A guest post by Alice Medrich
My publisher, Artisan Books, brought us the bestseller What to Expect When You’re Expecting. Now that’s a book that will never go out of style, right?
The reader hangs on every word for nine months. Month-by-month it tells the pregnant one what she may or may not be feeling. Way to hedge a bet! Yet, somehow I never felt like throwing that book out the window, rather than just throwing up. Years ago, when I was pregnant, I kept reading and [Read more…] about What to Expect When You Finish Writing A Cookbook
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.
Since the pandemic, I’ve been teaching Zoom classes about how to publish a cookbook. Once I explain how difficult it is, some hopeful authors decide to self-publish, and others give up.
Now that you have more spare time, how about a fun writing exercise? 
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. 
This year I celebrated ten years of blogging, and 