Bill Hirst <104106.431@compuserve.com> asks:
> Is it just that you genuinely enjoy chatting about your show
> enough to take the negative comments along with the praise? BTW,
> how are the wrists doing?

Why? Why not?

I was on CIS and GEnie long before B5 got going. I figured,
why change my habits just because now I was supposedly a vip? (And I'm
not always comfortable with that designation.)

Beyond that, my job as a writer is to know as much as I can
about my characters and universe. In answering all these questions, I
learn more about those areas, which helps me.

Finally, it's a matter of being accessible and *accountable* to
fans, as I'd wished producers had been when I was primarily a viewer.
SF fans are generally the most exploited sorts of fans...you're told to
line up, watch the show, buy the merchandise, and shut up. I didn't
like it then, and I don't like it any better now that I'm on the other
side of the lens.

jms