Partly at the suggestion of so many books that suggest this, I signed up for something outside of what I normally do -- a course in food writing. (Okay, I guess it is related to my journalism career, but still, totally separate subject matter.) Mediabistro was offering a class so it seemed like a great chance to experiment.
The class was for three hours, 6:30 to 9:30, which was pretty rough after a full day of work, but worth it -- the teacher was great and also it was so interesting to hear what all the other attendees were up to, including starting online food magazines and entering the field of "culinary publishing."
I do have one food-related story idea I'd like to pitch to places, but I left realizing I have no interest in being a full-time food writer. It's just not my passion. But sometimes I do get food-related ideas that aren't necessarily "food" stories, but rather business or culture stories related to food.
Plus, I came home and immediately ate my favorite comfort foods -- an english muffin with peanut butter and eggo waffles. How could someone who loves such things be a food writer??
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Food writing
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Someday, someone is going to write a book on the secret nutritional value of Kraft Food Products, and they'll ask me to pen the forward. Then, I'll be a food writer :)
Seriously, though...the class sounds great :)
Hi Kim - neonfoxtongue here from Stephanerd's blog.
To answer your question, I basically just meant checking out sites like this one:
http://www.safecomputingtips.com/
I haven't looked at the site much as most of my tips came from a real live ergonomic assessment expert, but one thing I was doing wrong (and totally thought I was doing properly) was having my chair too high. Apparently, your chair should be low enough that when your feet are flat on the floor, your knees are high enough to create a space between your knees/thighs and the chair that is wide enough to slide the flat of your hand between. I hope that makes sense - it's actually a lot lower than you think it should be, especially if you have long legs in relation to the rest of you, like me. I moved my chair down another inch or so and it made a real difference!
Other issues include having armrests set too hight that keep your shoulders up or armrests that are too far out. That last one is common for women because chairs tend to be made for bigger people (men) and the arm rests don't move in enough for us. Apparently, it's best if you can have armrests that move in and out really easily so you can sit down and bring them in close to your body and then move them out of the way when you want to stand up.
Anyway, those are the few things I learned - hopefully some will help you! Of course, having a strong back and core helps a lot too - not something I'm particularly good at keeping up with, much to the dismay of my physiotherapist.
Good luck! (and sorry about writing a novel!)
Thank you!!! That totally makes sense.
the core thing is huge I think. yoga has been helping me a lot.
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