26 July 2021
This is a sad story. Wait, let me start first with the happy part of the story, since that's relevant to the sad part. The other day, quite unexpectedly, I got a large, thick envelope from Anthem Blue Cross, informing me that I had qualified for health insurance through the Writers' Guild. Hallelujah! This caught me by surprise, to say the least. I've belonged to the Writers' Guild for many years, but I had earned only a trifling amount on Guild-qualified projects (that is, screenwriting for film or television) so I had never reached the threshold for perks like a pension or health insurance. The most I ever got were screener DVDs during award season and invitations to a few lectures by directors.
