So I'm wasted.

Spent the day at the Muskego Public Library, having a wonderful time with fellow scribes like Laura Lippman, Chris Mooney, Brian Azzarello, Bob Crais, and Sean Doolittle, just to name a few. The event was put on by the library and CrimeSpree Magazine, the baby of Jon and Ruth Jordan, who are two of the more terrific people you're ever likely to meet. I snapped some photos, and may post 'em in the next few days or so.

Really was a wonderful experience -- great turnout, great questions, great fans, just, y'know, great.

So I'm back in the room, and I'm bushed, and not only because I was trying to match Azzarello beer-for-beer at the bar. But figured I'd check my email and the blog, etc.

The strike has been a subject of conversation, as you might imagine, amongst us writerly types, even those of us (like myself) who are not members of the guild. I repeat, I'm not a member of the WGA.

But I am 100% behind the strike, and I am %100 behind the writers who are striking, and though I'm sure people are already quickly approaching the sick-to-death level of hearing about it, I think it's important that people understand the Why.

And this little video, by the folks at UnitedHollywood.com, explains it quite succinctly:

Those of you who are hoping for a quick resolution to the strike...I don't think that's going to happen. This is about more than residuals for writers; ultimately, this strike is about trying to destroy the WGA, and in so doing, breaking the other unions in Hollywood, DGA (perhaps) excepted.

I firmly believe this is a just fight, and there aren't many of those around these days, it seems.