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Food Writing Newsletter: JULY 2009[ READ CURRENT ISSUE ]
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Food Writing
A Weekly Ezine
Volume VI, Issue 18
June 30, 2009
www.food-writing.com

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For writers who love food and food lovers who write. Subscribe and Unsubscribe instructions are found at the end of the e-zine. Our subscribers' privacy is important, I will not sell or share e-mail addresses or names with other businesses or publishers. This newsletter, in its entirety, may be shared via e-mail and on lists. Thank you!

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"Maybe a person's time would be as well spent raising food as raising money to buy food.." - Frank A. Clark

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In This Issue:
1. Editor's Note: New Support for Food Writers On the Way
2. FINDING EXPERTS, SOURCES AND CONTACTS by Pamela White
3. TWITTER FOR FREELANCE WRITERS – TWEET WITH A PLAN by Angela Booth
4. Food Writing Jobs and Markets

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VISIT WWW.FOOD-WRITING.COM FOR EMAIL COURSES, EBOOKS, AND MORE
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1. Ed Notes:

Each day it feels as if new ideas and opportunities are opening up in front of me. I hope you are having a similar experience. The joy of feeling excitement about my writing time, and the thrill of inspiration has brought me great satisfaction.

One of my brainstorming sessions opened my desire to create a mentoring/coaching group for food writers. Of course, much of the information can also help writers in all genres, but we all know where my heart is!

To introduce this new program, I am creating a series of three teleseminars on different aspects of the writing life. There is no cost to attend these teleseminars, and each one will be recorded, so if you cannot attend at the time they take place, you will receive a link to download the recording.

The FIRST teleseminar is coming up quickly – it will be on Thursday, July 9, 2009 at 7 p.m. EST. To register for this teleseminar (and you will also be alerted to the follow-up teleseminars via email), please go the Food Writing home page (www.food-writing.com) to sign up.

You will really want to join us for the first teleseminar "Don't Feel Like the Lone Ranger," when I will tell you WHY I named it that, and why and how you can find like-minded food writers who are willing to share what they've learned with you.

Remember, you know me! I always give more than expected, it's free and the recording will be available to all who register. If you've wondered about joining a writing group, finding community with writers, or how to find a mentor, you can't miss this evening of learning. There will be a Q & A at the end of it, and I will do my best to get everyone's questions answered.

Cheers,
Pam

P.S. Don't forget to check out the Restaurant Review class that will begin in July. It's not too late to register! (http://www.food-writing.com/welcometofoodwriting/restaurantreviewcourse.html )
Go to www.food-writing.com for other upcoming events and special deals on ebooks.

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If you've always wanted a way to get your food writing revved up for ONLYL $40, this is THE time to go to:

http://www.food-writing.com/welcometofoodwriting/eatdrinkcourse.html

You'll find list after list of the information you need to know and that is
included in this ebook/self-guided course. Not only is this ebook for sale right now, if you purchase it, you will also receive TWO bonus ebooks that will also support you in your work as a writer.

You have nothing to lose. I guarantee each purchase for 60 days. Read more about the guarantee and LOTS more about what you are getting for your money at the link above. Really, this is my best offer, and I can't wait to share it.
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2. FINDING EXPERTS, SOURCES AND CONTACTS by Pamela White

I was asked to write an article on a short deadline. No problem, I thought. Then I got the article specifications which included quoting several experts in the article.

Instead of giving up, I got online and within 12 hours had more experts than I needed and a finished article.

Breaking into a new writing niche is both exciting and stressful. Old contacts may not be able to help you out when you switch from parenting to nutrition, or from health to health foods. There are several options you can try, depending on the time you have to write your article.

- Ask your editor for contacts. Many times they can refer you to someone they know that is available for interviews.

- Check out listservs and message boards. Do searches on Yahoo Groups (http://groups.yahoo.com/, search a message board host like Yuku (www.yuku.com) or use a search engine (www.google.com) to look for other message boards or groups on individual websites that offer you the opportunity to find interview subjects. Google has its own groups as well, and that may be another place to get started with your research. Read past messages, post some questions, and see what happens.

- Email or call members of writers' groups you're associated with. While some writers keep their contacts under wraps, nearly all the writers I've worked with online and in person are happy to share professional contacts or at least offer some suggestions as to how you might find success with your current project.

- Visit Profnet or HARO to find experts to interview in all areas imaginable. https://profnet.prnewswire.com/ is an online venue that connects journalists with sources. There is no fee to journalists, but the site is used heavily by publicity firms and my experience has been that the PR pros are more excited about their clients getting press than their clients are. In other words, I've been left with a phone bill of unreturned calls. Conversely, if you want to promote your business, book or self, you can sign up (for a fee) to receive the journalists' requests for information. There is also a speaker's bureau online.

A second place to find experts is to sign up at HARO or Help A Reporter Out (http://www.helpareporter.com/ ) Emails for request for interviews are sent out regularly and you are highly likely to get responses from eager and valuable subjects.

- Pull out your Yellow pages and look up physicians, attorneys, dietitians, hospital administrators, and accountants to call for information and quotes.

- Read magazines. If you find a name and job title that fits what you need, call the firm where your potential interviewee works. You already know he is willing to be interviewed.

- Do a search at online bookstores for books that speak to your article's topic. Authors need to get their names in print to sell their books. Many have websites with contact information for members of the press.

- Use public relations firms and departments. Call the public relations department at a hospital to find a nutritionist, cardiologist, administrator, emergency technician. The PR department will know which staff members make good subjects for interviews and may be able to suggest related topics to include in your article or as a sidebar. The PR department at a culinary institute may be able to connect you with a celebrity chef alumna.

- There are other places to look for help. Prweb.com sends out press releases, and has them accessible on the website. IdeaMarketers.com is only one place where writers can place articles for publishers to read. Both of these sources allow writers to look for experts through their press releases and articles.

It may take a while for any of these methods to work. You may get calls and emails from experts that don't fit a particular article. Save their contact information anyway, along with all experts you interview and quote. Build your own database of experts for future articles and each new assignment will find you better connected to the experts you need to reach.
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3. TWITTER FOR FREELANCE WRITERS – TWEET WITH A PLAN by Angela Booth

The world of freelance writing is changing fast; Twitter, the micro-blogging platform, is a great way to keep up to date with the changes. But beware: if you're using Twitter, tweet with a plan -- otherwise Twitter can be a fun time-sink and much less useful for your career than it should be.

Here are four tips to help you to build your writing success with Twitter.

1. Use Separate Accounts for Business and Personal Tweets

Did you know that you can have as many Twitter accounts as you wish? Make use of this facility. You need to separate purely personal tweets for your family and friends, from business tweets.
On your personal Twitter account, tweet away on your shopping, the music you're listening to, and the sandwich you just ate. On your business account, make useful contacts, network with other writers, and get writing jobs.

2. Set Goals and Achieve Them

Once you've separated business and purely personal, it's time to set a goal for what you want to achieve. You can set as many goals as you wish, but each goal should have a deadline, and once the deadline has passed, take a few minutes to write a short report on your success, or failure.

A word about "failures": I'm a big fan of failures, simply because with any goal worth achieving, you'll FAIL your way to success... there's no other way to achieve success than by shooting at a goal and missing.

You can set goals for anything, but let's say you've found a Web site or magazine you love, and for which you think you could write. On your business account, tweet using hash tags to enquire about the company (more on hash tags below.)

Usually you'll get a tweet back within moments, often from someone in the company asking how they can help you. This is much more effective than writing a query email or letter.

3. Use Hash Tags to Attract Attention from Your Target Audience
Hash tags are a way to tag your tweets, so that your tweets can be indexed and found. Tagging is simple, just prefix your topic/ tag with the hash sign: #.

Here are some examples:
You want to tag a tweet about Twitter: #Twitter
You want to tag a tweet about writing: #writing
You want to tag a freelance tweet: #freelance

4. Measure Your Success

It's easy to waste time on sites like Twitter, for minimal results.
For example, I've chatted with several writers who were thrilled that their follower count was increasing day by day. But when I asked: "How's that helping you?" they didn't have an answer.

Building a big follower count can be useful if that's a goal which will serve a purpose for you. Often however, follower counts are only used as a measure because they're highly visible.

It's much more useful to measure your success by the goals you've achieved -- research you've found, sources who contacted you, writers with whom you've formed a relationship, editors who've contacted you... Twitter can help you to achieve your writing goals, as long as you tweet with a plan.

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4. JOBS and MARKETS FOR WRITERS

JOBS

Food bloggers, telecommute, *no pay
http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/wri/1244428755.html

Freelance food writers, FL
http://miami.craigslist.org/mdc/wri/1237848515.html

Restaurant Critic, Palm Beach area, FL
http://miami.craigslist.org/brw/wri/1229813262.html

Agriculture Reporter, Congressional Quarterly, Wash, DC
http://www.journalismjobs.com/Job_Listing.cfm?JobID=1057244

Restaurant Critic, Full time, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
http://www.journalismjobs.com/Job_Listing.cfm?JobID=1062223

AOL Editor for AOL FOOD, NYC
http://www.mediabistro.com/joblistings/jobview.asp?joid=90324&page=1

Food Network.com, Online Site Director, NYC
http://www.mediabistro.com/joblistings/jobview.asp?joid=90207&page=1

MARKETS

HEMISPHERES
www.hemispheresmagazine.com 68 Jay Street, Ste. 315
Brooklyn, NY 11201

Contact: Mike Guy, Executive Editor

Mike.Guy@Inkpublishing.com

This magazine is 70 percent freelance written and has a strong online presence with unique articles. It is published monthly and is the in-flight magazine for United Airlines. Readers have money and leisure time.

Not looking for just travel stories, but are moving into more interesting stories told well about places where United Airlines flies.

Pitch an idea with samples of your best writing. Often the editors have the idea and are looking for strong writers. All ideas should be ones that would fit into a general interest magazine, i.e., interesting tales, articles covering fascinating businesses. Avoid destination stories that have no angle, no tale to tell.

Query by email, and include URL's of where you clips can be found.
Pay is up to $1 per word; buys all rights. Sample articles are online, plus they offer a free email newsletter. Sign up and you can see what they accept.

GIRLS LIFE
www.girlslife.com/
4529 Harford Road Baltimore, Maryland 21214
Contact: Associate Editor, Katie Abbondanza
KatieA@Girlslife.com

This bi-monthly publications with a strong online presence is all about the 'stuff' that tweens and teens dream about. To get ideas for articles, look through several issues and notice the advertisers and what they are trying to sell. Can you find a way to write about food that eases monthly discomfort? Offer better snacks packed with nutrition. Think creatively, keep is simple, and pitch ideas that will make a 'girls life' better. Read the magazine and/or website to understand the voice they use. Most sections are open to freelance writers. Also, the editors like quizzes.

Features can run around 850 words in the front of the book, other features run between 1200 and 1500 words.
Pay is variable, at least $350 for shorter pieces, more for features.

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"As I ate the oysters with their strong taste of the sea and their faint metallic taste that the cold white wine washed away, leaving only the sea taste and the succulent texture, and as I drank their cold liquid from each shell and washed it down with the crisp taste of the wine, I lost the empty feeling and began to be happy and to make plans." - Ernest Hemingway, "A Moveable Feast"

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3. Publishing Poynters Marketplace, 4. Working Writers,
5. Practicing Writer Newsletter, 6. Food Writing Newsletter,
7. Art Deadlines List, 8. Writing World Newsletter


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