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5 Ways to Know When Your Writing is Done

April 17, 2018 by diannejacob 4 Comments

Image for how to know when your writing is done.How do you know when your writing is done or your blog post is finished? You could keep going over it endlessly, rewriting and wondering if you need to do more research or explaining. Or adding more keywords and spiffing up the SEO.

But if you do so, will it be finished then? Or maybe you’re not sure what constitutes “finished” in the first place.

As an editor, I know what it’s like to pull a piece away from a writer who [Read more…] about 5 Ways to Know When Your Writing is Done

Filed Under: Food Blogging, Writing Tagged With: freelance food writing, freelance writing, making deadlines, when writing is done

How I Will Stay Sane in a Shifting Freelance Climate

April 10, 2018 by diannejacob 12 Comments

A guest post by Jaime Lewis

I love the writing life but I’m done gaming this shifting freelance climate.

The last 10 years of my career, I’ve devoted myself to hunting down, pitching, landing and writing stories for [Read more…] about How I Will Stay Sane in a Shifting Freelance Climate

Filed Under: Freelancing Tagged With: challenges of freelance writing, does writing pay, freelance food writing, low pay for food writers, magazine freelancing

Why it’s Both Easier and Harder to Freelance for Publication

January 23, 2018 by diannejacob Leave a Comment

Bonnie Tsui has freelanced for publications for more than a decade, including The New York Times, Travel + Leisure and as a contributing editor for San Francisco magazine. Recently she received an annual award for food writing from the San Francisco Chapter of Les Dames d’Escoffier.

That gave me the opportunity to interview her, since both of us became Dames recently. She concluded that [Read more…] about Why it’s Both Easier and Harder to Freelance for Publication

Filed Under: Freelancing Tagged With: challenges of freelance writing, freelance food writing, freelance writing

How to Find and Attract Editors for Pitching Articles

November 21, 2017 by diannejacob 3 Comments

You have a great idea for a story, but finding and attracting an editor to read it is another matter. Often mastheads and websites offer no contact information, and you’re at a loss about how to find someone to pitch.

Enter Devra Ferst. She is a freelance food writer, editor, and cooking teacher based in [Read more…] about How to Find and Attract Editors for Pitching Articles

Filed Under: Freelancing Tagged With: freelance food writing, pitching magazine articles, pitching stories, pitching to websites

Damn Right: I Do Make a Living Writing About Food

April 18, 2017 by diannejacob 39 Comments

A guest post by Naomi Tomky

As a freelance food writer, when I saw Dianne end her post positing that, perhaps, food writers are their own worst enemy when it comes to demanding good pay, I knew she was right.

But it’s a deeper problem than that. Not only did her piece on how there’s no money in food writing not match my experience, but in a way, it [Read more…] about Damn Right: I Do Make a Living Writing About Food

Filed Under: Career, Freelancing Tagged With: freelance food writing, freelance writing, making money as a food writer, writers talking about money

5 Reasons to Write for Trade Food Magazines

January 17, 2017 by diannejacob 13 Comments

A guest post by Amelia Levin

No, it’s not Bon Appetit or Saveur or Food + Wine. It’s trade food magazines like FSR, Plate, Restaurant Business, Restaurant Hospitality, restaurant development + design and Foodservice Equipment & Supplies.

Welcome to the world of food trade magazines. These are magazines written for people in the industry (also called business-to-business), not consumers.

This blog post came about after I [Read more…] about 5 Reasons to Write for Trade Food Magazines

Filed Under: Freelancing, Writing Tagged With: freelance food writing, writing for industry publications, writing for trade magazines

Allrecipes Magazine Wants to Hear from Bloggers

August 9, 2016 by diannejacob 6 Comments

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Senior Editor Nichole Aksamit says she’s always looking for new writers, especially those with “social coattails.”

Magazines need reliable writers and new blood. Nichole Aksamit, Senior Editor of three-year old Allrecipes magazine, says she’s always on the prowl for new talent.

“Consider your interests, skills and forthcoming projects,” explains Nichole. “We want down-to-earth stories with a focus on [Read more…] about Allrecipes Magazine Wants to Hear from Bloggers

Filed Under: Freelancing Tagged With: food writing, freelance food writing, Writing for Allrecipes magazine

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