Consuming VS Creating
One of my favorite things to do is consume. I love to read. Eat. Drink red wine. Watch reruns of Downton Abbey and The Great British Baking Show. Listen to podcasts. Look at Instagram. Read the Wall Street Journal. And the obituaries in our local paper. I mean who doesn’t?
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Worry Has No Upside
My oldest son left last Friday to study abroad in Austria for 5 months. He was so sweet telling me goodbye at the airport and as his mom, I feel a whole range of emotions, from pride to worry. I hugged him and told him if there’s anything at all
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Why Join a Mastermind Group?
In a recent blog post, I introduced the concept of a Mastermind Group and how a Mastermind Group can be beneficial for support, growth, accountability, and positive mental energy when it comes to your business, career, or personal life. I like the idea of joining a Mastermind Group and can see at
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Cookbook and Food Writing Links Vol. 11
In our businesses and personal lives, we are either creating or consuming. I love to consume as much as the next person: social media, articles, webinars, seminars, books, cookbooks. All consuming. Taking in information. Creating, on the other hand, produces a result. In my business, the results that I consistently
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The Power of Mastermind Groups
When I graduated from chef school, one of the first books I read was Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill. I can remember the night I visited the local bookstore, most probably to look at the cookbook section, but found myself in the Business and Money section of the
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Time To Get Off The Struggle Bus
Recently I overheard a conversation about the “struggle bus”. There were people on this struggle bus. The story involved drama and situations described as hard and unfair. Since that conversation, I’ve heard a lot of people using the word struggle to describe their clients, jobs, writing, relationships, toddlers, and teens.
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First Snow Day of 2018!
Welcome to 2018 and my first blog post of the new year. And guess what, today we have a Snow Day! I’ve always loved snow days. And, I love them for the same reason I love being a mom who runs her business from home. Snow Days are fun. Snow
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Steps to Write a Cookbook Part 8: Find An Agent or Publisher
If you have decided not to self-publish your cookbook, the route from your cookbook proposal to a finished book will either move through an agent or a publisher. If you’re writing your cookbook for family and friends, or if you want to pay a vanity or subsidy publisher to publisher
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Cookbook Author Interview Series: Elizabeth Weaver: Find A Mentor
I had the privilege of working with Elizabeth in one of my mastermind groups. Elizabeth gets stuff done in her community, with her personal chef business, and now with her new cookbook. She is a delight to know and if you like southern food and recipes, you’ll love Generations of Edibles,
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Steps To Write A Cookbook Part 7: Write a Cookbook Proposal
Welcome to Part 7 of my blog series Steps to Write a Cookbook. If this is the first blog post you’ve read in this series, I encourage you to go back and review the previous blog posts in the series: Identify your goals for publication Define your cookbook concept Evaluate
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You can write a cookbook and get it published
One thing you will never hear me say is that you can’t write a cookbook and get it published. I don’t believe that’s true. Some writing coaches talk about hard and impossible. They act like publishing is an exclusive special club that you can’t belong to. “It’s hard to
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Steps To Write A Cookbook Part 6: Research the Competition
Welcome to Part 6 of my ongoing series Steps to Write a Cookbook. If this is your first visit to this series, I encourage you to go back and review the previous blog posts in the series: Identify your goals for publication Define your cookbook concept Evaluate routes to publication Build
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