Dianne Jacob, Will Write For Food
Useful Tips, Interviews, and Stories to Inspire Food Writers and Bloggers
I’m excited to announce that the fourth edition of Will Write for Food: Pursue Your Passion and Bring Home the Dough Writing Recipes, Cookbooks, Blogs, and More is available for pre-order. It will publish on May 25, 2021.
And you should definitely win a copy from me. Just leave a comment below.
Can you believe that I’ve written four editions of this book? Sometimes I want to pinch myself. Especially since they have [Read more…] about Win a New Edition of Will Write for Food!
By Vicky Cohen and Ruth Fox of MayIHaveThatRecipe.com
We get it. Many people who search for recipes online want food bloggers to stick to recipes. They don’t want a backstory, tips on how to make the dish — none of that “nonsense.”
We’ve all seen the tweets:
“Why does every recipe have to have a mini-essay preceding it? #justgivemetherecipe”
“If you blog an 8-page life story about a recipe that you have instead of getting straight to the point, then you deserve to be judo chopped in the neck and I will forever pray that a swarm of bees follow you around for the rest of your life. #justgivemetherecipe”
Apparently, no one has the time or patience to scroll for 30 seconds (unless they’re scrolling through their Facebook or Instagram feed), to find what they came for.
For food bloggers like us, it’s annoying. Sometimes it’s infuriating. Because [Read more…] about Why Food Bloggers Don’t Just “Stick to Recipes”
It’s hard to keep up with all the posts that speak to our lives as writers, bloggers, food lovers and cooks. There are so many irresistible links for food writers and bloggers. And not just fun posts but useful, inspiring pieces that make you think.
So I keep up for you. I scour social media, Facebook groups, newsletters and other media to find what interests me and I hope by extension, you. Usually I put them in [Read more…] about 25 Irresistible Links for Food Writers and Bloggers
I’ve been thinking about the growing power of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) experts and their advice. Hiring them has been a powerful way for food bloggers to learn the SEO rules for food blogs and increase their readership.
I’m all for that. I try for good SEO in my posts as well.
But do the changes these experts advise also [Read more…] about How SEO Rules for Food Blogs Can Make Them Less Effective
This year I celebrated ten years of blogging, and I wrote about what has changed. Now that it’s the end of the decade, you might also like to read my best blog posts of the last 10 years.
For me, what defines “best” is all about the engagement. I like posts that [Read more…] about My 10 Best Blog Posts of the Decade
Shauna Ahern gave up her blog, Gluten-Free Girl, in 2017. She made a good go of it for 12 years and her blog lives on online. Now, instead of food blogging, she works full-time as head writer at ChefsSteps. Her husband Danny stays home with her two kids, and everyone gets health insurance.
That was part of the decision to close the blog and get a job: Worrying about money.
Her new book of essays is Enough: Notes From a Woman Who Has Finally Found It. She writes [Read more…] about After Food Blogging, Gluten-Free Girl’s Shauna Ahern says “Enough”
At the first-ever BlogHer conference in 2009, I announced that I had just started my blog about food writing. At the time I was on a panel, sandwiched between Ree Drummond, the Pioneer Woman; and Susan Russo of Food Blogga.
You might know what happened to these two since then: Drummond went on to the Food Network and became an [Read more…] about My Blog About Food Writing Turns 10 (and How Blogging has Changed)
