Barrett Brown here; we spoke via e-mail two years back when I was pitching my second book.
I'm assisting the
actor/producer Pat Stack with a book he's writing that's targeted
towards actors and other entertainment professionals and which deals
with how to advance one's career in the industry by way of tactics used
by salesmen. Stack himself started out as an actor (Rambo, Dynasty,
Cheers) and a comedian (worked with Nathan Lane, who was his roommate
at the time) but moved to sales in the early '90s due to a general
career stall. He ended up making millions as Yahoo's first ad salesman;
in 2002, he started his own production company and remains a producer
to this day. Among other things, the book will draw upon conversations
with old industry buddies like Brian Dennehy, with whom he's been
working closely for years.
Let me know if you'd like to see the proposal or if you know someone else who might be interested.