Have You Fed a Writer Today?

I almost missed it. It turns out that September is "Be Kind to Writers and Editors Month." Remember, it is not too late to give your favorite writer or editor a meal, a massage or anything else his or her little heart might desire.

When I was a journalist, I used to make merciless fun of these artifical dates, because publicists would always try to wrap a "timely" story around them. An urgent pitch for an article about some obscure disease would land in my inbox, because it was National Some Wierd Thing Awareness Month.

But now I see the error of my ways. This particular cause is terribly important. And only 3 more days to honor the scribbling masses.