Grief Guidebooks spin-off from the TFP Novel
Following in the footsteps of Protagonist Madison Banks comes two Grief Guidebooks: Grief Wellness: A Guide to Dealing with Loss and Grief Tributes: A Guide to Life Celebrations. See: www.LightsOutEnterprises.com

The Funeral Planner inspires the real-life company "Lights Out Enterprises" 
Avant-garde content creator Lynn Isenberg’s penchant for blurring the lines between reality and fiction has paid off.  Her second entrepreneurial comedy novel, The Funeral Planner, has in fact launched a real life business mirrored inside the novel aptly named Lights Out Enterprises with a notable advisory board of high stakes entertainment professionals that many corporations would envy.  Plus, there’s a spin-off business from a sub-plot called Fashion Therapy 101… all inspired by the novel.  Reality may be at the root of all fiction, but in this case, fiction has clearly spawned reality. 

The Funeral Planner, an entrepreneurial comedy novel starring female protagonist Madison Banks hits the shelves September 1st from Red Dress Ink, leader of chick lit publishing.  For those who think outside the box, pun intended, and seek the secrets to entrepreneurship, The Funeral Planner a la The Wedding Planner, is an entertaining fictional manual on how to start a business, especially for women, and in an industry that boasts a significant rise in feminine power.  Even the table of contents reflects the anatomy of a business plan. 

And what exactly does Madison Banks do at Lights Out Enterprises?  According to Madison’s spokesperson, author-screenwriter-producer-entrepreneur Lynn Isenberg, whose Hollywood credits include “I Love You To Death” starring Kevin Kline, “Youngblood” starring Rob Lowe, and branded entertainment and narrative marketing projects through her company Focus Media, Inc., says, “Lights Out Enterprises is an experience design firm catering to affluent baby boomers seeking customized celebratory events for the now and hereafter.  We create meaningful experiences to remember.” 

The novel’s inspiration?  An unusual solo performance of Sandra Bernhard singing accapella at Isenberg's brother's funeral was the genesis for THE FUNERAL PLANNER.  When her college roommate commented, "Gee, I wish I'd brought my boys, then they’d know funerals don't have to be so sad,” the words percolated inside Isenberg giving her the inspiration to escape inside a story while working through her personal grief for the loss of both her father and brother who died a year apart to the day. 

In a twist of irony, the author is now working with renowned Michigan funeral director Dave Techner, of Ira Kaufman Chapel, who buried her father and brother, to bring to life the non-fiction Guide to Grief Wellness and Personalized Tributes as portrayed in her novel.   THE FUNERAL PLANNER, like the author’s debut novel, My Life Uncovered, challenges convention once again, this time through America's perception of bereavement. Isenberg massages mourning deaths into celebrations of life through the eyes of an ambitious entrepreneur who learns to live life by confronting grief along the way divining the difference between self-worth and net worth.

For the full picture go to www.lightsoutenterprises.com, www.lynnisenberg.com/tfp.htm and www.lightsoutenterprises.blogspot.com.