Recording and Notes from the September Meeting + October Meeting Info

Replay | Meeting notes | October meeting date

Hello everyone!

Thank you to everyone who attended the September Mastermind for Food Writers meeting and a special thanks to Jenn Sharp for co-hosting with me!

For those of you who weren’t able to attend, you’ll find the link to the recording below as well as the meeting notes.

Two reminders

• Check out the comments section on the Collaboration Network post for information on how to participate in Pie Palooza! Thank you Betty Williams for organizing this fun pie recipe sharing extravaganza.

• Check out the Mastermind for Food Writers Chat to keep the conversation going. You’ll find ongoing discussions about reaching out to cookbook authors for collaborations, an amazing resource for any of you who use Pinterest, Apple-pay subscription cost, and more!

Recording from the September meeting

Click here to watch the recording.

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As always, thank you Sarah Pilley for taking notes during today’s meeting and writing them up for us! Here are the meeting notes:

September Mastermind Meeting Minutes

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The October Mastermind for Food Writers Meeting will be on Wednesday, October 15

We will have a special guest at the October meeting: Dianne Jacob

Dianne is an author, writer, blogger, teacher, speaker, and writing coach. I read her book, Will Write For Food, years ago and it was a fantastic resource as I worked to build my recipe websites into viable businesses.

Dianne is also directly responsible for my being here on Substack. I listened to a podcast discussion with her and David Lebovitz where they shared the story of David’s urging Dianne to start a Substack newsletter. At the time, Substack was on barely in my peripheral vision. After listening to that conversation, it was front and center.

Dianne will be there to answer our questions about all things food writing, recipe writing, freelance writing, cookbook publishing, food writing trends, and best practices.

While you are welcome to ask questions on the fly, it would be helpful for some of us to submit our questions in advance so we can better organize our time. Also, PLEASE NOTE the different than normal time for the October meeting. This is to accommodate Dianne’s schedule. Apologies to those of you who will not be able to attend BUT, please submit your questions and we’ll make sure to get them answered. The meeting will be recorded.

Submit your questions as a comment on this post.

Read more about Dianne here. And, of course, sign up for her newsletter.

The 90-minute October meeting will be on the 15th, hosted on Zoom at the following time:

2pm — Seattle (Pacific)

4pm — Chicago (Central)

5pm — Atlanta (Eastern)

10pm — London (BST)

11pm — Brussels (Central European)

5am — Singapore (Singapore standard) (October 16)

7am - Sydney (October 16)

Link for the October meeting:

https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/0xEZHvH1QfOfv7aB-daKmQ

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Please let me know if you have trouble accessing the recording or have any other questions or suggestions!

-Rebecca Blackwell