Subject: Query: Applying sales principles to entertainment business
From: Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com>
Date: 1/20/10, 20:40
To: ecope@tridentmediagroup.com
Hi, Eileen-
I'm assisting the actor and producer Pat Stack with a book he's writing that's targeted towards actors, directors, screenwriters, and other entertainment professionals and which deals with how to advance one's career in the industry through the use of . 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.
As for me, I'm a regular contributor to Vanity Fair, The Huffington Post, Skeptic, and True/Slant. My first book, Flock of Dodos: Behind Modern Creationism, Intelligent Design, and the Easter Bunny, was released in 2007, and my second is coming out in April.
Please let me know if you'd like to see the proposal or if you know someone else who might be interested.