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INSIDE AND OUTSIDE: Nature + Pop Culture News with Jessica Murnane

THE COOKBOOK DEAL | Episode 00: The Agent + Proposal

INSIDE AND OUTSIDE: Nature + Pop Culture News with Jessica Murnane

Jessica Murnane

Leisure, Home & Garden, Society & Culture

4.9651 Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2017

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to The Cookbook Deal, Also The Weirdest Year Of My Life, a podcast series brought to you by One Part Podcast. Over the next few weeks, I'll be taking you through the entire year I spent making my cookbook, One Part Plant. I've recorded the entire process, all the ins and outs, the ups and the meltdowns, and so many things in between. Things that I could have never expected. We'll be getting into that weirdness and also the actual process of making this book in the coming episodes. I recorded it all. And I mean, ALL. 

But in this first episode, it's more of an introduction. I wanted to give you a little background into what needs to happen before you're able to get a book deal. Because those are the questions I get asked most. How do you find an agent? How much do you pay her? How do you make a proposal? How long does it take from writing the proposal to getting the deal? And the most common question after someone finds out I'm writing a book for a major publisher…how'd YOU do that?  

I thought this would be a good place to start. So hang tight if you came here for the drama and emotional moments, those will be happening very soon, and often. I promise. As in the next episode. 

This episode is supported by Daily Harvest, they deliver soups + ready-to-blend smoothies right to your door. Receive three free smoothies or soups with your first order using code: onepartplant. 

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0:00.0

This episode is supported by Daily Harvest.

0:04.0

Daily Harvest creates whole food smoothies and soups delivered right to your door.

0:09.0

Their organic produce is picked right at its peak and then frozen, protecting all the good nutrients your body needs.

0:16.0

My personal favorites, the pineapple kale matcha smoothie and the mushroom miso soup. These two guys definitely got me

0:23.0

through this year making my cookbook. Head to Daily-harvest.com to place your order and receive

0:29.0

three free smoothies or soups by using code one-part plant. Again, daily-dasharvest.com, code one-part

0:37.4

plant.

0:38.3

You can also find links to their site and that code in the show notes for this show.

0:52.2

Hey, I'm Jessica Marnan, and this is the cookbook deal.

0:56.1

Also, the weirdest year of my life.

0:58.4

A new podcast series brought to you by One Part Podcast.

1:02.4

Over the next six weeks, maybe seven, I'll be taking you through the entire year I spent making my cookbook, one part plant.

1:10.4

I've recorded the entire process, all the ins and

1:13.6

outs, the ups and downs, meltdowns, and so many things in between, things that I could never

1:20.3

have expected. Before we get started, I let a friend listen to a preview of this first episode,

1:27.1

and she said, it's really good, but you need to a preview of this first episode, and she said,

1:27.9

it's really good, but you need to explain who you are first to the audience, which is probably

1:32.7

right. So, I'm Jessica Mernan. I'm a former graphic designer slash owned a stationary brand,

1:39.4

slash worked for a magazine, slash opened a bar, slash worked at a hat shop, slash a couple other jobs,

1:46.1

who also created a concept and website called One Part Plant.

1:50.8

One Part Plant is a movement to get everyone in this world to eat one plant-based meal a day.

1:56.2

When I started it, I finally felt like I had the career had been searching for.

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