I started being in business at the ripe young age of 12. I use to cut grass in my neighborhood. I had this idea to buy the gas for the other lawn mowers that the maintenance guys would drop off. That way I can cut more yards and pay the other guys for cutting grass. I started throwing parties and dances. Karate shows all kinda events to make money. My entertainment career was halted a little bit due to the fact that I had a corporate job with a major restaurant chain. Later on my manager would give me the weekend off which allowed me to continue we my events. Early on in my music career, I owned a record shop, on air DJ, Party Host and I owned a chain of Karate Schools. I’m most proud of all my accomplishments as a father, I was able to do most of all of my business while being a single father. I had semi-success with a few local artist. Major came in the form of a StagePlay. My very good friend June Delite’s step brother his wife was an author and self publisher of 6 books that she had written. She would always says “you need to meet Donna” I said ok, we finally met at a family function, we talked about what we both did and had done. She knew everything I had done in the music business and how other client thought about and how I had helped a lot of people. We agreed spoke about me managing her career, I didn’t say yes at that time, however I did agree to meet with her. Little did I know she was determined to have me manage her that she called me everyday until we met. When we met I had a Publishing contract as well as a Business Management Contract.
We did the deal that day, and she said “OH BY THE WAY” I’ve written several Stage Plays and I have a new one that I’ve already started casting as well as I have a performance date. I going to need your help with the Marketing, promotion and Advertising. You can be the Executive Producer. All the while she’s talking, I’m not saying nothing just going “ok” and thinking up to that point I’ve never ever published a book nor Produced a Stage Play. Then I thought to myself I will approach the book just like a record and spin it that way. The Stage Play I would do it like a major music event. I knew how to do both of those. Needless to say (I found an editor for the book, designed the cover I even took the photo for the cover. I was great we did another thing I came up with (“Pre Selling the Book”) that worked very well due to the fact she had readers already that were patiently awaiting her new release with the ads
Dennis J. West is an author of such sublime depth that his works have been known to cause a tear to fall from the eyes of even the hardest of hearts.
For years, He dreamed of writing thrillers the way he thought they should be written: complex, multi-genre stories with unique plots that ‘move’.
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