Calling all you lady wordsmiths!

[batskeets]

Would anyone out there like to be my partner-in-crime on my oft-neglected food blog?

What you should be:

• you must like food! And by that, I mean that you should have a fairly adventurous palate.
• you must live in Portland, or nearby enough to sample the local fare on a regular basis.
• you must have writing skillz. Yes, skillz with a Z, because they should be fairly MAD skillz.
• you should be a lady, as the name of the blog sort of implies that. But, if you're a dude, I could still be convinced.

A propensity for getting experimental in the kitchen is also a plus, since I do post recipes every now and again. Having a taste for healthy food is also a plus, but is definitely not a limitation or requirement!

What you DON'T have to be:

• You don't have to be a food snob or a gourmet. I have a fairly tolerant palate, myself, so I generally try to avoid the snobbery. (Chinese food not withstanding, naturally, because COME ON.)
• You don't have to have 1337 design or web abilities. It's run by Wordpress, so if you can enter text into a form field, you're good to go. (and yes, I actually plan to give it a sparkly new design in the nearish future)

The What and Why of the blog:

• We'll blab about food. Some of it is Portland restaurant reviews, some of it is recipes, some of it could be product, if it ties in well enough. For example, I've reviewed vegan cheeses before, and we all know that veganism is alive and well in Portland. ;)
• I'd like to update more often, but it's pretty clear that I don't have the time to do it on my own, and I don't eat out quite often enough to make a good go at it. With our powers combined, we'll do better!
• Updates should happen at least once a week, hopefully several times a week. There's no set schedule, though, so we'll look at what works best for us, and see how it shakes out.
• Ideally, we'll popularize the blog and eventually make ourselves a few extra bucks through Google Ads or some other similar program. Or maybe get a book deal? Hey, it happens, so you never know.

Interested? Hit me up!

Comments

[typsie.livejournal.com]

I might be interested in contributing something from time to time, mostly along the lines of recipes and things, but I'm not sure I could commit to writing something every week.

[skeets.livejournal.com]

Well, my thought was "at least once a week between the both of us," so it could still work. I'm also open to the idea of guest contributors, so maybe that'd be more your speed?

[elamine.livejournal.com]

Me too, maybe?

[adventure-girl.livejournal.com]

Yeah, what she said. I would love to contribute from time to time -- especially since I'm experimenting on and off with "the vegan thing".

[divadrummer.livejournal.com]

You know I'd be all over that if 1.) I lived in Portland 2.) I had a more adventurous palette.

[spiralshannon.livejournal.com]

I might be interested, especially as I've been thinking about dipping my toes back into the blog pool recently... as long as you're willing to include suburbia as part of 'Portland' (not that I don't do things in the city, of course, but living out here in strip mall hell does mean that a decent percentage of my eating out happens outside of Portland proper.)

Also, sorry if this ends up multi-posting, I messed up and accidentally threaded it to the last reply to begin with.