Liz, not here to bug you or anything, but it’s a good sign when your readers are checking the time and asking “it’s Sunday, where the hell is my Haterade?”
Leslie Janis from Hello Pie says that meringue is a fleeting cloud. You can refrigerate the filling overnight and then make the meringue when you're ready to eat. The pie sounds delicious.
Hmm. So, you say that sometimes you want to be "in" the circle of cool kids in food media and claim you are not, and then you say are hosting a panel on the future of food and restaurants in Kansas City. That sounds pretty "in" to me. Perhaps defining for yourself what it would really take for you to consider yourself "in" would be helpful in you either reaching further, or realizing you are already there. Just a few words from the wise, old crone with her cane in the air, who has been where you are . . .my best piece of advice, keep going.
I think this piece might have been stronger without that section, and I wondered about whether to keep it in. But in the end, I wanted to own up to the messiness I still feel about wanting the Midwest (and by extension, the people writing about it) to be taken seriously on a national stage versus recognizing the opportunity/freedom that comes with getting to know a community intimately and focusing your energies on the people who live there. I think the panel you mentioned is evidence of the latter! Good advice, though, as always.
Liz, not here to bug you or anything, but it’s a good sign when your readers are checking the time and asking “it’s Sunday, where the hell is my Haterade?”
Ed.......I am late this week because I am truly afraid of the task I have set for myself.
That’s the overachiever writer trying to take over. Let the smartass have a crack at it. You got this!
Suddenly, I desire cream cheese pickle roll-ups.
Leslie Janis from Hello Pie says that meringue is a fleeting cloud. You can refrigerate the filling overnight and then make the meringue when you're ready to eat. The pie sounds delicious.
In hindsight, that would have been a much better plan. I trust Leslie!
Hmm. So, you say that sometimes you want to be "in" the circle of cool kids in food media and claim you are not, and then you say are hosting a panel on the future of food and restaurants in Kansas City. That sounds pretty "in" to me. Perhaps defining for yourself what it would really take for you to consider yourself "in" would be helpful in you either reaching further, or realizing you are already there. Just a few words from the wise, old crone with her cane in the air, who has been where you are . . .my best piece of advice, keep going.
I think this piece might have been stronger without that section, and I wondered about whether to keep it in. But in the end, I wanted to own up to the messiness I still feel about wanting the Midwest (and by extension, the people writing about it) to be taken seriously on a national stage versus recognizing the opportunity/freedom that comes with getting to know a community intimately and focusing your energies on the people who live there. I think the panel you mentioned is evidence of the latter! Good advice, though, as always.