Wow things are starting to really speed up for me now. I feel like everything is moving so fast! I have been working at transcribing recipes, but not nearly as quickly as I would like. I have been sketching out advertising and marketing ideas in my notebook and realizing how much work I have to do there. I have been stealing time to start compiling a list of news outlets and newspapers to whom to send press releases once the cookbook is complete; it is completely boring, repetitive and tedious, all things that I deplore! I have been working with Lesley to arrange the photo shoot for the cookbook cover, trying to figure out what food to stage and how, what waivers I need to check, and arranging models. Read friends, family, acquaintances, basically anyone I can cajole or convince that being on a unknown cookbook cover for free is a good idea. Seriously would you give up a Saturday for the pleasure of standing around having your picture taken, pretending to enjoy food you are not allowed to eat?? A true test of my skills as a sales person! Lots to do and with Christmas coming I feel like I have to get so much done in the next two weeks, especially since we have set the date for the photo shoot for January 8, 2011. It will be here before I know and the last thing I want is to have a photographer and no one to photograph or no food ready for the shoot. And thinking about sales strategies, do you think we could all convince Oprah or Ellen to endorse the cookbook on their show?!?
On the flip side, I spent a bit of time on Sunday reviewing the statistics on the audience for this blog and honestly you blew me away. First, welcome to everyone. There were far more readers than I expected. And did you know, as you comfortably read this entry, that you are part of a community of readers following this blog from all over Europe including France, Germany, Netherlands and the UK, Russia, Indonesia, Australia, Brazil, the United Arab Emirates as well as the United States and Canada to name only a few of the places people live who are following along. I was so overwhelmed and touched that so many people are interested, I wanted to say thank you. And thank you for the new pressure to try and have something interesting each day to say from my seemingly routine and all together normal life! But it is just great and we passed the 300 member mark last week of the number of fans of Feeding your guy cookbook on Facebook, heading quickly to my goal of 500 fans by the new year! It is so exciting and rewarding to me that so many people are interested and it really helps on days when I am doubting myself to know I have so many people from so many places supporting me along the way. I put a rice pudding recipe in the cookbook at the request of my dear friend Laurie; it is surreal to think that people in far away Indonesia or exotic United Arab Emirates might enjoy a bowl of it as well! Tonight more transcribing for me, one step at a time on this journey! See you all tomorrow!
Yeah, a rice pudding recipe! My mom was mentioning the other day that she has lost her mothers recipe for rice pudding and now that her mother is gone, the recipe will also be gone. when I get one of your cookbooks, we will have to sample it and see if it is as good as "Grandma's rice pudding" LOL! No pressure.
ReplyDeleteCan't wait,
Laurie