Fans4Writers

I'm pretty jazzed about fans4writers.com. As a wannabe writer-but-mostly-blogger I felt compelled to learn more about the WGA strike currently going on. It's not a good thing, this strike, and it will affect so many people. I feel bad that it came to this but I also feel a slight sense of solidarity for the writers. I'm not in their industry by any means, but I know what it's like not to be fairly compensated for work I do.

So yeah, I'm supporting the strike as best I can for a chick in the boonies of Nebraska. Since my 24 site 24addict.com is rather popular (why I don't know but hey, I'm not looking in that gift horse's mouth) I'm taking advantage of the traffic my site generates to spread the word about fans4writers.com, trying to rally my 24 peeps around the picket sign, you know?

I absolutely love the fact that entire fan communities are, in essence, rising up and throwing their support behind the writers of their favourite shows. Instead of bemoaning the fact that a lot of these shows will end, will be delayed or will be in rerun hell, they're sending pizza to picketing writers or joining them on the lines. It's so awesome. I wish I lived in L.A. right now.

It's been a long time since I've been so jazzed about a cause. It's kinda nice :)