The present clash of the Writers Guild of America with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers for fair compensation has it that the power of ink plays a vital role in the entertainment business and the fast-changing world in general. Here in New York and in Hollywood where the picket lines are concentrated, the film and television writers are protesting over income in the DVD sales and cyber-downloads. The writers are asking a piece of the market profits that I believe to be a very sound argument.

It’s a given reality that most businesses do not recognize the source of their success. In this case, the producers who earn tons of money from the writers’ scripts should in a way balance the books. It takes so much passion and commitment to deliver ones imagination into ink. I am sure that these writers love and enjoy what they are doing. The said love of their trade doesn’t give the producers the excuse to deprive them of fair benefits and so goes with all other professions.

I have very high regard to writers of whatever “language”. I’ve read and worked on a number of scripts at the height of my acting “career”(in high school HA!). I dreamed of writing a book someday and I know it won’t be easy. Yes, it is never easy. I have all my ideas imbedded in my head and I am still not confident with my vocabulary to put them together into ink. The thoughts get itchy most of the time that’s why I scratch my head a lot. I’ve been trying to write. I keep most of my short compositions in my desktop and forget about it. Sometimes, I keep them password protected and forget about it! (Smiles!)

I have so much to share and I still have so much to learn. I will try my best to stay away from the couch and the remote. This is why I’m starting this blog.

I support all the writers in their battles. In solidarity, today I will not watch my favorite late night show, Jimmy Kimmel (Live) but I must say that Mr. Kimmel is funny and he makes really good ad-libs (consequently, he may work on his own script). Tonight, I will sleep earlier than usual. To all writers: may you have peace in your world — good night and good luck on your fight!