You know, I never thought I was one of those lazy bloggers who just posts links to The Onion, but…
http://www.theonion.com/content/news/novelists_strike_fails_to_affect
One of my favorite parts?
“No high-profile, red-carpet, star-studded telecasts of the PEN/Faulkner Awards, the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Awards, or the Man Booker Prize Awards were affected by the strike, since no such telecasts have ever existed. “
Of course, it would have been funnier, I think, if it had been a poet’s strike. Maybe I’ll go write for television.
Felicity
Sheesh, Lady J, everyone knows that poets can be observed in the wild at bars and cafes, whereas novelists live in caves, picking imaginary bugs out of their hair 😛
EVERYONE would notice a poets’ strike!
Robert
“Although some initially worried that the strike could affect Hollywood by limiting material for television or film adaptation, fears were quelled when studio executives announced in January that they would continue optioning comic books and graphic novels.”
Ouch.