Gone are the days where a stay at home mom could enjoy the down time and relax when her kids go to school, maybe indulge in a few daytime soaps. Us mom's are now expected to act as the CEO of our home domain and XYZ company, while juggling parental duties such as take the kids to school, cook, clean, tutor, and walk the dog.
As a small business owner and stay at home mom, I should be happy for a bit of respite now that my kids are in school full time. Alas when my fellow foodie friend, May, approached me with the idea of co-authoring a cookbook - my mind suddenly shifted into high gear with hundreds of ideas and images of cookbook titles and recipes floating about.
As a dietitian, food and health is near and dear. I'm dream job was always that of a food tinkerer or writer. And my cohort, May, is a CIA trained chef, she definitely has the credentials for a project of this caliber.
Umm, so cookbook authors... I like the sound of it. Definitely not
out of our realm of expertise, but where do we begin. It seems as though everyone is writing recipes these days. Scores of cook books adorn the shelves and online sites offer any recipe you wish within a three second google search. Can an unknown author even have a chance at getting published? Do we need an extreme niche? Who is our target market? What health marker should we focus on? This opens a world of questions that has me bogged down into idea paralysis.
The process... this blog is a tool to define the process. Take a step back and look at the bigger picture, one step at time that one must undertake in any creative business venture. Please read on and subscribe to , one step at time... this blog is a work in progress documenting the process from an idea dreamed up in a coffee shop to hopefully a salable book.
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