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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…
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,…
Steps To Write A Cookbook Part 4: Build Your Platform
Welcome to part 4 of my ongoing series Steps to Write a Cookbook. If you’re new to this series, I…
Steps To Write A Cookbook Part 3: Routes to Cookbook Publication
In part #1 of this blog series, we focused on WHY you want to write a cookbook as well as…
Steps To Write A Cookbook Part 2: 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…
Steps to Write a Cookbook Part 1: Identify Your Goals for Publication
There are many reasons that someone wants to write a cookbook. Maybe they want to write for their family, or perhaps…
Cookbook Manuscripts Done!
This is a short blog post – but I’m so happy. I did it! Done and done. I submitted my…
10 Ways to Persevere When Writing A Cookbook
You aren’t going to find anybody that’s going to be successful without making a sacrifice and without perseverance. – Lou…
Secrets to Cookbook Writing Progress
I’ve been thinking a lot about cookbook projects. They are complicated, but fun and rewarding when you have an idea…
Q & A: How Do I Write a Cookbook Proposal that Attracts Agents and Publishers?
Agents and publishers love well-written cookbook proposals. They want to read proposals that are unforgettable and read about aspiring authors…
Mastermind Groups
When I graduated from chef school, one of the first books I read was Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon…
Cookbook and Food Writing Links Vol. 10
INSPIRATION I’ve always loved Nora Ephron. Her book, I Feel Bad About My Neck, is too relate-able. I also love lists…
5 Reasons Writing A Cookbook Is Easier Than Maintaining A Food Blog
I’ve often said that it has been easier for me to write a cookbook than to maintain a food blog.…
Cookbook and Food Writing Links Vol. 9
Cookbook Writing Cookbook authors have routines they follow to help them focus and write their manuscripts. Let’s take a look…
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…