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

This week, I'm talking to licensed psychotherapist, mental health consultant, and author, Minaa B, about shame, healing, and the secret world of living with depression.

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Listen and subscribe in iTunesListen and subscribe in Stitcher SHOW NOTES: Minaa B's Website + Instagram Rivers Are Coming (Minaa B's book) Sunday Morning Products One Part Plant CookbookNutrition Stripped's German Chocolate Cake

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Last week we learned that if you ever have to get a spinal tap, call a cab or wait for someone to pick you up. I also shared the complicated feelings I felt about hiring the photography team for the book and what that meant for not only my wallet, but my ego.

This week, I finish recipe testing and head to LA for the cookbook shoot. And then something I could have never expected happened. Something that changed everything.

Hey! Hope you've been loving The Cookbook Deal podcast so far. Starting with this week's episode, it will have its own feed and website. You'll be able to listen to the rest of the series there!

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Last week was a big week, the week I got my book deal. After months of back and forth, with contract negotiations I signed the contract. And then almost threw up opening my first advance check. And DID throw up after meeting with publishers in NY. If you're starting here, I wouldn't. Go back and start from the beginning.

When I left you at the end of the episode, I was about to move to Charleston after living in Chicago for nearly 16 years. Remember, I was going to start my book as soon we arrived and I could unpack my kitchen boxes. But it didn't really go as I expected...

In the last episode, we covered the basics of getting an agent and writing a proposal. If you haven't heard it, go back.

This week, I'm in New York. meeting with publishers. Trying to make the deal happen. This is also the episode that you'll begin to discover just how weird I am about money. Which may or may not be a reoccurring theme of this podcast. It may. Ok it is. Go listen.

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.

SHOW NOTES:

Music by FATHER FIGURE

ONE PART PLANT COOKBOOK

HARPER WAVE BLUEBIRD

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.

SHOW NOTES:

Music by FATHER FIGURE

ONE PART PLANT COOKBOOK MICHELLE DAVIS'S COOKBOOKS: THUG KITCHEN THUG KITCHEN PARTY GRUB THUG KITCHEN 101 EMMA GALLOWAY'S COOKBOOKS: MY DARLING LEMON THYME A YEAR IN MY REAL FOOD KITCHEN

RACHEL HOLTZMAN

In this new podcast series, I'll be taking you through the roller coaster year I spent pitching and making my cookbook, One Part Plant.

With interviews and recordings that span the entire process, I documented the ins and out of how she got the deal and what it's really like to make a book – from working with an agent and publishing house to managing advance checks and having near meltdowns over timelimes, budgets, and more. And she does it all while navigating unbelievable (and very personal) twists and turns along the way.

Take a listen to a preview of the first episode!

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This is the last episode of the season. I'm taking a mini-break, which actually isn't a break, because I'm going to be working on the new podcast series during that time. So it's more of a you-won't-hear-from-me-for-a-few-weeks break.

The new podcast has an official title! It's called "The Cookbook Deal / Also The Weirdest Year Of My Life" and will be a 7-episode series launching the second week of January. I've recorded the entire year of making a cookbook – from getting the deal to recipe testing dramarama to trying to finish my manuscript during a hurricane. I recorded it all. And actually, I'm still recording.

I'll be giving you the first episode in the OPP feed, but then it will live in The Cookbook Deal feed for the remainder of the season. If you're signed up for the OPP newsletter, you'll be notified at soon as it launches. You can do that here, if you're not signed up already.

OK, today's guest! I'm talking to Emily Fiffer, co-founder of Botanica (the online food magazine and soon-to-be restaurant).

Emily and I talk about what tough lessons she's learned from opening a restaurant, the not-so-warm-welcome she's received from some men in the restaurant industry, the importance of being aware of your strengths and weaknesses, and the celebrity she'd most like to watch eating her food (yes, in a creepy way).

Here's Emily:

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SHOW NOTES: Botanica's Website + InstagramKickstarter Campaign Ina GartenThe Great British Bakeoff The Great American Baking ShowLaura Miller from Raw Vegan Not GrossCalvin TrillinEric Bana Eating Gigante Beans + Greens With Spiced Tomato Sauce

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Today's guest is Amanda Chantal Bacon of Moon Juice. I'll have to say that this is one of my favorite interviews of the season – because of a big piece of advice that Amanda gave. I almost cancelled therapy for the week because of it. It resonated with me that much.

Amanda and I discuss how her wellness journey began with an intervention at a grocery store as a child, how (as an introvert) she's able to recharge with her busy schedule, why she actually believes triggering negative criticism can be a good thing, and how we all have our own superpower within us.

Here's Amanda:

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SHOW NOTES: Moon Juice's Website + InstagramMoon Juice cookbook Ally Hilfiger episode Moon Juice Beauty Latte

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This month on Freak Your Week we're doing something a little different. Listen in to hear guest Jolene Hart (author of the Eat Pretty series) and see what I'm talking about.

Here's Jolene:

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*Photos courtesy of Jolene Hart's Instagram

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Jolene's Website + Instagram Eat Pretty Every Day: 365 Daily Inspirations For Nourishing Beauty, Inside and Out Eat Pretty Eat Pretty, Live Well Journal Ferment Your Vegetables by Amanda Feifer Adina Grigore on One Part Podcast Skin Cleanse 100% Pure Mascara

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