Tiptoe Writes!

So to make a long story short, the nut plot of “In Every Life” is this: Richard Hathaway was a cutthroat businessman all his life, until his beloved wife, Florence, died. In a fit of “you can’t take it with you,” Richard lost it and became what they call a Mad Philanthropist, which meant he started spreading his money around and funding whatever bizarre idea appealed to him. This made the town of Ferndale a magnet for gold diggers, entrepreneurs, and shady operations looking for a respectable cover. In the meantime, Richard Hathaway spread something else around– I think he’s now on Wife #7?– and has about a million kids.

That’s me. I’m one of the kids, Luke Hathaway. My character’s a thrillseeker. He likes wine, women, fast cars, and more women. I have at least two illegitimate children. One of ‘em moved away when his mom’s actress wanted to bump herself up to a movie career; the other one is on recurring status and occasionally appears like a fifteen-year-old set decoration to pout and scream at me.

Ryan Markey plays Andrew Starr, who I guess is unrelated to Brenda but is also a hotshot reporter. He’s out to uncover the dark side of my onscreen brother, Brian Hathaway, who is addicted to gambling and is apparently this season’s social-issue story. He found out through his former girlfriend, Ellen, who is now of course Brian Hathaway’s girlfriend. They had a sweet little love story, and once she had Brian in her clutches, Ellen immediately called her ex and said “Have I got a scoop for you!” Thus Andrew Starr’s entry into “In Every Life.” And I guess every life includes mine.

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“Are you gay?”

The question comes from a girl in an “I Heart Marriage Equality” T-shirt, such a bright neon shade of pink that I think my retinas are going to burn out just looking at her. And luckily her question is not directed toward me, but at Ryan Markey, who looks like he’s just been hit with an arrow. Poor schmuck. These fan Q&As can be brutal.
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adult content warning – as if the title wasn’t an indicator!

please note this IS fiction. Any resemblance to anyone the author knows (in Biblical or other senses) in real life is purely coincidental.

They say condoms aren’t sexy.
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So when I got an agent the first thing he said to me was Gordon, you look like a star, but your name has to go. So from Gordon Solomon I became Jordan Sullivan and now I’m a star. Kind of. To tell you the truth, being on a soap is the closest thing to a regular old day job you can get. It’s just like the temp gig I had over at the Accounting Capital of the World right out of college, only we get up earlier, work longer, and deal with less interesting material. I’m exaggerating, but ‘it really is a daily grind’ is my point.

So you know, we go home exhausted some nights, and some nights we go out for drinks as co-workers. This is one of those nights, when we just ignore the paparazzi and let down our hair.
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