“The Writer’s Union of Canada has done and continues to do great things for the community it serves, but I’m sure its membership would find the idea of a strike laughable. First question: Against whom do we strike? Publishers? Heather Reisman? The Malahat Review? And imagine the fallout if we did — this is what really keeps writers in their place — the resounding yawn we imagine would be the response to our announcement that we’re mad as hell and not going to write novellas about it any more.”