Ten signs you're drinking a little too much: Here's how to know when enjoying the odd glass of wine slips into something harmful. Chances are that you consider yourself a moderate drinker. Perhaps you enjoy the odd glass of wine after work, or have a few pints on Saturdays only and abstain for the rest of the week.
In 1985, in an attempt to find meaning in life, she started to write fiction in her spare time. She attended a fiction workshop at the Squaw Valley Community of Writers. There she met writer Molly Giles, who gave her advice on a flawed short story with too many inconsistent voices and too many beginnings of stories.
Though it's never mentioned by name in the movie (it is quickly shown on a TV screen graphic during the mop's initial unsuccessful QVC appearance), the real Joy Mangano invented the self-wringing Miracle Mop, which was her first success.