a used on a ketchup
commercial the song was a hit by Carly Simon. She was once married to
James Taylor. Both were music artists in the late 60s. So it wasn't the
commercial to which Keith was referring, but the original song.
*sigh* Kids.
Corun
Rob Perkins
news:20000323224624...@ng-fk1.aol.com...
>
> Generally speaking, when one has run a show, one doesn't then go down the
> pecking order/hierarchy to freelance for other shows; it's VERY hard to
climb
> to run one's own show, and the moment you start back down again, it's damn
near
> impossible to get back up again.
Forgive me if this is out of place, but that doesn't seem very fair. After
running your own show (and writing most of it!) it ought to be clear to
everyone that you can do what you want very very very well. It's too bad the
"Can'ts" have to be critics.
On the other hand, if it were *me*, I wouldn't necessarily want to write
into someone else's universe, I'd want to make up my own again, after having
done it before. It seems to me that JMS has done that at least three more
times, since Crusade was cancelled. All Farscape would be is a setting for a
story, and in my experience reading 'em, settings are interchangable for the
most part. I think that writing to Farscape would be a limiting factor,
rather than anything particularly cool.
What matters is the good story, not the starfuries.
Just please be sure to announce the ISBN number et. al. of this new novel,
when it comes available.
Rob
Iain Reid
"Alison Hopkins" <fn...@dial.pipex.com> wrote in message
news:8be4n6$ffn$3...@lure.pipex.net...
>
> Jms at B5 wrote in message
<20000323165911...@ng-cm1.aol.com>...
> >>I hope this doesn't mean you are starving... After all it has been
nearly
> >>year
> >>since you have a steady job. Perhaps if you're having some trouble you
> can
> >>raise
> >>some money by posting a message here!
> >>
> >
so
> >many levels simultaneously.
> >
>
>
> <shudder>
>
> Ali
Or maybe he's just British...sometime we forget how thin skinned most
Americans are compared to the British (us Scots even more so). I for one
find it hard to see how the post could be taken as offencive unless I
/really/ try.
Iain Reid
Jon Frain
Hi jms,
Then what about having fun and writing with a pseudonym?
Jms at B5 wrote:
> >Joe, I'd just love to see a Farscape script or two from you. The characters
> >and
> >stories on that show have gotten really good going into its second season,
> >and I
> >imagine that the jms touch would only improve things.
>
> >If this isn't one of the things on your plate, have the producers of Farscape
> >ever
> >approached your or have you approached them?
> >
>
> Generally speaking, when one has run a show, one doesn't then go down the
> pecking order/hierarchy to freelance for other shows; it's VERY hard to climb
> to run one's own show, and the moment you start back down again, it's damn near
> impossible to get back up again.
>
Lisa Coulter
John W Gregory wrote:
> In article <20000323185246...@ng-md1.aol.com>,
> JBONETATI <jbon...@aol.com> wrote:
> ><<I have rarely seen a message that manages to be so astonishingly rude on so
> >many levels simultaneously.>>
> >
> >No kidding! And there I was thinking how nice it was that JMS gave us an
> >expanded answer that explained a lot about the industry!
> >
> >Thank you for NOT ignoring him and for calling him the boor he is, JMS!
>
> Am I missing some history that's gone between JMS and Gareth, and thus
> some red-flag words in that first message? Or, am I the only one who
> took Gareth's post as just an attempt at (utterly utterly deadpan ironic)
> humor?
>
Tammy Smith
He no longer posts at the unmoderated group, but I left, anyway. I'd
had my fill of all the bitterness.
Tammy
Corun MacAnndra
Ah, that was the other name I couldn't recall. What did he do, change
his email addy? Or is that an earned nickname?
>He no longer posts at the unmoderated group, but I left, anyway. I'd
>had my fill of all the bitterness.
I haven't read the unmod group for years. Same with the UK group. Ever
since the original Bab-l folded and the Cygnets took wing. ;-)
Corun
Lisa Webster
Is one of them about this line of comics with Top Cow that Wizard is
advertising in its next issue? I refuse to buy Wizard so I hope that the
info will be available elsewhere...
Lisa
--
Interviews Editor, Sequential Tart
www.sequentialtart.com
Corun MacAnndra
>
>Hi jms,
>
>Then what about having fun and writing with a pseudonym?
Oh sure. Then he could write parodies and filk songs under the name
Haarlem Eilersen. ;-)
Corun
To...@fred.net
:>in_vale...@hotmail.com wrote:
:>>
:>> In article <20000321171311...@ng-bk1.aol.com>,
:>> jms...@aol.com (Jms at B5) wrote:
:>> > Just a note in response to those who've asked about what's coming up
:>> > next for me that's non-B5 in nature...along with the just completed
:>> > novel, there are a number of things that I've signed to do that I
:>> > haven't been able to talk about, but will be able to start releasing
:>> > some of that information here over the next few weeks, so stay
:>> > tuned....
:>>
:>> ...and the theme music for that old Heinz ketchup commercial runs
:>> though my head. An-ti-ci-paaation, it's making me wait ... :)
:>
:>Thanks. I wasn't feeling old enough today.
:>
:>That "old" ketchup commercial used a song that was a hit when I was a
:>kid.
: I was thinking the same thing.
: These young whippersnappers don't realize that a lot commercials in
: recent years have been targetting our generation by using some of our
: great old music. "Anticipation" was sung by Carly Simon, wasn't it?
Dare I add one more thought in this vein?
"Swill."
"I like it with a twist..."
Am I dating myself now? ;)
[Someone point me in the direction of the alternate reality for
President-elect Stracynski's inauguration...]
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Mac Breck
who've asked ", did come off as being *beneath* you. Nevertheless, Gareth's
post was rude, thoughtless, and I'm surprised it went through. I appreciate
the insight you've given us into the industry.
Mac
"Jms at B5" <jms...@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20000323165911...@ng-cm1.aol.com...
> >I hope this doesn't mean you are starving... After all it has been nearly
> >year
> >since you have a steady job. Perhaps if you're having some trouble you
can
> >raise
> >some money by posting a message here!
> >
>
> I have rarely seen a message that manages to be so astonishingly rude on
so
> many levels simultaneously.
>
Gareth Jones
I thoughtlessly posted it. I was going to expand on it and make it more
obviously a joke, but thought I wouldn't. I *almost* deleted it before sending
it. Now I wish I had.
Once again, sorry for the insult. I have nothing but respect for you. It just
struck me as funny that, even without having a "steady" job, you have done so
much (with the comic, the stories - both the outlines and the short stories, the
series you unsucessfully pitched to fox, etc,etc) it seemed ironic that you were
finally having something to announce here.
No insult was intended. *Sooo sorry for my thoughtlessness.
Gareth "tail between my legs - going back to lurking..." Jones
Susan Phillips
>>
>>Dare I say it?
>>
>>Mommy, he's doing it again!!!!!!!!
>>
>Yes, dear one. Just eat your veggies, and all will be well. After
>all, you DO want to be around when the announcement comes...
>
><snicker>
But do I have to go to bed early, too? <whine>
<G>
"How can you be anal-retentive if you don't have an anus?"
Bartleby, "Dogma"
Jms at B5
>
"Dostoevsky" was taken.
Jms at B5
>who've asked ", did come off as being *beneath* you.
I don't understand how it can be beneath someone. There have been several
threads here in this newsgroup -- they're still there, you can find them --
asking what's coming up next for me. This in addition to the many private
emails that I get with the same question.
So I began my message by acknowledging those who have asked, and shown an
interest, which I thought was the polite thing to do.
Thus I have *no* idea whence comes your statement.
Jms at B5
>
Okay. Over and done.
JBONETATI
Now there's a name that will really scare the cat! <g>
Jan
John Lorentz
wrote:
>You missed it completely. Several years before it was a used on a ketchup
>commercial the song was a hit by Carly Simon. She was once married to
>James Taylor. Both were music artists in the late 60s. So it wasn't the
>commercial to which Keith was referring, but the original song.
Try early 70s. At least that's when they started--they are still
both recording today.
And I'd been an adult for many years before Carly Simon recorded
"Anticipation". *Sigh*
--John
Roanna
Jms at B5 wrote:
> >Then what about having fun and writing with a pseudonym?
> >
>
> "Dostoevsky" was taken.
>
> jms
And nearly as hard to spell as Strazinski, er Straysinkski....
Straczynski
Roanna from Tucson, not Tuscon...
Andrew M Swallow
>
>>Then what about having fun and writing with a pseudonym?
>>
>
>"Dostoevsky" was taken.
>
>
> jms
Does this mean that Hollywood allows Star Guest actors but not Star Guest
writters?
Andrew Swallow
Bob Joesting
>>Then what about having fun and writing with a pseudonym?
>
>"Dostoevsky" was taken.
>
> jms
I thought Kafka might be a good choice. I can
see it now. Joe Kafka writes a Farscape episode
on them running into a ship of suits who try to
take over. Who would guess?
Bob Joesting <valen (at) psicorps (dot) com>
Michael J. Hennebry
Jms at B5 <jms...@aol.com> wrote:
>>Then what about having fun and writing with a pseudonym?
>>
>
>"Dostoevsky" was taken.
Other than its ability to scare people with tongues, is there
some significance to "Dostoevsky"?
In terms of the pecking order, how does producing a movie
compare with running one's own television show?
--
Mike henn...@plains.NoDak.edu
"I'm just an old country doctor." -- Bones
WWS
"Michael J. Hennebry" wrote:
>
> In article <20000324225837...@ng-ck1.aol.com>,
> Jms at B5 <jms...@aol.com> wrote:
> >>Then what about having fun and writing with a pseudonym?
> >>
> >
> >"Dostoevsky" was taken.
>
> Other than its ability to scare people with tongues, is there
> some significance to "Dostoevsky"?
You mean besides the fact that he was one of the deepest and
most thought provoking novelists of all time?
>
> In terms of the pecking order, how does producing a movie
> compare with running one's own television show?
Watch Bowfinger.
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Jms at B5 wrote:
>
> >Then what about having fun and writing with a pseudonym?
> >
>
> "Dostoevsky" was taken.
>
> jms
Okay, so how about "Dostoyinski"?