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Brandie Knight

Brandie Knight

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Entertainment Bio


Brandie Knight is driven by creativity, passion, and adventure. Now, after twenty years in the entertainment industry, she is writing about her encounters in a fictional environment. Over the past 20 years, Knight has created and produced a television pilot, two radio shows, and an entertainment magazine. She is the co-producer of the award-winning documentary a/k/a Tommy Chong and former entertainment publicist. Knight splits her time between Las Vegas, NV, Taos, NM, and her hometown of Ponca City, Oklahoma.


Business Bio

Brandie A. Knight is a twenty-two year business and marketing veteran. For much of that time, Ms. Knight consulted businesses in the execution of low-cost marketing techniques that deliver high-revenue results. From start-ups to established companies, she has helped businesses understand the processes needed to gain significant revenue growth. In addition to consulting, Ms. Knight owned a public relations firm that catered to a variety of high profile and celebrity clientele, the creator and publisher of lifestyle magazine Party Chasers, and a partner in Hollywood Revolutions, a licensing agency for intellectual property. She is currently a classroom instructor, the owner of Holley Martin Publishing, an independent publishing company, and a partner in 100th Monkey Productions, a TV/film production company. Brandie Knight is the author of four books including The Business Plan Workbook, Self-Publish Like a Pro, Book Marketing Like a Pro, and her best-selling novel Hollywood Under the Covers.

Learning to Breathe Fire: The Rise of CrossFit and the Primal Future of Fitness

Learning to Breathe Fire: The Rise of CrossFit and the Primal Future of Fitness

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<p><b>The absorbing, definitive account of CrossFit's origins, its explosive grassroots growth, and its emergence as a global phenomenon.</b><br /> <br />One of the most illuminating books ever on a sports subculture, <i>Learning to Breathe Fire </i>combines vivid sports writing with a thoughtful meditation on what it means to be human. In the book, veteran journalist J.C. Herz explains the science of maximum effort, why the modern gym fails an obese society, and the psychic rewards of ending up on the floor feeling as though you're about to die. <br /> <br />The story traces CrossFit’s rise, from a single underground gym in Santa Cruz to its adoption as the workout of choice for elite special forces, firefighters and cops, to its popularity as the go-to fitness routine for regular Joes and Janes. Especially riveting is Herz’s description of The CrossFit Games, which begin as an informal throw-down on a California ranch and evolve into a televised global proving ground for the fittest men and women on Earth, as well as hundreds of thousands of lesser mortals. <br /> <br />In her portrayal of the sport's star athletes, its passionate coaches and its “chief armorer,” Rogue Fitness, Herz powerfully evokes the uniqueness of a fitness culture that  cultivates primal fierceness in average people. And in the shared ordeal of an all-consuming workout, she unearths the ritual intensity that's been with us since humans invented sports, showing us how, on a deep level, we're all tribal hunters and first responders, waiting for the signal to go all-out. </p>

Story Behind The Book

After many requests from readers of my fiction novel, I turned my self publishing class into a book. I want to help authors reach their publishing goals, but I did not have time to mentor each person. Many authors are using middleman companies to get published, and I reveal how to go straight to the main service providers that are used by major publishers.

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<span style="color:#333333;font-family:Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:20px;">&quot;This book can really help a new author get started especially if selecting e-book format for your first attempt at publishing. The practical approach, detailed information of resources and checklist makes a difficult process seem manageable,&quot; Forever Young</span><div><span style="color:#333333;font-family:Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:20px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color:#333333;font-family:Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:20px;">&quot;From E-book publishing to major distribution, this book has it all. This book not only tells you how to self publish but provides web sites for various services. If this is your first time self publishing, I would highly recommend this book. If you currently are a self published author and use a middleman publisher for distribution, I belief you can benefit from the insider information of how to distribute like the major publishers for a biggest profit.&quot; Kuest<br /></span></div><div><span style="color:#333333;font-family:Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:20px;">&quot;This guide is full of useful information that is easy to understand, and she includes company names of where to get the tasks accomplished, which is great. She explains how and where to use major book distributors, and the process to create a print, ebook, and audio book. At the end, this book includes a checklist of tasks that I found very helpful along with a glossary and index to easily locate information while going through the actual book production. This book is a must read for authors looking to self publish!&quot; Nene</span><span style="color:#333333;font-family:Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:20px;">  </span></div><div><span style="color:#333333;font-family:Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:20px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color:#333333;font-family:Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:20px;"><br /></span></div>