“Who would have thought that the collective noun that can be used to describe a group of writers is a union, but that is what the Writers’ Guild is. It seems very important to belong to a union that fights for the rights of writers.”
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“Who would have thought that the collective noun that can be used to describe a group of writers is a union, but that is what the Writers’ Guild is. It seems very important to belong to a union that fights for the rights of writers.”
Yana Stajno has written plays for stage (Salt River) and radio (Venus Bar; Postcards from the Swamp). Her short stories appear in a number of anthologies and her debut novel (Rules for Thursday Lovers) was published in July 2015 by Clink Street Press.