tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-609131527796792369.post8450591091559968610..comments2024-02-16T08:43:08.348+00:00Comments on CHEF SANDWICH: Pitching Confidential: How Not To Get A Food Book PublishedLennie Nashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08446141000881802058noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-609131527796792369.post-76536095513266543352011-12-15T05:49:18.107+00:002011-12-15T05:49:18.107+00:00Got your mail. I will tuck in at some point over t...Got your mail. I will tuck in at some point over the next week or so. Keep your chin up; you're a very good writer.Matt Inwoodhttp://twitter.com/#!/matt_inwoodnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-609131527796792369.post-82667065576886886282011-12-15T05:47:53.821+00:002011-12-15T05:47:53.821+00:00Please, please don't self-publish. Your writin...Please, please don't self-publish. Your writing is hilarious/moving/enthraling & deserves to be a proper published tome! Hang on.<br /><br />And try Absolute Press - although I DID tell you this in January!!!! X *shuffles off in a 'told you so' huff!!!Lotte Duncanhttp://twitter.com/#!/lotteduncannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-609131527796792369.post-49409531417156048862011-12-14T23:46:21.569+00:002011-12-14T23:46:21.569+00:00Maybe having it endorsed by a celeb chef (and get ...Maybe having it endorsed by a celeb chef (and get them to do the foreword or something) would help get it published? It would give the publisher a publicity angle, at least.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08845309313029878945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-609131527796792369.post-44628738612023701142011-12-14T18:52:01.446+00:002011-12-14T18:52:01.446+00:00Anthony Bourdain recently got his own "line o...Anthony Bourdain recently got his own "line of books" with Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins - if anyone should "get" your book, that's him (unless it's too close to home). Work your connections to work their connections to get to him/his staff. Or, hell, just tweet him with a link to your blog, or this post specifically. At the very least he might do a blurb for the jacket down the line.<br /><br />Good luck and keep going. (Kick back after you're published and famous ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-609131527796792369.post-57964395757970902402011-12-14T14:56:07.613+00:002011-12-14T14:56:07.613+00:00Very interesting.Very interesting.lukemackaycookshttp://twitter.com/#!/lukemackaycooksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-609131527796792369.post-9691511595226717372011-12-14T14:54:21.280+00:002011-12-14T14:54:21.280+00:00Great post, remember "Don't give up"...Great post, remember "Don't give up". BOLBibsinspainhttp://twitter.com/#!/Bibsinspainnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-609131527796792369.post-1480701298007069382011-12-14T14:52:53.333+00:002011-12-14T14:52:53.333+00:00This industry needs your book, people need to know...This industry needs your book, people need to know what it's like, chin up mate, you will get there.CorkGourmetGuyhttp://twitter.com/#!/CorkGourmetGuynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-609131527796792369.post-58464387412158340782011-12-14T14:48:10.801+00:002011-12-14T14:48:10.801+00:00Good post Lennie. Best of luck.Good post Lennie. Best of luck.Oliver Thringhttp://twitter.com/#!/oliverthringnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-609131527796792369.post-19578661332840312652011-12-14T14:46:05.561+00:002011-12-14T14:46:05.561+00:00Very enjoyable read. Still piecing my first attemp...Very enjoyable read. Still piecing my first attempt together, so insightful. Merci.somersetchefhttp://twitter.com/#!/somersetchefnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-609131527796792369.post-41556649819032279122011-12-14T14:44:02.245+00:002011-12-14T14:44:02.245+00:00Keep the faith Lennie, the book will find a publis...Keep the faith Lennie, the book will find a publisher.ChefJonCrookshttp://twitter.com/#!/ChefJonCrooksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-609131527796792369.post-75486563515129139412011-12-14T14:42:36.801+00:002011-12-14T14:42:36.801+00:00Good luck, sounds well worth pursuing.Good luck, sounds well worth pursuing.SiennaDorsethttp://twitter.com/#!/SiennaDorsetnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-609131527796792369.post-22891060300029549002011-12-14T14:41:21.517+00:002011-12-14T14:41:21.517+00:00Great read this, funnily enough.Great read this, funnily enough.ShipWandsworthhttp://twitter.com/#!/ShipWandsworthnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-609131527796792369.post-30210268157278431332011-12-14T12:43:26.321+00:002011-12-14T12:43:26.321+00:00DON"T STOP! Wish I had the guts you had - I l...DON"T STOP! Wish I had the guts you had - I love your blog the way you write and I'd read it.... Good luck!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-609131527796792369.post-50679254466399204322011-12-14T11:16:19.074+00:002011-12-14T11:16:19.074+00:00Don't give up. If you want it enough it will ...Don't give up. If you want it enough it will come, just "don't give up". Life's too short to giving up.<br /><br />Best of luck, xDebs @ The Spanish Wokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15606627180238590606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-609131527796792369.post-29983744706316799202011-12-14T10:37:49.090+00:002011-12-14T10:37:49.090+00:00Look forward to reading it, however you get it pub...Look forward to reading it, however you get it published ! the celeb culture nonsense drives people to self publish, it's becoming the new accepted route to a published deal ... you need to create your own, successful, first book before you'll get an advance on a second ...Mat Follashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01283378128055963822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-609131527796792369.post-61984651632299862232011-12-14T08:37:48.531+00:002011-12-14T08:37:48.531+00:00If someone asked me to recommend a single blog off...If someone asked me to recommend a single blog offering genuine insight into professional cooking, restaurants and the media that was a great read with it, yours would be it. If the book is as good as the blog and you keep plugging both, the deal will come. Eventually...Mmmmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18151483059207639795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-609131527796792369.post-5461492630193903712011-12-14T08:35:59.741+00:002011-12-14T08:35:59.741+00:00Like the post. Hang in there, something might turn...Like the post. Hang in there, something might turn up. Remember Phnom Penh is mightier than...Dom Baileyhttp://twitter.com/#!/bailednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-609131527796792369.post-81826272858051544442011-12-14T08:33:47.203+00:002011-12-14T08:33:47.203+00:00Ah, the lack of an "overarching narrative&quo...Ah, the lack of an "overarching narrative" scuppers another entertaining writer's hopes of publication...MrLondonStreethttp://twitter.com/#!/MrLondonStreetnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-609131527796792369.post-79057145375535890002011-12-14T08:31:14.241+00:002011-12-14T08:31:14.241+00:00Must be a publisher for this book out there, right...Must be a publisher for this book out there, right?David Thalberghttp://twitter.com/#!/davidthalbergnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-609131527796792369.post-19980595848454923082011-12-14T08:21:44.362+00:002011-12-14T08:21:44.362+00:00Fascinating readFascinating readBangerMashChathttp://twitter.com/#!/BangerMashChatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-609131527796792369.post-91828184038487324202011-12-14T08:18:47.703+00:002011-12-14T08:18:47.703+00:00I have some thoughts on the book. The publishers h...I have some thoughts on the book. The publishers have admitted their own obsolescence from the cult of celebrity!<br /><br />It's an unnecessary shift from talent discovery to discovered talent printing press. Talk about giving up!Breil Bistrohttp://twitter.com/#!/breilbistronoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-609131527796792369.post-59829361746536996362011-12-14T08:14:37.165+00:002011-12-14T08:14:37.165+00:00Hoorah!Hoorah!Pear Cafehttp://twitter.com/#!/pearcafenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-609131527796792369.post-26044953292339767142011-12-14T08:12:21.968+00:002011-12-14T08:12:21.968+00:00Good for you Matt! Hooray for small publishers.Good for you Matt! Hooray for small publishers.Fiona Becketthttp://twitter.com/#!/food_writernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-609131527796792369.post-13690004790537986722011-12-14T08:10:31.772+00:002011-12-14T08:10:31.772+00:00Dear Lennie, read your post with real empathy. Wou...Dear Lennie, read your post with real empathy. Would love to see snippet. Have always found your posts interesting.Matt Inwoodhttp://twitter.com/#!/matt_inwoodnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-609131527796792369.post-18291248971210710362011-12-14T08:08:18.734+00:002011-12-14T08:08:18.734+00:00Excellent read!Excellent read!Grant Hawthornehttp://twitter.com/#!/granthawthornenoreply@blogger.com