Recording and Notes From the December 17 Meeting
The beauty of small conversations
We had such a lovely conversation in this month’s Europe/Africa/Asia Pacific meeting, and several first-timers joined us. We were a small group, which once again, allowed for an interesting and intimate conversation around a number of great topics. As not everyone will have time to watch the recording, if you want to meet some fellow food writers in the European time zone, I am tagging them here: Amela Marin The Lemon Grove (Bruce), Lizzie Wingfield and Harshita saxena. Check out their publications, and subscribe/follow if you can.
We talked about our respective Substack publications, about funny or weird Christmas traditions in the places we live or come from. We also talked about how to navigate Notes and other aspects of Substack, and shared what works and what feels relevant or meaningful for each of us. Also a bit about how each of us handles subscribing, following and unsubscribing. We ended by sharing our dreams for our Substack experience in 2026. It was a really pleasant conversation, and we hope other members will watch the recording as well. We also look forward to more people joining the Europe/Africa/Asia-Pacific Zoom call in January.
Here is the video of the session. I hope you can enjoy our conversation and — if you’re in our time zone — you will consider joining us in January when we meet again.
Dates for January
Office Hours: January 7, 2026, 12pm New York (EST); Meeting Host
Mastermind Meeting: January 14, 2026, 8am London (BST); Meeting Host
Teaching topics to be announced - if you’d like to volunteer, do get in touch with Liza Debevec
Mastermind Meeting: January 21, 2026, 11am New York (EST); Meeting host Rebecca Blackwell; We have two guest teachers for this meeting.
will teach The 5-Minute Magazine Pitch Makeover and
will teach How to Find a Writing Schedule That Works For You
Registration links for all three meetings will be sent out later this month! If you’re subscribed to Mastermind For Food Writers, you’ll receive that email.
Links and Resources!
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I'm sorry I haven't been able to attend recently but wanted you all to know that I really appreciate being part of this community, the support, laughter, collaborations and generosity. Thank you.