BlogHer 10 in New York: A Sea of Estrogen

August 11, 2010

Imagine 2400 excited female bloggers, half of whom have never been to a conference before, not to mention New York. Many were away from their kids and husbands for the first time. They were there to learn, to party, to get swag, and to talk. Sometimes it seemed like they were all talking at the [...]

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Book Giveaway: Will Write for Food

August 10, 2010

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 [...]

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How Blogging Got My Book Reviewed on Epicurious

August 4, 2010

All right lissen up, you food writers who are not bloggers. I’m about to tell you how having my a blog got the new edition of Will Write for Food reviewed on Epicurious.com,  a massively popular website, then tweeted to around 50,000 people. No, it didn’t go like this: I wrote a new book, the [...]

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The Whole Enchilada on Blog Revenue

August 2, 2010

Back in April I put my first ad on the site. It’s over on the right, a network of revolving ads from BlogHer. Now that I’ve brought it up, you’re wondering whether I’ve made any money, and whether it was worth it. To the first question, yes, a check finally arrived recently. But it was only [...]

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Food Writer Kim Severson Moves to Hard News

July 28, 2010

As she announced on Twitter: “Look, I’ll still be writing about food. I’m just adding murder, natural disasters and politics to the mix.” Food reporter Kim Severson is leaving her current job  at the New York Times, taking over the New York Times’ Atlanta bureau. Why is she going? Maybe it’s for the food. In her [...]

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Epicurious EIC Recommends You Do It Yourself

July 26, 2010

Editor-in-Chief Tanya Steel was in town recently to promote Epicurious.com, home of 30,000 recipes, at the farmer’s market at the San Francisco Ferry Plaza. I thought I’d stop in to get her thoughts about today’s food writing scene. Over spearmint tisane (for me) and coffee (for her) from Blue Bottle, she said she tries to keep [...]

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