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5 Questions Every Cookbook Author Must Answer
Imagine if you knew five questions that every editor, publisher, marketer, reviewer, and reader of your book would love to…
Cookbook and Food Writing Links Vol. 8
Writing Routines If you’ve followed me here for a while, then you maybe know by now that I live by…
Want to Write a Food Memoir: Start With a Proposal
One of my private coaching clients is discerning the format of the food/cooking book she wants to write. Part of…
5 Myths About Writing a Cookbook
Writing a cookbook should not be a mysterious process. Also, writing a cookbook is not a project available only to…
Cookbook and Food Writing Links Vol. 7
This roundup, while not specific to cookbooks and food writing, contains websites and organizations for writers of all genres. On…
6 Tips for Negotiating a Traditional Cookbook Contract
It was just a few months ago that I negotiated my third and fourth cookbook contracts. I’ve actually negotiatled all…
Cookbook and Food Writing Links Vol. 6
Cookbook News Publisher’s Weekly shares regular and reliable information about the publishing industry. Here is there recent Preview of Cookbooks: March…
Writing A Cookbook: Plan For The Obstacles
If you want to write a cookbook, I guarantee that obstacles will appear the minute you state your intention. Obstacles…
Cookbook and Food Writing Links Vol. 5
FOOD TRENDS One of my favorite resources for food trends is Allecipes’ Measuring Cup Consumer Trend Report. This report…
Cookbook and Food Writing Links Vol. 4
BOOK MARKETING My 2nd cookbook, Tasting Kentucky: Favorite Recipes from the Bluegrass State continues to keep me busy. Most marketing…
Steps to Write a Cookbook: Write a Cookbook Proposal
Welcome to Part 7 of my blog series Steps to Write a Cookbook. If this is the first blog post…
Steps to Write a Cookbook: 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: Check Your Commitment
“Writing is a solitary occupation. Family, friends, and society are the natural enemies of the writer. [S]He must be alone,…
Steps to Write a Cookbook: Build Your Author Platform
Welcome to part 4 of my ongoing series Steps to Write a Cookbook. If you’re new to this series, I…
Cookbook and Food Writing Links Vol. 3
Cookbook Writing Many readers of my weekly newsletter, Fork, Pen, & Spoon, ask what are the specific steps to write a cookbook? In…
Steps to Write a Cookbook: Routes to Publication
In part #1 of this blog series we focused on WHY you want to write a cookbook as well as your WHO…
Steps to Write a Cookbook: Define Your Cookbook Concept
This is part #2 of a series of blog posts to help aspiring cookbook authors walk through the steps to writing…
Cookbook and Food Writing Links Vol. 2
Whether you write articles, newsletters, books, or blog posts, it takes discipline to sit down and write. There are so many other…
Cookbook and Food Writing Links Vol. 1
1. Achieving a goal such as writing a cookbook isn’t always about talent, physical looks, TV shows, or hundreds of…