Celebrity News:

Star of the big and small screen Rob Lowe has found a way to keep busy while the writers’ strike puts his acting on hold: He’s writing a memoir.

The actor whose career spans Brat Pack movies The Outsiders and St. Elmo’s Fire and television hit The West Wing—as well as a notorious 1988 sex tape—has begun making the rounds of New York houses with his agent, Richard Abate.

So far, the project has been favorably received.

"It’s an anecdotal, good-natured memoir, and he’s writing it himself," says a top executive at a major house.

Currently a cast member of ABC drama Brothers & Sisters, Mr. Lowe is in the early stages of the writing.

Celebrity books have been enjoying a slight comeback after falling out of favor due to big advances and poor sales. Comic Don Rickles had a best-seller with Rickles’ Book, and Steve Martin has one with Born Standing Up.