Old P.D. Stuff
It’s a book about the LEXX series from top
to bottom, nonfiction, sort of like the Outer Limits Companion, or the Making of Blade Runner.
The writing part is going swimmingly, I’m probably around 90,000 words and hoping to bring it in around 150,000. What the publisher will do with it after that is anyone’s guess.
Research is ongoing, I’ve been to Halifax four times, Toronto twice and had Brian in
Winnipeg for a weekend, I’ve watched them
shoot pieces of a half dozen epps, and conducted 60 interviews with 40 or more people involved in the series, all the way
up and down from the beans to janitors and extras. There’s still maybe twenty more
interviews I want to do, and follow ups from
the fourth season stuff.
Currently, there is an agreement in principle between Salter Street and ECW to publish the official LEXX book. But no contract yet.
Currently, the whole thing is held up with
Alliance Atlantis, who bought out Salter Street, its been hanging since July. My
fear is that it will take so long the
publisher just loses interest and decides
that the time has passed, or Alliance Atlantis puts up so many conditions that the publisher decides its not economical.
In which case, I’m **** out of luck, all dressed up and no one to dance with.
But, if it all works out and the book that
gets published resembles the one I wrote,
it’s going to be just rocking.
So cross your fingers