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Thousands and thousands of writers are really stressed out right now... 

Over at The Hufffington Post, Rachel Sklar has a brilliant roundup of all the web videos, blog posts, articles, and speeches created by striking WGA members. Follow her links and send some love to screenwriters of the world:

"see our Writers' Strike Opinion Page!... see this video featuring various showrunners from Lost, ER, Family Guy, Scrubs, The Shield, King of the Hill and The Office stepping up for their writers; Garry Marshall — creator of Happy Days, The Odd Couple, Mork & Mindy and Laverne & Shirley — giving some perspective on his fifth strike; and "Buffy" creator Joss Whedon, who explains that it's not about more money but a fair share when the studios make more money"

This strike is happening, in part, because it's really hard to scrape together a living as writer in an economy rocked by online media--we all end up doing too much work to compensate. If you feel swamped, read Urban Muse's post about how to beat writing burnout. 

Finally, even writers with dayjobs struggle to keep balanced. Last night podcasting author Felicia Sullivan interviewed Jeffrey Yamaguchi about his book, Working For The Man. Follow this link to the interview (click here and press play on the player on the right-hand corner). Around 20 minutes in, the pair discuss the fine art of writing your novel on the dayjob clock.