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Yes, they will be released one volume at a time, every two or three
weeks.  The 15th volume will not be available until after volume 14 has
been put out there.  This creates a level playing field between those
who can only pick up one book at a time, and those who'd dive in and
get them all at once.

> Perhaps each volume will be accompanied by a proof-of-purchase
> certificate.
>

That's very close to what they have in mind...this will all be made
clearer once the site goes up.

jms



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Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2005 03:17:36 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Re: Babylon 5 Scripts Site Nearly Ready, And More!
From: jmsatb5@aol.com
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated



Jan wrote:
>
>
> This is where I always get confused.  At what point of 'in development' would
> the offer to be show-runner happen?  From the outside, it seems like there's
> still a good chance that the show in question still won't happen.  How tied
up
> are you once you've accepted an offer like that? You've mentioned before that
> 'in development' is a long process, but are we talking a matter of months or
a
> couple of years?
>

I think the point of confusion is that there are two shows here, one
that's in development for next year, which I created, and the other is
a series wherein the people doing it came to me about running it.  This
was similar to the Global Frequency situation last year, which I
would've worked on had the pilot been picked up.  In this case, the
folks involved are already doing one series, for which this would be a
companion series, and 99% of the financing is now in place.  Should
that last 1% go as planned, the series would prep in January and shoot
starting in March.

> I know, too many questions.  I guess what I'm asking for is a 'primer' on How
> Things Work.  When you've got a minute, that is...<g>

We learn by doing.

jms



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Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 13:39:14 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Babylon 5 Scripts Site Nearly Ready, And More!
From: jmsatb5@aol.com
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated


First, an advance word to those who are looking on...as noted here
earlier, all of the B5 scripts that I wrote are going to be published
in book form via www.babylon5scripts.com (a clever and inventive
title), and I just had it confirmed to me that the site will be going
on line right around the 28th of this month, give or take a day or so.

There will be 14 volumes, containing all the episodic scripts that I
wrote, plus "In the Beginning" (in the 14th) and in volume 1 the
ORIGINAL 1989 version of "The Gathering" that was used to sell the show
but which was massively changed prior to production, which features
different characters and gave Kosh a life-mate named Velana.

The 15th volume will be given without charge to those who pick up all
14 volumes...even the shipping charges will be covered.  That volume
will contain the lost Soul Hunter script (well, not lost, I recalled it
because I'd unwittingly written a Star Trek style script instead of a
B5 style script), a never-before-seen draft of Midnight on the Firing
Line written a YEAR before we got the go-ahead for the series to show
WB how the series would work, which is *massively* different (and a bit
more surreal) from what was filmed...the original B5 series bible...the
5 year arc overview given to WB before we started filming season one to
show how the series would work (and which followed Sinclair's character
all through those five years on B5)...and the script used in the
now-famous (or infamous) practical joke played on Andreas and Peter
which had G'Kar changing genders and ending up in bed with Londo.

Each volume also has an original introduction from me, and a lengthy
discussion of each episode, averaging about 40 pages per book, with a
lot of behind the scenes information never revealed before, along with
what went into the writing and producing.

There will also be a collection of B&W photos from my private
collection taken behind the scenes, which have never been seen by
anyone before.  (Some books will have more photos than others,
depending on how often I made it to set that week.)

As noted before, for the first week or so after each new volume is
released, they'll be knocking ten bucks off the price of each volume to
reward the B5 community for keeping an eye on this.  And yes, they do
ship internationally.

Moving on to other topics for a moment....

The same week, the 26th, will also see the publcation of issue one of
"The Book of Lost Souls," the new comic I'm doing with Colleen Doran,
and published by Marvel.  This book is not like anything I've ever
written before (the closest would be Midnight Nation), and it's
definitely not like anything else Marvel is doing, and it's just
gorgeous to look at (and not bad to read, either).  No spandex, no
costumes...a kind of modern dark fantasy, very adult, sometimes very
dark but ultimately hopeful...and best of all, it has a talking cat
named Mystery who is modeled after Buddy the Miracle Cat, so really,
how can you go wrong?

Finally...and I almost hate to type these words for fear of jinxing
anything...but in addition to the network project in development, I've
been offered show-runner on another series which should, if all goes
according to plan start shooting up in Vancouver in the spring.  That's
all I can say about it for now, except that I've accepted the offer and
we're now concluding negotiations.  More on this as it develops.

jms

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Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 00:01:15 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Re: JMS: Re: Babylon 5 Universe Novels?
From: jmsatb5@aol.com
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated



KoshN wrote:
> > No, not at all.  I went into this situation with my eyes open...I knew
> > that I would never see a dime off B5.
> [....]
> > jms
>
> Was that also true of Crusade (the episodes that were made)?  Does that
> apply to any future B5 universe TV show, or say a continuation of
> Crusade (if anyone of are ever lucky enough to win the Powerball or
> MegaMillions, and back it)?
>

Crusade was made as an extension of the B5 deal, so the answer is yes.
(In fact, because it was a first year/new show, there was an actual
*cut* in fees.)  By contrast, the first show I did after B5 paid over
three times what I earned on B5.

jms



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Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2005 03:20:36 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Re: Babylon 5 Scripts Site Nearly Ready, And More!
From: jmsatb5@aol.com
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated



Trish Crowther wrote:
> Do you have any idea what the shipping charges will be (I'm
> particularly interested in shipping cost to Australia) or will we have
> to wait till the site's got the details to find out?
>

Offhand, I don't know, but it should be pretty standard.

jms



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Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2005 10:07:45 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Re: Babylon 5 Scripts Site Nearly Ready, And More!
From: jmsatb5@aol.com
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated


Well, this is cool....

I've been going through my archives for graphics and other stuff we can
use in the B5 script books, and I saw two directories named MEMOS.  So

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