I finally saw one of my short stories published, so I feel a renewed interest to finish my novel and to finish some stories I never completed. I enjoy writing on parenting, food, health and nutrition because it's so much a part of my life. I look forward, in the next year, to delve deeper in health and parenting issues by exploring mental health issues and child abuse prevention. You write for a newspaper - tell our readers what it's like to write for a newspaper as opposed to a magazine or a book. In newspaper writing, every word must count.
Space is valuable.
Magazine readers want to enjoy the language as well as the topic. Personally, I like the fluff, so I am happier writing columns or features. I became a food writer the same way I became a writer - serendipitously. When I was home with my preschool children, I sought a creative outlet. One morning, my daughters asked for cooking lessons and I pulled out a box of cake mix.