Happy Thanksgiving!
Gobble Gobble.
I don’t know about you, but personally I’m so ready for serious eats, especially those buttery mashed potatoes, that I’m chewing on my ballpoint. But, what I’m really all-buttered-up about are my fabulous clients! It’s been a jamm’n fall buying season over here, as you may know. Even at this late date holiday time, it doesn’t seem to be slowing. (Thank God for special favors!) I thought I’d take a few minutes to highlight—and congratulate—two clients/dear friends who are living the dream!
It is my pleasure to introduce to you… drum roll, please… the beautiful, six-pack-ab- beach-gal, Chrisanna Northrup. And, the melodious smooth-talkin’, even smoother writin’, Miss Danielle LaPorte.
Who are these smokin’ hot gals?
First up, in order of signing dates: Chrisanna.
Working Mother. Writer. Screenwriter. Savvy Biz Woman.
Chrisanna just earned a $350K book deal with Crown/Random House for The Normal Bar: Where Does Your Relationship Fall?. She and her agent, Helen Zimmerman, just finished cruising Manhattan, touring her publishing house, and lunching with her editor, Rick Horgan, and publisher, Tina Constable (not too shabby, eh?!). Chrisanna came to us in March of last year with one of the hottest ideas I’ve heard in a long time. She was raring to go, but luckily didn’t shoot the messenger when I encouraged her to take her time, revamp a few key areas, follow her gut and team up with a co-author to give her more credibility in a crowded genre and shorten her process (which she did in Dr. Pepper Schwartz). Chrisanna never whined when I told her to, again, trust her instincts to find a magazine alliance, even when that meant a WHOLE lot more work. When Reader’s Digest “got” her vision and started publicizing her project internationally and here at home, the wait didn’t seem so frustrating after all. In short, Chrisanna blew me away with the speed and positive nature with which she listened to advice and implemented it, and is now teaching me a few things about thinking BIG!
Congrats, girl!!! You deserve every bit of this wild success, and I’m watching you for many more in-the-trenches success tips!!!
Danielle LaPorte
Author. Writer. Kick Ass Entrepreneur & Consultant.
Danielle just returned to her chilly Vancouver home from New York, and is now also a member of the Random House family, with a quarter of a million dollar book deal in her hot little hands for The Fire Starter Sessions! We’ve known this over-the-top talent for years over here (12, I think), and now everyone else is learning that she’s one of the most talented wordsmith/marketing/idea people on the planet. Her publisher sees her as the next Deepak Chopra/Seth Godin-esque smarty pants, one that’s fabulously strutting around in a rockin’ gorgeous female package. Eye candy, baby!
Danielle’s book, for entrepreneurs, is as close to getting a Fire Starter Session in person as you could ever hope to experience. Her clients are some 500+ entrepreneurs of all types—coaches, artists, authors, etc.—and all marvel at how she lives by her personal mantra of being authentic. Needless to say, when I need a little (or a big) push with my biz, Danielle is one of the first people I call. She gives me crystal clear clarity and mojo needed to step up to the next level.
What these powerhouse authors have in common:
Both women? Check.
Intuitive? Seriously.
Self-starters? Obviously.
Doers? Done. Did it.
Surround themselves with successful people? Always.
Utilized their resources? Duh.
Follow advice, when it feels right? Every day.
And turn their hard work and dreams of career inspiration and independence into reality so that everyone benefits. Absolutely. Globally. Terrifically.
Chew on this … while you’re eating that turkey leg:
YOU, too, can write and sell your book!!!
I wish you a happy, creative holiday with your beloved friends and family.
Until next Tuesday (and hopefully the news of yet another book deal), eat and write well, my friend!
Linda Sivertsen
