Hello, and welcome to another episode of the podcast. When working with people who want to write a cookbook, I hear many about cookbook writers' doubts. Doubt means you don’t believe cookbook publishing is possible for you for various reasons. Today on the podcast, I want to discuss cookbook writers' most common doubts and how to turn the doubt into a statement that you can work on believing to help you move forward with your cookbook project. 

Before we start, do you want to master cookbook publishing and secure an agent or publisher you love? I know there are many of you out there who are like this. I’ve talked to and coached you, and I suspect many are listening to you feel this way. So, suppose you’d like to learn how to secure an agent or publisher for your cookbook project. In that case, I invite you to an upcoming free webinar I’m teaching on Wednesday, May 8, 2024, called: Master Cookbook Publishing: Secure Your Dream Agent or Publisher. In this class, I will talk all about the five main steps in the cookbook publishing process, four qualities of cookbook writers that agents and publishers love, and three myths about the cost of writing a cookbook that we need to squash so that you can move forward with your project. I’d love for you to join me so head on over to www.cookbookwritersacademy.com/free and register for this free class today. 

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Master Cookbook Publishing: Secure Your Dream Agent or Publisher

Hello, and welcome to another episode of the podcast. Today, I’m excited to talk to you about how to persevere in cookbook publishing. The journey of writing a cookbook and getting it published is a long haul, especially when you add in the journey of marketing, promotion, and sales of your book after it’s published. So why do we want to do this when we know the abysmal stats about book writing success? On today’s episode I’ll share the stats and offer five strategies to help you cross the finish line of your cookbook project.

Before we start, do you want to master cookbook publishing and secure an agent or publisher you love? I know there are many of you out there that want this. I’ve talked to and coached you, and I suspect many are listening to you feel this way. So, suppose you’d like to learn how to secure an agent or publisher for your cookbook project. In that case, I invite you to an upcoming free webinar I’m teaching on Wednesday, May 8, 2024, called: Master Cookbook Publishing: Secure Your Dream Agent or Publisher. In this class, I will talk all about the five main steps in the cookbook publishing process, four qualities of cookbook writers that agents and publishers love, and 3 myths about the cost of writing a cookbook that we need to squash so that you can move forward with your project. I’d love for you to join me so head on over to www.cookbookwritersacademy.com/free and register for this free class today. 

 Things We Mention In This Episode:

Master Cookbook Publishing: Secure Your Dream Agent or Publisher

Hello, and welcome to another episode of the podcast. Today, I’m excited to talk to you about how to persevere in cookbook publishing. The journey of writing a cookbook and getting it published is a long haul, especially when you add in the journey of marketing, promotion, and sales of your book after it’s published. So why do we want to do this? Over my many years of working with writing my own cookbooks and working with cookbook writers, I have learned a ton, but there’s one thing that we haven’t talked about, and that’s your why behind your why. There are many reasons why we want to write a cookbook. I will talk about them today, but behind our why is another way: what is the deep-down reason that we’re willing to endure the doubt, laziness, confusion, procrastination, and rejection that we will inevitably face to get the book published? That’s what we’re going to discuss on the show today. 

Before we start, do you want to master cookbook publishing and secure an agent or publisher you love? I know there are many of you out there that want this. So, suppose you’d like to learn how to secure an agent or publisher for your cookbook project. In that case, I invite you to an upcoming free webinar I’m teaching on Wednesday, May 8, 2024, called: Master Cookbook Publishing: Secure Your Dream Agent or Publisher. In this class, I will talk all about the five main steps in the cookbook publishing process, four qualities of cookbook writers that agents and publishers love, and 3 myths about the cost of writing a cookbook that we need to squash so that you can move forward with your project. I’d love for you to join me so head on over to www.cookbookwritersacademy.com/free and register for this free class today. 

 Things We Mention In This Episode:

Master Cookbook Publishing: Secure Your Dream Agent or Publisher

Hello, and welcome to another episode of the podcast. Today, on the podcast, I’m excited to talk to you about my experience with writing. I am a writer and love writing and reading about writers' routines. In my life, I employ ten writing practices that ensure I put my pen to paper daily and every week in many ways. In this episode, I will share behind-the-scenes strategies and tools that have helped me write every day for over 20 years and write and publish four cookbooks in seven years. Things We Mention In This Episode:

Join the waitlist for Cookbooks on KDP

Confident Cookbook Writer Facebook Group

Julia Cameron's The Artist’s Way

Julia Cameron’s Write For Life

Mead 5 Star Notebooks 6-Pack 

Hello, and welcome to another episode of the podcast. Very excited to bring you a behind-the-scenes interview today about cookbook public relations and publicity. 

Before we dive into the show, Traditional publishers get a bad rap in a lot of writing circles. I hear them described as profit-seeking enemies who are out to steal our ideas or, worse yet, our souls. I have loved all of my publishers. They were partners in helping me create beautiful books so that I could share my recipes and stories with the world. And the team of editors, designers, layout experts, printers, photographers, indexers, marketers, and distributors they paid was amazing too. With traditional publishing, we, as cookbook writers, provide the recipes and stories, and publishers work the book magic. We become a cookbook concept machine, writing and cranking out book concepts and manuscripts, and our publishers create the books. If you want to learn more about publishing in this way, where you get published without spending any of your own money to edit, design, print, or distribute the book, head over to www.cookbookwritersacademy.com/free to learn more. 

Today on the podcast, I’m excited to have an interview with Andrea Burnett. Andrea is the Founder of Andrea Burnett Lifestyle Public Relations. Andrea has been a lifestyle book publicist and publishing professional for over 25 years. She’s worked for top-tier publishers, including Penguin Random House, Ten Speed, Chronicle Books, Quarto, Cameron, Abrams, Artisan, Page Street, Hardie Grant, and many others. Andrea specializes in lifestyle non-fiction books focusing on cookbooks, and has been fortunate enough to do PR for some notable award-winning culinary professionals, including many of the authors I have had here on the Cookbook Love Podcast. Food and cooking are a passion of Andrea’s, so cookbooks are always a pleasure for her to promote. Today on the podcast, we talk about trends in traditional, self, and hybrid publishing, what it takes to get a book deal, specific things first-time authors can do to help their publicist, as well as the cost of hiring a publicist to help promote you and your book. Things We Mention In This Episode:

How to Get Paid to Write a Cookbook training

Andrea Burnett Public Relations

Milk Street Cookbooks

The Essential New York Times Cookbook

Hello, and welcome to another episode of the podcast. Today on the podcast, I’m excited to have an interview with Tara Lanich-LaBrie. Growing up near Chicago and later studying in Santa Fe, Tara’s culinary style is deeply influenced by her appreciation for nature and art. Inside her company, “The Medicine Circle,” Tara combines her passion for plant-inspired cooking and natural remedies. Today on the podcast, we take a magical culinary adventure inside Tara’s new book Foraged and Grown and talk all about seasonal plants that inspire cooking, the use of color in food, and Tara’s tips for introducing new plants and herbs into our diet.

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The Medicine Circle

Foraged and Grown 

Madur Jaffery World of the East Vegetarian Cooking

Hello, and welcome to another episode of the podcast. Today on the podcast, I’m excited to have an interview with Rowena Scherer. Rowena grew up in Malaysia and some of her fondest memories were cooking with her family. But it wasn’t until she was on vacation with her children that she saw the joy on their faces while they took a cooking class, but at the same time, struggled to cut an onion. That was when she knew something had to change. As a result, Rowena left her job on Wall Street to create an experiential way to teach cooking skills to kids while also giving them bite-sized lessons in world geography, history, and culture. Today on the podcast, we talk about Rowena’s business, Eat to Explore, her new book Taste of the World, and her desire and intention to help children not only learn the life skills of cooking but also how to become good global citizens. 

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Eat To Explore

A Taste of The World by Rowena Scherer

Hello, and welcome to another episode of the podcast. Today on the podcast, I’m excited to have an interview with Chantal Secours. Chantal is a Culinary Nutrition Expert, recipe developer, and YouTuber who enjoys creating and sharing healthy plant-based and allergen-friendly treats and recipes. Her gluten-free journey started in 2015. Learning to cook and bake without top allergens was important when her son experienced multiple food allergies. Chantal is the author of the Gluten-Free, No Eggs or Dairy Bread Machine cookbook. I am proud to say that Chantal is a graduate of the 2023 cohort of Cookbooks on KDP, and the book we’re talking about today she wrote and published as a result of being in the program. If you have a collection of recipes you want to publish in a book, the doors for our 2024 cohort are open to Cookbooks on KDP. In this 12-week group program, I will help you step-by-step learn how to publish a book of recipes on Amazon. When you complete the program, you will have completed two types of recipe books to share family recipes or give away as holiday gifts. If you'd like to learn more about this offer, head over to https://www.cookbookwritersacademy.com/kdp2024 and read more details about the program and your chance to enroll in this year's program. 

Things We Mention In This Episode:

Learn more about cookbooks on KDP and receive a bonus of Recipe Week 5-Day Training that is all about writing recipes. 

Gluten-Free, No Eggs or Dairy Bread Machine Cookbook

Connect with Chantal on her blog Fresh is Real

Hello, and welcome to another episode of the podcast. Today on the podcast, I’m excited to have an interview with Lorraine Carlstrom. Lorraine has been interested in food and cooking for most of her life, including roles as a cook where she cooked at a backcountry cabin in the Canadian Rockies, volunteered at an organic farm, served as a leader for the Weston A. Price Foundation, and taught cooking classes. Lorraine is the author of Roo’s Kitchen: Bone Broth Soups and Sourdough Sides: Nourishing Recipes Inspired by friends, family, and life playing in nature. I am proud to say that Lorraine is a graduate of the 2023 cohort of Cookbooks on KDP, and the book we’re talking about today she wrote and published as a result of being in the program. If you have a collection of recipes that you want to publish in a book, the doors for our 2024 cohort are open to Cookbooks on KDP. In this 12-week group program, I will help you step-by-step learn how to publish a book of recipes on Amazon. When you complete the program, you will have completed two types of recipe books to share family recipes or give away as holiday gifts. If you'd like to learn more about this offer, head over to https://www.cookbookwritersacademy.com/kdp2024, and read more details about the program, your chance to enroll in this year's program. 

Things We Mention In This Episode:

Learn more about Cookbooks on KDP  and receive a bonus of Recipe Week 5-Day Training all about writing recipes. 

Roo’s Kitchen: Bone Broth and Sourdough Sides

Hello, and welcome to another episode of the podcast. Today on the podcast, I share the pros and cons of the 3 most popular paths to publish your cookbook. So, let’s dive in! Before we start, I want to talk to those of you listening who have collected family recipes that you want to turn into a book to share with your family or friends. I am offering a self-publishing course called Cookbooks on KDP. Cookbooks on KDP is a 12-week group program to help you learn step-by-step how to publish a book of recipes on Amazon. When you complete the program, you will have completed two recipe books to share family recipes or give away as holiday gifts. If you'd like to learn more about this offer, head over to https://www.cookbookwritersacademy.com/kdp2024, and read more details about the program, some testimonials from last year, and your chance to enroll in this year's program. Things We Mention In This Episode:

Learn more about Cookbooks on KDP  and receive a bonus of Recipe Week 5-Day Training all about writing recipes. 

Hello, and welcome to another episode of the podcast. Today we embark on a culinary journey with passionate food blogger, home cook, recipe developer, and health advocate Chay Wike, author of Kitchen Commune. In her new book, Chay draws on her years of expertise to create a cookbook that transcends traditional recipes. For Chay, it’s not just about cooking; it’s about creating a sense of community, health, and well-being around the dinner table. Today on the podcast, we talk about Chay’s health journey, her blog and book writing and publishing journey, and her advice for cooking inclusive meals and embarking on a cookbook publishing journey. 

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Follow Chay on Instagram @thekitchencommune

Kitchen Commune blog and book

The New Basics by Julie Russo and Sheila Lukens