Wine Diet Woes

Last year I pitched an idea to David's friend Lisa who has written many food books and who now works for Rand. My idea was for a Wine Diet Book showing how you could drink wine, eat healthfully and loose weight. I had lots of ideas for the web site and great photos shoots etc. She took the idea to her publisher and he rejected it... turns out it was a great idea. Let this be a lesson to ACT, push for something you believe in and not just talk about it or become discouraged, make it happen! I should have partnered with someone who had this kind of backing.

Here is her email, the book is #10 at Amazon:

Just a minute to write now since I'm at my RAND Corp job on break, but hope you had great holidays and Happy New Year! Wanted to say to Patti that I just saw that a book just came out 12/27/05 just like the one she described. It's The Sonoma Diet (can be seen at Amazon.com and it's #10 in books at Amazon out of millions of books---that's huge). Plus, where I first saw it is that they have an online component, too, that's being advertised on major websites, which, of course, means there's huge publicity money behind it. That component is at www.sonomadiet.com. The book is about being able to drink wine and still eat deliciously and healthily. It's written by a registered dietitian. Tell Patti (and you!) it's obvious you had a great idea, and, of course, just because this came out doesn't mean other books on similar subjects can't also come out. How are you?? Got to go now, will write more another time. --Lisa