Today is the shortest day of the year, the winter solstice. From now on it’s all uphill, with more light each day. (Photo courtesy of Simon Berger at Unsplash.)
It’s been a momentous year, in spite of Covid. What I learned is that life goes on despite the obstacles. And that a benefit of growing older is finding that life is good, full of gifts and opportunities. So yes, there were many pleasures of 2021.
I hope that you too have blossomed during this time. We writers do need our time alone for writing, processing and planning. A pandemic can help get work done, right?
Here are the biggest joys of the year for me:
1. The fourth edition of Will Write for Food debuted.
What a thrill to have a new edition, updated with what’s most important to food writers and bloggers now. I wrote a new chapter on voice and how to strengthen it. There was lots more to say about publishing, especially self-publishing and how it has changed. I had to discuss social media too, which is a challenge for many of us.
There was more to say about recipe development and testing and my pet peeves (don’t get me started on “salt to taste.”) And more people than ever want to make a good income as a food blogger, influencer or [Read more…] about The Pleasures of 2021
Dear Blog Reader,
This year I celebrated ten years of blogging, and 
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It’s been a month of good news around here, and the end to a terrific year of writing, traveling, teaching and coaching. Since it’s my last post of 2017, I thought I’d share what’s happened recently.