I have deep, deep roots in the Chicago legal community. And I like that. Being a lawyer is like being a citizen in a village. It's not my experience that belonging to the literary community is at all the same thing. Talking about a community of writers is like talking about a community of cats.
Writers are often solitary creatures who write because they're uncomfortable socially.
It's probably best to limit the intrusion of Hollywood. Compared to the average Hollywood writer, Sisyphus had a good deal with that rock. The book is about an endearing but morally challenged personal injury lawyer who, after he's caught on tax charges, is forced to work undercover for the government in an investigation of corrupt judges. I love the plot of this new book and the main character in this new one really is quite a hoot. As compared to a private enterprise, a university runs at the verge of chaos.