The insecurities and fear that one has that is usually caused by childhood tramua or past mistakes that often tends to go unhealed and constantly pushed to the back of our minds; This fear can be the root of ones downfall in life, whether its the do...
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Sitting inside the restuarant as I waited for Duke to arrive, I used this time to read over one of my clients new entries that I needed to help revise and edit. Taking a sip of the lemonde I ordered for myself, I adjusted my glasses and found myself getting lost in the words that my client had written.
This was probably one of my favorite things that came with my job, it always amazed me how many talented people there are out there. Some of my clients work has brought me to tears from how heart-felt and realistic their work is.
Looking up in when I heard the chair across from me move, I smiled when I saw Duke adjusting himself as he smiled back. "Sorry for running late, got caught up on a zoom call for an event I have coming up." He apologized as he grabbed his menu.
"How are you doing though?" He asked.
Closing my laptop, I shrugged. "I can't complain, things are going well so far with work. Just signed a new client to our company and I'm already falling in love with her and her work. She submitted three books for us to review and when I say this girl is so talented, it's crazy and she's only sixteen." I boosted proudly.
Smiling, Duke sat back in his seat as he stared at me listening to me rave about this girl. "I'm sorry, I got a little carried away. I'm just always amazed when I come across such good talent at such a young age already." I apologized.
Waving me off, he laughed. "I'm not complaining, I understand. It's actually refreshing to see how passionate you truly are when it comes to writing. That's why I feel you would do great with helping me write out my life."
Listening to what he said, I nodded. "I appreciate that and I have been doing some thinking about this and I have decided to accept. You do have such an amazing story, as far as your upbringing and your journey to success. So, I am honored that you feel that I would do good bringing your story to life for others to read." I expressed causing a big smile to spread across his face.
"I'm really happy to hear you accepted, but I must admit I want this to be raw and uncut. It's a lot I want to bring light to for myself in order to get over things that have happened in my past. This will probably be the most honest I've ever been in my life when telling my story and you seem like a very trustworthy person, so I know I won't have to worry about any of this coming out before the release." He went onto explain and I nodded completely understanding what he meant.
"Oh trust me, before we even get started you and I both will sign a NDA and a LOA contract." I replied.
"Oh great, that sounds good! So what's next?" He asked excitedly.
"Well, depending on how soon you want this out to the public, we will need to set up some times to really discuss and map out how you want this book to go. I know you're a pretty busy man, but in order to really capture your life in the best way I'm going to need full details on certain aspects in your life that you want me to add." I continued, watching as he looked me directly in my eyes listening to my every word.
