JMS on Usenet
J. Michael Straczynski posts regularly on Usenet. This page provides quick links to his recent postings, with a brief description of each. Unless otherwise stated, all messages are from rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated. There is also an archive of older messages.
11 February 2008
Re: ATTN: JMS - International Writers
JMS gives some candid advice about breaking into the TV writing field and also launches another Google Earth quest.
31 January 2008
Re: A quote by JMS
JMS posts his quote in which increasing emotion requires fewer words.
30 January 2008
Re: Volume 13 Photos - No stinky food
JMS clarifies the text on a Babylon 5 sign.Re: Attn JMS: WorldCon Appearance?
JMS will not attend the 2008 Worldcon.Re: Attn JMS: WonderCon event schedule
JMS provides his WonderCon schedule.
13 January 2008
Re: ATTN JMS: Wasp?
JMS discusses the difficulty of adapting science fiction to film.Re: Ron Howard: Lensman?
JMS evades a question about a possible project.
01 January 2008
Re: JMS supports Ron Paul?
JMS discusses his reconsidered support for Ron Paul.
08 December 2007
Re: Strange things in strange places.
JMS comments on a company that shares his initials.Re: JMS: Fugiting Tempus
JMS discusses the writers' strike and the play he has been working on.
07 December 2007
Re: JMS: Fugiting Tempus
JMS answers more questions about his proposed TV project and The Changeling.Re: JMS: Fugiting Tempus
JMS gives updates on some of his current projects.
04 December 2007
Re: OMD Irony
rec.arts.comics.marvel.universe
JMS discusses the editorial direction of the "One More Day" Spider-Man storyline.
13 November 2007
Re: Non-strike news (for a change of pace!)
JMS sends readers on a Google Earth quest.
03 November 2007
Re: WGA/AMPTP talks break off
JMS explains what production changes can still occur during the writers' strike.
01 November 2007
Re: WGA/AMPTP talks break off
JMS suggests that the strike must last at least six months.
23 October 2007
Re: WGA Strike 90%+ vote to strike
JMS discusses the high WGA voter turnout and the unprecedented percentage in favor of a strike.
22 October 2007
Re: WGA Strike 90%+ vote to strike
JMS reiterates how small the writer residuals are for DVDs.Re: WGA Strike 90%+ vote to strike
JMS clarifies the residual change that the WGA is asking for.Re: WGA Strike 90%+ vote to strike
JMS reposts his first message in this thread.
21 October 2007
Re: WGA Strike 90%+ vote to strike
JMS discusses residuals and other writer compensation.Re: 'Changeling' News - SPOILERS
JMS proves that he was on the set of The Changeling.Re: WGA Strike 90%+ vote to strike
JMS discusses residuals and the WGA.
03 October 2007
Re: Writers' strike could happen soon
JMS links to information about the reasons for the upcoming writers' strike.
02 October 2007
Re: Upcoming Possible Writers Strike and Your Scriptbooks
JMS says the writers' strike may actually help him finish the script books more quickly.