Sussex on Leith
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Hi all
For the past couple of years, when not being distracted by all things Albion and NSC, I've been attempting to eke out a living (or at least a partial living) as a freelance writer. As some of you will know, that's easier said than done.
My "thing", such as it is, is cooking without recipes. Some of us do it all the time; but plenty of others are understandably nervous about departing from the step-by-step instructions they read in books, online and on the sides of packets. Either way, there's relatively little reading matter available on the subject, certainly when compared to the zillions of recipes on bookshelves and across the web.
I've written a book, "The No Recipe Manifesto", with the aim of demonstrating that creative cooking isn't as difficult or risky as it might seem. I've worked hard on it, and I don't think it's too bad. But finding a suitable publisher is proving difficult, not because people don't like the material (they do), but because they're reluctant to take a risk on a writer who doesn't already have a TV show, a magazine column or a big online following.
One way or another, the book will come out next year - ideally through a "proper" publisher, but I'll do it myself if need be. Either way, I'd like to get more people reading and (hopefully) enjoying the writing, spreading the word about it, and hopefully buying the book when it does finally come along.
So I've begun posting articles online at http://norecipeman.com. There are ten pieces up so far, all on different aspects of no-recipe cooking, from avoiding food waste to cooking for gamers (plus one slightly sillier piece here).
If any of you good NSC-ers are at all interested in the subject, or simply have a bit of time to kill, do please have a read and if you like it, follow on Facebook/Twitter and/or let others know about it.
And of course, you're welcome to post any comments/constructive criticism here...
Cheers
Tom
(Mods - I trust it's OK to plug this here as it's not profit-making or anything, but any probs let me know. Thanks.)
For the past couple of years, when not being distracted by all things Albion and NSC, I've been attempting to eke out a living (or at least a partial living) as a freelance writer. As some of you will know, that's easier said than done.
My "thing", such as it is, is cooking without recipes. Some of us do it all the time; but plenty of others are understandably nervous about departing from the step-by-step instructions they read in books, online and on the sides of packets. Either way, there's relatively little reading matter available on the subject, certainly when compared to the zillions of recipes on bookshelves and across the web.
I've written a book, "The No Recipe Manifesto", with the aim of demonstrating that creative cooking isn't as difficult or risky as it might seem. I've worked hard on it, and I don't think it's too bad. But finding a suitable publisher is proving difficult, not because people don't like the material (they do), but because they're reluctant to take a risk on a writer who doesn't already have a TV show, a magazine column or a big online following.
One way or another, the book will come out next year - ideally through a "proper" publisher, but I'll do it myself if need be. Either way, I'd like to get more people reading and (hopefully) enjoying the writing, spreading the word about it, and hopefully buying the book when it does finally come along.
So I've begun posting articles online at http://norecipeman.com. There are ten pieces up so far, all on different aspects of no-recipe cooking, from avoiding food waste to cooking for gamers (plus one slightly sillier piece here).
If any of you good NSC-ers are at all interested in the subject, or simply have a bit of time to kill, do please have a read and if you like it, follow on Facebook/Twitter and/or let others know about it.
And of course, you're welcome to post any comments/constructive criticism here...
Cheers
Tom
(Mods - I trust it's OK to plug this here as it's not profit-making or anything, but any probs let me know. Thanks.)