Attn jms: How's thw Workload?
kevin kenney
through for B5/Crusade, I'm a little worried that your success is going
to put you under an even worse workload, especially when the new series
kicks in. So if they are comparable, how's the workload now vs. then
vs. when the new series ramps up, and are you taking any steps or
putting any safeties in place to protect yourself against yourself?
(Contemplating jms at 120, bedridden, but using a cyber input device to
continue writing scripts which become instantly digitally produced and
broadcast on jms' fan-owned, and, along with sci-fi, only surviving,
network(s)...)
KpK
Jms at B5
>vs. when the new series ramps up, and are you taking any steps or
>putting any safeties in place to protect yourself against yourself?
Yeah, basically with the exception of one last project, which I just accepted
today (I can't talk about it yet, until the contracts are drafted and signed,
because nothing's real until it's inked), I can't take on any more new
projects. At this point I'm pretty much maxed out. There's stuff I'd kinda
*like* to do, but I know I just don't have the time to handle it and do it at
the level of quality I require of myself, so I have to just say no for a while.
This last one to make it under the wire is something I just couldn't say no to,
though.
More on this when I can talk freely. All I can say for now is that it isn't in
the TV area, but it's extremely high visibility.
jms
(jms...@aol.com)
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Jeffrey Gustafson
[snip]
"Yeah, basically with the exception of one last project, which I just
accepted today (I can't talk about it yet, until the contracts are
drafted and signed, because nothing's real until it's inked), I can't
take on any more new projects....
[snip]
"This last one to make it under the wire is something I just couldn't
say no to, though.
More on this when I can talk freely. All I can say for now is that it
isn't in the TV area, but it's extremely high visibility."
Oi, I hate it when he does that!
Joe, since this new project "isn't in the TV area," can we safely assume
that project of yours and Ten-Thirteen's ("World On Fire", IIRC) is out
of the question, at least for this development season?
-The Jeff
Sheridan:"So how did you find out all of this?"
Bester:"I'm a telepath. Work it out." <*>
Chris Schumacher
> I can't take on any more new
>projects. At this point I'm pretty much maxed out. There's stuff I'd kinda
>*like* to do, but I know I just don't have the time to handle it and do it at
>the level of quality I require of myself, so I have to just say no for a while.
Guess this seals Crusade's fate then, doesn't it?
-==Kensu==-
We can start mourning now, people.
Pål Are Nordal
>
> On 18 Sep 2000 17:15:40 -0700, jms...@aol.com (Jms at B5) wrote:
>
> > I can't take on any more new
> >projects. At this point I'm pretty much maxed out. There's stuff I'd kinda
> >*like* to do, but I know I just don't have the time to handle it and do it at
> >the level of quality I require of myself, so I have to just say no for a while.
>
> Guess this seals Crusade's fate then, doesn't it?
It will be a while before any resurrection could take place, and he's
already said that he wouldn't be running it directly.
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Jms at B5
>
Y'know, if I get this question one more time, I'm going to belt somebody.
Just for starters, do you want me to just sit here and hope that someday
somebody buys the show and thus pass up work in between?
Secondly...if there WERE to be any more Crusade, it would be at LEAST a year,
maybe more, before it would get going. SFC is going to want to see what
happens to B5's reruns before picking up Crusade's reruns. That wouldn't
happen until after the first of the year. If they want something after that,
B5 or Crusade related, THAT couldn't happen until the fall at the very earliest
just to get the DEAL together, and you wouldn't start shooting until Spring
2002 at the *very earliest*.
That's a long time, and I'm not going to just sit on my hands in the interim.
Stop being a hysteric.
(And before anyone corrects me, it IS "a hysteric," not "an hysteric." If you
can hear the H, then it's A, if you can't hear the H, it's AN...as in "an hour"
or "a horse." The popular tendency to say "an historic event' is, btw,
actually incorrect. It sounds better, but it's gramatically incorrect.)
Pål Are Nordal
>
> >Guess this seals Crusade's fate then, doesn't it?
>
> Y'know, if I get this question one more time, I'm going to belt somebody.
Well, that would certainly seal Crusades fate.
Jms at B5
>y.
>
>Well, that would certainly seal Crusades fate.
I swear, I'll turn this car RIGHT around and we're going home....
Paul Harper
>The popular tendency to say "an historic event' is, btw,
>actually incorrect. It sounds better, but it's gramatically incorrect.)
That's right. But only if you pronounce the "h". Certainly the BBC
tend to pronounce it as "an 'istoric event" which would be
grammatically correct.
Can I ask you about Crus... <thump!>
Obviously not... :-)
Paul.
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Shaz
"Jms at B5" <jms...@aol.com> wrote in message
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> >> Y'know, if I get this question one more time, I'm going to belt
somebod=
> >y.
> >
> >Well, that would certainly seal Crusades fate.
>
> I swear, I'll turn this car RIGHT around and we're going home....
>
> jms
Damn. And I really enjoy those Sunday drives ;-)
On a lighter note...
You suggested B5 fans encourage a few new viewers to the show. To that end
(and because I was fed up with people claiming Bruce was a light-weight
actor based solely on his performances in Scarecrow and Mrs King), I started
up a B5freshers group for the TNT rerun. Obviously, it's nearly over now...
and we finished with 46 members, several of whom had said they weren't into
SF originally and who are now solidly hooked. Many of them introduced their
husbands and children to the show as well. I've been having a wonderful time
dropping hints and experiencing the show afresh through their eyes. It's a
vicarious thrill, it's true, but well worth it. It gave me some insight into
what it was like from your side -- knowing what was going to happen and
seeing people trying to put the pieces together. I guess that makes you
Lorien and me (and the few old timers who joined in for the fun of it)
Vorlons and Shadows <g> <bows to the First of the First Ones>
...Umm, don't those long fingers make it hard to type? <g>
Cheers Joe. It's been a blast all over again.
Shaz
JBONETATI
to,
though.
More on this when I can talk freely. All I can say for now is that it isn't in
the TV area, but it's extremely high visibility.
jms>>
Congratulations, Joe.
(aw, Daddy, we'll be good ...(mostly))
Jan
Gharlane of Eddore
In <20000918234733...@ng-fe1.aol.com>
jms...@aol.com (Jms at B5) writes:
>
....
>
> Stop being a hysteric.
>
> ( And before anyone corrects me, it IS "a hysteric," not "an hysteric."
> If you can hear the H, then it's A, if you can't hear the H, it's
> "an historic event' is, btw, actually incorrect.
> It sounds better, but it's gramatically incorrect. )
>
Nice try, wrong on all counts. The article-selection rules in this
case date from an era when pronunciations of initial "h"'s were a
bit different, but it's good to see you in there swinging.
A real writer would have dodged the issue by using the minutely
meaning-variant form, "Stop being hysterical." )
( The word "knight" used to be pronounced just the way it's spelled,
too; ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny, unless there's a massive
top-down reform, such as the Tsar's mandated repairs to Russian
spelling... which only lasts until the next pronunciation drift
anyway. )
samu...@hotmail.com
hysteric." If you can hear the H, then it's A, if you can't hear the
H, it's AN...as in "an hour" or "a horse." The popular tendency to
say "an historic event' is, btw, actually incorrect. It sounds better,
but it's gramatically incorrect.) "
Thank GOODNESS for people who actually appreciate good English.
Propper grammar has all but disappeared on the internet. Sometimes I
feel like the underdog.
But I digress...
So there's no more Crusade, huh?
Kidding! Don't hit...
Sam
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Tammy Smith
Crusade. That said, I think he will return to the B5 universe one
day--I doubt we've seen the last of it. But for now, it's good to see
him having some real control over his work. I think Crusade was way too
stressful for him. He needs a little time away from the stress.
Tammy
Christian McNeill
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Agreed.
UGH! I'm sounding like a Voyager character
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Alyson L. Abramowitz
Jms at B5 wrote:
>
> >Guess this seals Crusade's fate then, doesn't it?
> >
>
> Y'know, if I get this question one more time, I'm going to belt somebody.
Joey, it isn't nice to threat your friends. You don't hit or threaten
violence to others.
Chris & Pal, it isn't nice to tease your friend about toys he wants to
play with but can't have yet.
Joey, Chris, & Pal, go back to the sandbox and play like good little
boys or we'll have a time out and you'll have to watch ST Classic
SPOCK'S BRAIN all the way through.
Best,
Alyson
ABS
> >y.
> >
> >Well, that would certainly seal Crusades fate.
>
> I swear, I'll turn this car RIGHT around and we're going home....
>
> jms
>
> B5 Official Fan Club at:
> http://www.thestation.com
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> synthetic worlds, ltd., permission
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>
Flameholder
> >Guess this seals Crusade's fate then, doesn't it?
> >
>
>
On another topic, it was a surprisingly hot day today, my allergies were
really acting up, and I guess that seals Crusades fate, huh?
Joshua
Pål Are Nordal
>
> Jms at B5 wrote:
> >
> > >Guess this seals Crusade's fate then, doesn't it?
> >
> > Y'know, if I get this question one more time, I'm going to belt somebody.
>
> violence to others.
I bEt BeStEr MaDe HiM dO iT.
> Chris & Pal,
^^^
Shivers... Look, I'M NOT NAMED PAL. Calling me "Pal" is just...
*wrong*. My name is Pål (That's P a-with-a-fscking-ring-over-it l), and
is not truly prouncable in the primitve 26 letter language you humans
call "English". "Paul" does however come close, and should be sufficent.
> it isn't nice to tease your friend about toys he wants to
> play with but can't have yet.
CHRIS STARTED IT!!!!!!!!!!!
> Joey, Chris, & Pal, go back to the sandbox and play like good little
> boys or we'll have a time out and you'll have to watch ST Classic
> SPOCK'S BRAIN all the way through.
Well, that would certainly seal Crusade's fate...
Chris Schumacher
<a_b...@bigfoot.com> wrote:
>
>CHRIS STARTED IT!!!!!!!!!!!
>
Did not. It was always burning since the world's been turning.
-==Kensu==-
ooooohhhhhh, the was BAD.
Pelzo63
>Shivers... Look, I'M NOT NAMED PAL. Calling me "Pal" >is just...
>*wrong*. My name is P=E5l (That's P a-with-a-fscking->ring-over-it l), and
>is not truly prouncable in the primitve 26 letter
^^^^^^
what language is this? <G, D, RLH>
>language you humans
>call "English".
if you say so P=E5l (that's how that character shows up on my newsreader, but
in case yours translates it back, that's equals sign, capital e, number five.)
disclaimer: this post is in jest, of course.
...Chris
http://pelzo63.terrashare.com
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Alyson L. Abramowitz" <a...@best.com>
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated
Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2000 12:42 AM
Subject: Re: Attn jms: How's thw Workload?
>
>
> Jms at B5 wrote:
> >
> > >Guess this seals Crusade's fate then, doesn't it?
> > >
> >
> > Y'know, if I get this question one more time, I'm going to belt
somebody.
>
> Joey, it isn't nice to threat your friends. You don't hit or threaten
> violence to others.
>
> Chris & Pal, it isn't nice to tease your friend about toys he wants to
> play with but can't have yet.
>
> Joey, Chris, & Pal, go back to the sandbox and play like good little
> boys or we'll have a time out and you'll have to watch ST Classic
> SPOCK'S BRAIN all the way through.
... or worse yet, sit through almost any episode of Voyager. The
technobabble last night was really excessive. I have to wonder how Torres
(sp?) can say her lines and not bust out laughing sometimes. The blooper
reel must be a hoot.
Mac
John W. Kennedy
If you
> can hear the H, then it's A, if you can't hear the H, it's AN...as in
"an hour"
> or "a horse." The popular tendency to say "an historic event' is,
btw,
> actually incorrect. It sounds better, but it's gramatically
incorrect.)
Only if you believe that schoolteachers know diddly-squat about
linguistics. You know -- the same schoolteachers who told you to never
split an infinitive or use a preposition to end a sentence with.
Contemporary practice seems to be moving toward "an" before "h" even
when the "h" is sounded, unless the "h" is an accented or only syllable.
ee.g., "an hysteric" and "an hour", but "a hostage" and "a horse".
As far as I'm concerned, this one is poTAYto/poTAHto; there's no loss of
meaning or distinction. Me, I save my fights for destructive changes,
such as FemSpeak (all too frequently based on outright lies about
standard English), the newly arisen idiocy that loudly proclaims that
"horror quotes" signify emphasis, or the obviously nonsensical vogue
phrase "emerging majorities" (51% + 51% = 102%).
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>"Tammy Smith" <gka...@webtv.net> wrote in message
>news:675-39C...@storefull-137.iap.bryant.webtv.net...
>> JMS has too many stories in him to wait for what is going to happen to
>> Crusade. That said, I think he will return to the B5 universe one
>> day--I doubt we've seen the last of it. But for now, it's good to see
>> him having some real control over his work. I think Crusade was way too
>> stressful for him. He needs a little time away from the stress.
>
>Agreed.
>
>UGH! I'm sounding like a Voyager character
A Voyager *character*? I must have missed that episode.
Andrew Swallow
<rri...@my-deja.com> writes:
>
>Contemporary practice seems to be moving toward "an" before "h" even
>when the "h" is sounded, unless the "h" is an accented or only syllable.
> ee.g., "an hysteric" and "an hour", but "a hostage" and "a horse".
>
So this is a phonic rule rather than a written rule.
Or saying this in an alternative way - the addition of the 'h' was a spelling
mistake by the dictionary writers.
Andrew Swallow
Pål Are Nordal
>
> a_blip wrote:
>
> >Shivers... Look, I'M NOT NAMED PAL. Calling me "Pal" >is just...
> >*wrong*. My name is P=E5l (That's P a-with-a-fscking->ring-over-it l), and
> >is not truly prouncable in the primitve 26 letter
> ^^^^^^
> what language is this? <G, D, RLH>
Cat.
> >language you humans
> >call "English".
>
> if you say so P=E5l (that's how that character shows up on my newsreader, but
> in case yours translates it back, that's equals sign, capital e, number five.)
Ha! You're just envious 'cause you're not an advanced being.
> disclaimer: this post is in jest, of course.
Sure. Whatever you say.
Mac Breck
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Oh come on! The Doctor's a "character." :-)
Mac
Pelzo63
>Cat
a centauri cat, or a human cat? if a centauri cat, is it sinclair's centauri
cat?
>Ha! You're just envious 'cause you're not an advanced >being.
i am too! ever since that witch turned me into a newt.
...Chris
http://pelzo63.terrashare.com
Trek Barnes
Pelzo63 <pel...@aol.com> wrote in message
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> A_blip wrote:
>
> >Cat
>
> a centauri cat, or a human cat? if a centauri cat, is it sinclair's
centauri
> cat?
>
> >Ha! You're just envious 'cause you're not an advanced >being.
>
> i am too! ever since that witch turned me into a newt.
Well, I hope you'll get better.....
(Running from Narns...)
>
> ...Chris
> http://pelzo63.terrashare.com
>
Harry McDow
> >> Y'know, if I get this question one more time, I'm going to belt
somebody.
> >
> >Well, that would certainly seal Crusades fate.
>
> I swear, I'll turn this car RIGHT around and we're going home....
>
> jms
OK... OK. I leave for a year, the NG is just about expired and then
I take a peak over here and WOW. Things are a-hoppin'!!
Even Jay is just a moderatin' away!!
I can't tell you how elated I am to see you busy and jokin' again...
Just stay ornery and busy. Seems to be the magic combination.
PS. Did you get your nib broken in or have you started on a new
one yet?? Remember? Howz the wrists doin'?
- Harry
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