Today the Best Male Cook and I are celebrating our 31st wedding anniversary. We were married on a hot…
Category: Cookbooks
Cookbook and Food Writing Links Vol. 16
It’s time for my monthly Cookbook and Food Writing Links issue. But first, a message about the app I use…
Cookbook and Food Writing Links Vol. 15
Today it’s time for my monthly roundup of links for cookbooks, writing, and productivity. TRAVEL AND COOKBOOKS Research about cookbooks…
How To Write A Cookbook Revisited
If you have been following me here on this blog for any time, you may know I can pretty easily…
Cookbook and Food Writing Links Vol. 14
FAMILY COOKBOOKS When you embark on a family cookbook, a traditional publisher isn’t your goal. You most likely want to…
How To Love Your Brain
I don’t know about you, but my brain tends to stay on all the time. It controls what I…
How To Trust Yourself
My daughter moved home from college over the weekend. She lived in her freshman dorm for eight months and…
Cookbook and Food Writing Links Vol. 13
BRAIN TRAINING When I travel I like to ask my brain how I can offer value in my business for…
5 Secrets to Consistent Content Creation
One of my superpowers is creating consistent content for my business. *Regular blog posts since 2010 *Four cookbooks since 2011…
If you want to write a cookbook: You have to write
This may be a rant of sorts, but I have something on my mind. We all have dreams. Dreams to…
11 Tips From Q1
It’s the end of the 1st quarter of the year, and I’m fired up about my first 12 weeks of…
Cookbook and Food Writing Links Vol. 12
$200 Cookbook This is older news, but did you ever hear about Tom Brady’s $200 Cookbook? He created a system and…
Consuming VS Creating
One of my favorite things to do is consume. I love to read. Eat. Drink red wine. Watch reruns of…
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…
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…
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…
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 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.…
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…
Steps To Write A Cookbook Part 5: Check Your Commitment
“Writing is a solitary occupation. Family, friends, and society are the natural enemies of the writer. [S]He must be alone,…