accepting the Shine On award
Thanks to Lorraine Reguly for nominating me for the Shine On bloggers award. I met Lorraine via the Bloggers Helping Bloggers sub-group on Linked In. Many of the readers of this and my chocolate...
Category: Writing
blending chocolate with travel in Chocolatour
I’ve just returned from two writers conferences and have received plenty of feedback on the manuscript for Chocolatour, with one exception: “Add an index!” Once I began working through the likely components for the...
the birth of a book
Self-publishing a book is the closest I’ll ever come to birthing a baby. I’ve never had any children, but working on Chocolatour has been a birthing process like no other in my life....
Chocolatouring with you
It’s been a busy couple of weeks! I almost missed bringing you a post this week as we’re in the final throws of putting Chocolatour: A Quest for the World’s Best Chocolate together. It...
knowing which conferences to attend can be a challenge
It’s conference season! For me, it’s never about whether I will attend conferences. It’a about which ones to choose! As an active freelance writer (I celebrated 20 years in the freelancing business in April,...
mistakes made in my crowdfunding campaign
Thanks so much to those who have supported the Indiegogo campaign for Chocolatour during its four-week run. We raised approximately $8,000 on and offline during the 30-day campaign. That was enough to do a small print run and...
what I learned from crowdfunding
Crowdfunding my book has been one of the most difficult things I have ever had to do. It’s no fun asking people for money! As many people have asked me about my experiences with...
courage to crowdfund
It took a lot of courage for me to leave the comfort and security of corporate life 20 years ago when I embarked on my freelance writing career. But I really felt I had...
crowdfunding campaign in support of Chocolatour
Thanks to everyone who has an interest in fine artisanal chocolate and experiential travel, “Chocolatour: A Quest for the World’s Best Chocolate” will soon become a reality. As it will be a very expensive...
Chocolatour Goes Indiegogo
Thanks to everyone who’s been with me on this wonderful journey of chocolate exploration over the past 3+ years. We have a lot more chocolate to discover! As most of you know, I’ve been...
