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Any time you embark on an entrepreneurial project (which writing a cookbook ultimately is if your intention is to profit from it), there are bound to be people who try to discourage you. We often encounter negative personalities who talk down our ideas and try to discourage us from pursuing our plans or our dreams. Or even people who are genuinely trying to be helpful in offering their input, but only have negative feedback to provide. When people find out you are intending to write a cookbook, don't be surprised if they give you their words of discouragement. Those of us who go out and achieve interesting, exciting and extraordinary things in our lives know that there are always going to be nay-sayers who will look at any new and exciting project you embark on with skepticism, or who will tell you, "You can't". I will tell you I have heard this many a time when I was just starting out, and now the joke is on the nay-sayers as they envy my lifestyle and success. Those of us who go after our dreams, who don't settle for the status quo, but rather want more fulfillment out of life, often meet up with this type of resistance. But we go forward and do it anyway, because it is our life, not theirs. And when we stay the course and remain committed to our goals, we usually have the satisfaction of proving the nay-sayers wrong.
Among the not-so-supportive comments you may hear are likely to be: "What makes you think anyone will buy your book?" "What makes you think the world needs yet another cookbook?" Yes, there are a lot of cookbooks, and more are being published, all the time. Very true. More are also being purchased all the time. And more go on to become best sellers all the time. So anyone who tries to tell you there is no market or need for another cookbook knows not of what they speak. Unless they are a successful agent, or an editor for a major publishing house, they are unlikely to know and understand this market, and they are therefore in no position to speak with such authority on the topic. Heck, even agents and editors sometimes get it wrong - there are endless stories of bestsellers and blockbusters that were initially turned down by discouraging agents or editors, only to be picked up by another agent or editor and turned into a major success and big earner! Even if you put together a book proposal, shop it around to publishing houses, and it doesn't get accepted, it's far from being game-over in this day and age. You still have the option of self-publishing, and today authors are doing extremely well with their self-published books. So a genuine belief in yourself, and your cookbook idea, is key. The first step in being a success is believing that you can do it and making the commitment to seeing the project through from start to completion. To be really successful you've got to make your book your passion. Keep your eye on all the excitement that lies ahead. Ultimately, a successful cookbook has the potential to establish you as a "mini-celebrity", if you will. It may make "you slightly famous". Claim this opportunity for yourself, make it your own, and don't let anyone talk you out of it.
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