It took a friend, Stephanie Stiavetti of Wasabimon, to suggest I give away a copy of my own book, signed of course, and only after her giveaway of Will Write for Food ended on August 3.
How could I not come up with an idea this obvious? It mystifies me. Fortunately, I’ve got a brand new copy, possibly with your name on it. I’ll sign it using my special black Sharpie marker, saved for all book signing occasions.
If you haven’t read about the new edition of Will Write for Food yet, here’s my announcement post and a book review on Epicurious.com. I’ve also posted on the cover selection process and provided an excerpt about the reporting style of Kim Serverson of the New York Times.
The main thing about the second edition is that it’s enormous, around 100,000 words, and covers food blogging in addition to updated details on freelance writing, memoir, cookbooks, recipe writing, and even fiction. It’s aimed at people who want to get started as well as for established writers who want to brush up on their skills or learn some new ones. I’ve written a huge new chapter on food blogging and expanded the self-publishing section to cover the latest advancements. There are new interviews, new resources, new insights, even new exercises to jumpstart your writing process.
Here’s what you need to do to enter. Because I’m still in the media blitz part of my book launch, I’d really appreciate your help. Please tweet about this giveaway (I stole this idea from Stephanie) by cutting and pasting the following as it appears:
Interested in food writing? Win a signed copy of @diannej’s Will Write for Food. http://bit.ly/c2hEYl
Then leave a comment below to tell me you’ve done so. The comment will serve as your entry. Also tell me what specifically interests you about food writing. I’m always interested to know.
Please enter by midnight PST on August 16, 2010. I’ll pick a winner at random. In appreciation of my readers outside the US and Canada, this giveaway is open to everyone.
Update: Thank you so much to everyone who entered and tweeted. I used Random.org to select a winner, and number 10 came up. Congrats to Gail Dosik of One Tough Cookie!
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Ok – it’s tweeted. I have the first edition which was great. Now I need the revised version. I’ve done food writing and hope to do much more!
Hello! Just tweeted about the giveaway – and to be honest, just found out about your book. I’m new to the food-blogging world and would love some tips. I finally feel like I’ve found a sort of “calling” (I know, I know – me and a million other people) and think your book would help me develop that a bit more.
hiya
i tweeted but my comment wouldn’t go thru earlier. or at least it didn’t appear to have gone thru. so I’d love to win the book…it sounds terrific. if not, I’ll buy it for sure. i’m a food writer because….wow, what’s not to like?
congrats!
Hei Dianne,
Greetings from Norway! Found your blog through a re-tweet a few days ago and really glad I did. Thanks a lot for all the work you do and all of your well-written and thoughtful articles and tips!
Keep up the great work!
Whitney
Read more about my food adventures in Norway at Thanks For The Food.
I tweeted!
As for my interest in food writing, it developed shortly after I had my first child. I had been a newspaper journalist for five years, covering mostly crime, and I wanted a big change — to write about something life-affirming instead of people who are in the pits of life — and food writing seemed like the perfect avenue for that. Food is nourishing. It’s something that we share our days over at the dinner table. It brings people together.
I tweeted! Please…please choose me. I’d love to learn how to write about food.
Dianne, I just returned home from vacation and the updated new edition of Will Write for Food was waiting for me in my mailbox! Your first book was great as well as helpful and I am so looking forward to reading this edition. I just tweeted about the give away. Excellent idea!
Tweeted! Just using the right words to make food writing as evocative as it should be without sounding overly floral is the biggest challenge for me.
I’ve tweeted!!
I’m interested to one day become a food writer…Until recently i had no passion for life, and was working to live, I started cooking, and found I was skilled at it, and it took over my entire world. I love to inspire people to get in the kitchen, and like making them smile. My writing is often silly & irreverent, but then so am I! I can’t wait to read your book to help hone my style, and learn from someone who’s worked so hard at her dream.
Now I’ve got two young children, I’m trying to make the move from becoming a chef & deli owner to becoming a food writer. It’s so hard to get into, this book would be a real help. I’ve tweeted your comp.
I have the first edition and would love the new one! Just tweeted! @TangledNoodle
I tweeted! I’ve always wanted my own copy of this book after borrowing it from the library by chance. I loved every page of it: I’m an aspiring journalist, but I really wanna go into food writing…I just LOVE writing about food, it’s almost reliving the experience of tasting it myself! And I think people passionate about food is just so wonderful to talk to, to be with. It’s a wonderful, universal subject–I mean, everyone has to eat right? No matter what race, religion, age, gender, etc.
I tweeted about your giveaway – @foodiesatwork
I love taking photos of food and writing about it. I’ve always thought about food a lot so I’m happy I decided to turn to blogging to share my thoughts and in turn it’s been a great way to hear other bloggers’ thoughts.
I love food writing for the way it reveals the stories behind the food and meals.
Hit Submit too quickly – forgot to say I tweeted as well!
I tweeted! I love how food writing can just suck you in. Hearing someone describe their experience with a food that I hadn’t even thought twice about makes me want to try it again and see what my OWN experience would be!
http://twitter.com/agirlandhermutt/status/20981703523
I just retweeted your message! @justincancook
I tweeted your contest, this book is a fabulous idea!!
Twitter handle: @renh77
I tweeted!
I’ve always wanted my own copy of this book after borrowing it from the library by chance. I loved every page of it: I’m an aspiring journalist, but I really wanna go into food writing…I just LOVE writing about food, it’s almost reliving the experience of tasting it myself! And I think people passionate about food is just so wonderful to talk to, to be with. It’s a wonderful, universal subject–I mean, everyone has to eat right? No matter what race, religion, age, gender, etc.
Hello there. I have just tweeted! I would love to learn about food writing. I’m very new to blogging and have so much to learn! I love how evocative food can be and how reading about it can stir up so many memories of a time or place.
Just tweeted! I work in the legal field, so I have experience in legal writing, but I am very passionate about food and run a cooking blog with my sister. I’m always looking for ways to improve my writing skills and have found the first edition of your book to be a truly wonderful resource. I can’t wait to read the new version!
Tweeted as upliftingfood
Would love this book, have previously worked in the Marketing side of Publishing but love food so much I started a food blog back in February and would love nothing more than to edit books or have my own or even just somehow get my readership up on the blog
Just tweeted about the comp. I would love to win this book as I have no formal training in writing. I started my blog a year ago and I am painfully aware of the huge gap between the standard of my writing and that of my peers. I love to write about food and the memories it conjures up and also the memories formed whilst enjoying new dishes. Food for me is a very social affair and I am having so much fun documenting the love and laughter that surrounds its consumption.
Tweeted to my lovely followers @babaduck71
I tweeted! I love the creativity in describing food!
I’ve just found myself really interested in writing about food lately and would love to read more about it, especially from you!
Tweeted!
Cooking has always been a way that I share my love with people, and I like to try to capture it for others to experience!
I tweeted
Just did it.
Up and running with own blog but advice always welcome
I’ve tweeted! Very interested to read the food blogging section! xx
I’ve tweeted it
I would love to win a copy as I love cooking with children and would love to write a childrens cook book.
I am abt to RT (locavoreincity). I am working on a book and have published a number of essays on food, family and pop culture. I also teach college writing and like to bring in food writing b/c many students can relate to it in some way.
Thanks so much!
I’ve tweeted about the book- I came across you via someone else doing the same and am really pleased I did. Your book sounds excellent and if i do not win i will purchase one. I’m looking forward to having a look at your site too.
hi Dianne,
I tweeted!
I have always had a great passion for food and cooking. Eventhough I qualified and worked as a nurse for a number of years, since having my 4 children my time spent preparing meals has significantly increased . I simply love sourcing good ingredients and with these I love to turn them into wonderful culinary delights. Through the blog I love to share recipes that I enjoy to cook for my family but also I like to give tips on where to source good quaility ingredients. I love cooking with my children and always highlight how significant their involvement is with my baking and cooking. I want other parents, who normally don’t cook with their children, to realise that doing something like making cupcakes with their little ones is not only fun but also provides wonderful memories for that child as they grow older.
I would love to win a copy of your new book.
Kind Regards,
Nessa.
RT done! I already have your book… a signed copy would be nice though and I would give my copy to a needy soul
. Just want to keep learning and writing and eating and cooking (not necessarily in that order)…
I’ve tweeted! Love to cook and love finding other people’s personal recipes and the stories behind them
I’m a South African living in the UK and found out about u through Twitter- I reposted your tweet as my entry. Would love to get hold of your book as I’m still a food blogging virgin and need all the help I can get
I just did! I am currently working on a book and can take whatever help is there!..:)
I’ve just retweeted – I’m a total newby and would love to learn how to blog or write about food – a totally new career option!
Tweeted @onions1
I tweeted! As I have read the first edition of “Will Write for Food”, I am very excited about this edition and though I’ve yet to read it, I know it’s great . I borrowed the first edition of from my library and learned so much that I know I’ll learn even more in this new edition. It was also through your book I gained respect for Judith Jones and her recipe pet peeves in addition to the other recipe writing tips included influences my recipe writing a lot, and I’m always conscious of the words I choose and write my recipes carefully, trying to make them as clear as possible. I became more interested in food writing when I started reading Ruth Reichl, as well as out of my own interest as a food blogger. Thus, I was (and still am) very excited and pleased that this new edition of “Will Write for Food” has been updated to include blogging. Thank you so much!
My first tweet of this sultry summer morning is now complete! For me, writing about food is writing about a primal thread that connects us all on a deep soul level. Not to mention that a beautifully written piece can transport the reader to realms previously unknown, awakening a desire to know, learn and taste more!
Tweeted. I’m @meedja
I tweeted! (@vivalameagan). My two favorite things are food (duh!) and writing! So combining them has always been a passion of mine!
Tweeted and would love to win.
I am a twenty something who has a chronic illness that often keeps me stuck in the house. Food writing it what fuels my culinary passion- i always wanted to be a chef but illness got in the way. Writing on food transplants me to a new realm full of flavour, colour, joy and fills me with drive to keep onto trying to heal so i can get back out there and discover and taste all that the world has to put on a plate.
I tweeted @babykearney would love to win a copy and find out more
Dianne, I just tweeted your book giveaway. As a matter of fact, it was a tweet that introduced me to your book and the giveaway. How exciting!
I am very interested in food writing. I have a blog and an internet radio show (podcast) that explores “where food meets faith.” One thing I know that I need to do is improve in the area of food writing. Your book looks like the perfect prescription for me!
Just did a tweet about your book giveaway. I would love to win your book!
I hope writing a cookbook will come true one day… can’t wait to read your book.
Dream to write a cookbook one day… hope I can learn something from you about food writing.
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