Blind Items Revealed
October 23, 2008
Something
a little different today. Always willing to change things up. This one
is actually about the wife of a B list television star on one of the
biggest comedies on television. It is not that hard, but when someone
e-mailed me the story I just had to post it. It also takes place in Iowa
which is odd because this is the second or third one we have had from
the Iowa Writer's Workshop.
Before our subject got married she
was a writer in the workshop. While there she met a male writer. This
male writer did really well in the program. He graduated with tons of
prospects--got himself a big agent, some money to support himself while
he wrote post MFA, etc. While at Iowa, he became close friends with our
subject. After a year of writing, he was ready to go--had his short
story collection done, was going to hit the road to become the next Big
Writing Star.
Except that he came home one night and
everything--computer, disc drives, backups, paper copies, etc--of his
work had been stolen in a burglary. A year's worth of work---out the
door with a crackhead looking for some quick cash. Our male writer went
into a tailspin--his life's ambitions were stolen from him in one night.
His support during this time came from our actor's wife, who continued to
encourage him to write, and who just helped him through that dark period, which lasted well over two years.
This feel-good story has a sweet ending, too---ten years later, our male writer
is
back with a short story collection, and continues to write. Friends
have helped him to set up a mini-midwest book tour, from connections he
made while at Iowa, and a reading at the Knitting Factory in LA for him
later this month, set up by his friend, our actor's wife.
Holiday Reinhorn - wife of Rainn Wilson
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