as an alternative
to culpability for his actions. But he chose the alternative: Criminal
prosecution. Jail. The end of his career as a journalist. The death of
his lover David Carpenter by AIDS. Varied employment, including a stint
as a New York cabdriver. By 1994, with New York City filled with
ghosts, he returned to Bucks County, Pennsylvania, where he was
raised.

This is where I found him -- in the Writers Room, the not-for-profit
writers workshop Winans founded in Doylestown five years ago. He
has poured $65,000 into the venture, which began as his last refuge from
loneliness and evolved into his best shot at personal redemption. Winans,
now 55, seemed amused by the recent uptick in media inquiries. He has
become a useful source in recent weeks because his fall from grace coupled
two strains of scandal now crestingself-righteous profession." Winans also doesnt
think either will ever work in a newsroom again. Obviously, Blair
and Glass should be writing novels.

Exile on Main Street

Writing novels is what has sustained Winans over the past decade. He
has ghostwritten 14 books, and is currently working on one for Tough
Love, the group that counsels parents struggling with teens in crisis.

He also created the Writers Room, which he started as a cure
for loneliness when he returned to Bucks County. The Room offers
workshops and seminars for aspiring writers from Bucks County -- a region
with a rich literary tradition, from James Michener to Dorothy Parker
and S.J. Perelman. Winans also began a program called Generation
Crossroads, in which students with literary aspirations write booklets
recording the memoirs of local senior citizens.

While the media who call to discuss Jayson Blair