Personal update and information about a blogger who is transforming her blog into a book
I've just returned from four days in Seattle. The main reason for going was to attend the Pacific Northwest Writing Centers conference--but my husband and I also got to visit both my sister and her family and our nephew and his partner. We got to hear my sister's bluegrass band (Looking Glass) rehearse, visit the new Tacoma Glass Museum and Tacoma Art Museum, and tour the fabulous new Seattle Central Public Library. Thanks to our nephew Michael and his partner Kyle, we also saw an amazing performance of contemporary American ballet at the Pacific Northwest Ballet. It was a wonderful time!
Even so, it's good to be back in small town Corvallis. Since it's been a while since I've posted to my blog, I thought I'd share an informational item. I recently learned that Julie Powell, who hosted the Julie/Julia Project blog for a year--has been able to turn her blog into a full-time, money-making career. Since a significant portion of my readership (that would be you, Hope) is interested in making money through blogging, I thought I'd pass this along.
Powell is a secretary who decided to cook her way through every recipe--yes, every recipe--in Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking. She wrote about this is a blog. Her blog became wildly popular among the gourmet cooking set and eventually led to the opportunity to publish in journals like Bon Appetit, The New York Times, and Health. Powell quit her secretarial job and is now revising her blog into traditional book format. Her book will be released next January.
This just shows that it is possible to turn blogging into a money- and career-making venture.
posted by Lisa Ede @ 6:03 PM
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Just a quick aside: I spent several hours at the Tacoma Glass Museum last spring. I was fascinated by how how many wasy the museum found to advance its argument that the glass-blowing is art. But mostly I was fascinated by the process that goes into such glass. I could've spent a year there!
The museum is a fascinating place. I was relieved that it doesn't limit its art glass to Chihuly (sp) glass--which I find (pardon the pun) overblown and kitchy.
The museum building is a work of art in itself!
Aha—there you are. I am not your entire readership! There are two of us in it.
Boy, you do manage to jam a lot of culture into short visits. Ballets, museums, tours of libraries. I am assuming you know that the head of the Seattle Public Library was head of the library in Corvallis for several years.
Ah—so somebody has parlayed blogging into dough. Hood for her! Now if only I could cook.
Hope
Hi Hope,
I did know that Deborah Jacobs was the director of the Corvallis Public Library.
And you can learn to cook--I could easily teach you.
Oh, like you have that kind of time.
Hope
I could teach you a lot in three hours--really! We could stock up on some basic cookware and supplies beforehand. Just say the word and I'm there!
It is very sweet of you to offer to teach me to cook. I have no intention of ever learning how to cook.
Why am I not surprised by that assertion.............?
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