During my Senior year at Bowling Green State University in Ohio, I honed my column writing with an almost daily column as editorial editor for the BG News; I used most of them to fill holes in the editorial page. It was a fun year for me and resulted in my best-selling book “Ever Had Any Reason to Doubt Me Before.” It was my best-selling book, not that it was on any best selling lists…. except mine.
I think this gives you a fun, yet revealing look at Ohio college life in the 1970s.
Here is one of those columns.
Blizzard! Coming to a Theater Near you.
February 8, 1978
I wrote another movie screenplay last weekend and it is going to the top. I've already signed with M-G-M which in turn has signed the biggest star-studded cast in history for the "movie of the century,” as critics are already dubbing it.
It's called, “Blizzard.”
I must admit that I got my idea from a real life experience that happened not too long ago.
THE STORY IS about a sleepy midwestern town of 25,000 which is hit by the most devastating snow storm in history. Drifts cover cars and houses, electricity is cut off and a major water line breaks.
The entire county is thrown into a catastrophe as lines of communication are cut off and thousands are without heat. The movie follows the activities of several individuals throughout the area, all isolated from the rest of the world and in a desperate struggle for survival.
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