Hey !

Wanna dish with us? Hah! Sorry, couldn't resist a good pun.

We're putting together a shiny new book in the Creative Academy Guides for Writers series featuring your awesome recipes, your fine writerly selves and your brilliant creations :)

Do you have a quick go-to recipe for those nights when you need to get dinner on the table fast, so you can get back to writing? Do you struggle with the question, “what’s for dinner tonight?” As a busy writer, with a busy life, this question may haunt you. Especially when you’re staring down a deadline, or when inspiration strikes and you don’t want to tear yourself away from your laptop.

Feed Your Muse: A collection of easy recipes for writers who would rather be writing will be released prior to November, 2024. All proceeds will benefit Creative Academy for Writers, to support programming and operating expenses. 

Now, what and how to contribute your recipe?

There is no charge to submit your recipes for consideration. We are looking for fun and nourishing recipes that can be prepared quickly and easily, so you can get back to your writing.

Our focus is on main courses, but some room will be allocated for appetizers, salads, side dishes and desserts. The key feature being it can be prepared in 30 minutes or less--think one-dish meals, slow cooker specials, your go-to make-in-a-flash-with-minimal-cleanup type items. Each recipe will be featured with a writing related anecdote, book excerpt from one of your books, or other short piece of advice / quote from you up to 200 words.

The recipe will also include the author’s name, country of residence, and one social media/website link. You can submit one recipe per pen name.

No, your recipe's combination of ingredients does not need to be original - but the flavour text and directions are where your authorly voice gets to shine. Be sure to include a touch of info about the inspiration behind your recipe, links to your books, characters and story worlds and inject all your local flavour and colour!

For more information, check out the submission guidelines, HERE (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DgNouGYW-ANStuJL3NXIqKW1nC6aSypGdWcQ9X5jd7Q/edit). 

You can submit your recipe and information HERE (https://form.jotform.com/230715694450053). Make sure to complete all the requested fields on the form by June 15, 2023.

If you're a last minute down to the wire type writer (or just want a last chance to ask questions or write with friends) you can drop by our "Recipe Write-ins" on June 14 @ 5pm pacific time, or June 15 at 11am pacific (right after Motivation and Accountability mastermind).

We can't wait to see what you're all cooking up!

xo

Crystal, Stephanie, Eileen

and your cookbook creation sous chefs—Jenny Lang & Sharon P. Lynn