I have, I think, less than a year on my current deal with 20th. Maybe I should not extend it and go do movies.

Whatever lets you stay truest to your artistic vision. Though I must confess I'll be selfishly sad if I only get two hours of your work every other year rather than a season—or part of one—of great television every year. The writing you do with the character development and the pain and the glavin is so enjoyable to watch unfold over time.

(Remember when wife beating was funny? that's for another thread.)

Isn't there wife-beating in soap operas? It's totally on-topic.

Isn't there wife-beating in soap operas? It's totally on-topic.

But not the funny kind.

Allyson, someday I'm going to be saying I knew you when. Seriously.

I finally finished my draft of "The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress," and the response has been exceedingly strong. What's more, I kinda think I knocked it out of the park.

Yay, Tim! On all three counts. Looking forward to the final product.

Good job on "The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress," I say. But going to the movies full time? That motion picture business is dicey ever since the talkies took over, they say.

Maybe I should not extend it and go do movies.

Will you put me in your will before you write the next screenplay? If you leave me enough for a house with a yard I'll take the beagles and the cat, too.

Or you could pinky swear that you'll get plenty of sleep and drink lots of orange juice.

what makes you think writing movies will get me less sleep than when I'm in production on a season of tee vee?

Allyson mentions this because she knows I was basically awake for eight days or two weeks finishing "Moon," but it wasn't really the kind of forcing myself awake I always end up doing on a show. It was the kind where I couldn't sleep until I got it out because I was into it. It was better!

So when do we get to read, er I mean see it, Tim?