the job; the strike; the bucks; the strife

[sab]

So.

I got the paperwork via e-mail with all the (nice, big) dollar figures in. BUT, the producer moved the meeting to Monday. With a little "and bring the paperwork in so we can get it signed" at the end. He also mentioned that a "new show at the network" was keeping him busy today, which, okay, maybe it's reality or a panel show or whatever, but still, suspicious, no?

Anyway, so I e-mailed back, told him I'd be happy to meet him for coffee Monday and talk about the project, but that I wasn't prepared to sign anything until the strike's over.

And that brings us to the mo.

Thank y'all for your comments and advice, really. This is just a horrible sticky wicket and it means a lot to me to have troops advising me and supporting me. The strike is serious business, and since I'm not that many years or months away from wanting to reap my own percentage of back-end profit on digital distribution, we have to stick this one out.

I spoke to my lawyer this morning and we talked about various potential workarounds, but unless something uncannily deus ex machina happens before or during my meeting Monday, it doesn't seem likely.

I am hoping he holds out till after the strike's over, because I genuinely have a ton of good ideas for this project and am positively itching to get to work on them. But, in the end, whatever, dude.

Back to the salt mines!

Comments

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

The meeting Monday might end up being technically illegal all by itself, but I think you're good so long as its purpose is to say, "Sorry, not strike-breaking, but please keep me in mind for when we're all able to write again." I am a bit suspicious of the timing for that very reason, but if we were to unilaterally not work with suspicious character, we'd never work at all.

I think you're doing the right thing.

Signed,

Will Probably Have To Consult The WGA To Find Out Which Of MY Projects I'm Still Allowed To Work On Myself