by Kendra Bonnett on January 1, 2010
Post #15 – Women’s Memoirs, Book Business – Kendra Bonnett and Matilda Butler
As we start the new year, Women’s Memoirs wraps up its Julie & Julia series. We end by asking the question, What does Julie & Julia
tell us, as authors
Mastering the Art of French Cooking v. The Julie/Julia Project
and aspiring writers, about getting published and marketing our books in 2010? There are lessons. On the surface,
Julie & Julia is a charming movie based on two women’s stories. Upon further reflection, however, I think it’s really the story of a book,
Mastering the Art of French Cooking
, that helped two women find themselves and set their careers on track–one a cook, the other a writer (that’s an important distinction, as you’ll see). From this perspective, we can also say that the back story is a history lesson about old media versus new media.
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