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SAG-AFTRA contract negotiations with Hollywood begin for actors; the 2023 post-strike deals are set to expire on May 1 for writers and June 30 for actors (John Koblin/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/business/media/hollywood-ac…

Hollywood Braces for New Round of Labor Talks
The last time writers and actors negotiated contracts, in 2023, dual strikes froze the industry.

Kazuo Ishiguro, Philippa Gregory, Richard Osman, and ~10,000 writers publish Don't Steal This Book, an "empty" book to protest AI companies using their work (Dan Milmo/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/202

#WritersCoffeeClub Mar 10
How informal is your prose? Is there a limit to informality?
I think that, even where you don't have a first-person narrator, prose in fiction should express the personality of the point of view character -- be similar to but just a little more formal than their normal way of speaking.
To preserve the plausibility that they might have writt…

Ece Temelkuran:
‘Once you call it fascism you have to act on it’
The Turkish writer on the experience of being ‘unhomed’
and how we can fight the politics of cynicism
In Nation of Strangers, I’m specifically talking about the point where you decide,
how do I survive?
Do I survive like an android or do I survive like a human being?
Because, if we are not careful, this system can make us inhuman very, very quickly.
But there is also another th…

Ece Temelkuran: ‘Once you call it fascism you have to act on it’
The Turkish writer on the experience of being ‘unhomed’ and how we can fight the politics of cynicism

Writing: the art of staring at a sentence until it behaves.
People think authors glide into inspiration. I trip over it, apologise, and pretend it was intentional.
#writersofmastodon #authors

Q&A with New Yorker staff writer Jason Zengerle, on why Tucker Carlson may run for president and how that reflects the crumbling of the journalism industry (Pete Croatto/Poynter)
https://www.poynter.org/business-work/2026/jason-zenge…

Q&A: What Tucker Carlson’s path reveals about where journalism is headed - Poynter
New Yorker staff writer Jason Zengerle, author of a biography on the former Fox News star, breaks down why Carlson may run for president

Writing: the art of staring at a sentence until it behaves.
People think authors glide into inspiration. I trip over it, apologise, and pretend it was intentional.
#writersofmastodon #authors

Kazuo Ishiguro, Philippa Gregory, Richard Osman, and ~10,000 writers publish Don't Steal This Book, an "empty" book to protest AI companies using their work (Dan Milmo/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/202

A dysfunctional United States government is fertile ground for an authoritarian takeover
But instead of addressing needed changes to address the dysfunction, opinion writers too often choose to focus instead on merely how democratic principles are being sabotaged and by whom.
Until the causes of government failure to live up to democratic principles are actually addressed,
the trend towards more authoritarian rule will continue
regardless of complaints in the media,…

The WGA-AMPTP deal includes $321M in studio funding for the writers' health fund, higher health insurance premiums, better residuals, and ongoing talks about AI (Gene Maddaus/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/film/news/wga-deal-321-million-hea…

WGA Deal: $321 Million for Health Fund, Better Residuals, AI Meetings
The Writers Guild of America contract with the AMPTP includes $321 million for the health fund, as well as improved terms on streaming residuals.