Annie and Dolly's cookbook has received rave reviews and has led to a career as a novelist for Annie.
Here, Annie shares how the journey began.

How I Got Published:

My mom owned a restaurant - Liliget Feast House - a world renowned and the only American
Native Fine Dining restaurant of its kind. An agent came down to the restaurant and asked if
we wanted to publish our recipes. We signed on with Arsenal Pulp Press. I sent in the recipes
that I had - over two years' worth - put into Word Document format.  Over the following year
the publisher's editor and I went over each recipe to add an introduction and to finalize the
instructions.

Challenges To Overcome:

The main challenges were going through the recipes to see which ones to keep and which ones
to delete and getting the measurements correct. This was hard because most of the recipes
were made by heart and never put on paper before. We only had eight days to get all of the
illustrations done - we'd spent months editing the recipes and almost forgot about the
illustrations!

Goal Setting and Taking Action:

The publisher sent me all the deadlines - for photographs, edits and illustrations. There were a
lot of long days of reading and writing. I would edit and send the cookbook recipes to the
publisher. They e-mailed back plenty of questions that needed clarification. I would send back
answered to all the questions - chapter by chapter. Then near the end - during the last month
of editing - they would send the whole cookbook to check for errors. This was the hardest part
- re-reading the whole cookbook more than ten times during the month.

I thought that it ended there - but then the promotion of the cookbook began. Cooking
demonstrations, cooking classes, cookbook signings, television, radio and newspaper interviews
and lectures. All very stressful,  but it all got easier with repetition.

Currently, I am writing a novel. When I was thinking about self publishing , I found that I
couldn't apply for grants to travel or write another book. The expense was too high.  I am very
fortunate to have an agent that is willing to look for a publisher for any book that I write.  My
publisher has all young brilliant people on their staff and they have offices all over Canada - so
I benefit from all their talent.

I know that I couldn't have written a cookbook without them.  I've been told that I will need to
produce a new novel at least every eight months in order to make an income. Their editor and
marketer are super. The marketer is alway contacting radio stations, TV stations, bookstores,
libraries, newspapers, etc. and sending out free cookbooks to publications for review. They
have a MySpace account at: Arsenal Pulp Press

If you've got any advice for me on writing my first novel or are looking for yummy and simple
recipes, please check out my blog at MySpace.  I'll be adding recipes regularly.  
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