Thanks, all. One of the things that cracked me up was a slightly diffident "my hope - I know it may not be possible - is to have the book's first draft done by summer of 2007, is that a problem?"
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA! To quote Tweety Bird, "He don't know me very well, do he?" Dude, give me the info, I'll have samples for you faster than you can read 'em, and they'll be superb.
No, I really don't have a problem saying, "this is what I do, and I am very very very good at it."
Talking to Marlene and BB about it later, but one of the biggies is my name on the cover. I'm not going to ghost this; that's one thing I was prepared to dig my heels in about. I want a cover credit, because for one thing, I intend to be very proud of the finished work, and for another, Kinkaids selling tool. Luckily, he appears to be fine with that.
So I don't know whether this is a fee, points, or what. In terms of selling it, this is a slamdunk, considering who he is.
Right now, the working title in my own head, first suggestion I came up with, is Ten Women, Two Eyes: One Man's Look at the Women Who Shaped His world, by Daymond John, as told to Deborah Grabien.
In other news, back to Cleveland Rocks.