A bit surprised by the Writer and Artists Yearbook

I have been eagerly awaiting my 2013 Artists and Writers' Yearbook so that I could research magazines I'd like to pitch now I have the strength of a published book behind me.  I have already written several articles for Vegetarian Living but was surprised to see they are not mentioned in the yearbook. 

Soon after that I was surprised to see that Cook Vegetarian was not in there.  My third surprise came when I decided to try Great British Food - not there!  These are surely 3 of the leading UK foodie mags (after Delicious, of course, and some of the Beeb's magazines).  Eat In? - no.  Easy Food - no. Good to Know Recipes? - um, no. 

That's about it for food magazines, I haven't fully researched other subject matters but I would have thought the above magazines would all have been bigger sellers than, say, Picture Postcard Monthly or Music Teacher.  Not that I in any way mean to disparage these two magazine, rather I wish to parage the food magazine mentioned above, if paraging is something one can do.

I'm still glad to get the Yearbook and there's lots of useful info in it (I found my lovely agent Jen Christie of Graham Mae Christie through an earlier edition) but does anyone know how they select which publications to include?  

Thank you,

Suzy Bowler

Publicity Meeting - Yikes!

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Yesterday all dark and early in the morning (6.30am train!) I travelled up to London for a publicity meeting about my forthcoming book.  It was not as daunting as you (and I!) might think because the meeting turned out to be a relaxed and laughy chat with some people I get on with. We came up with lots of good ideas and also one awful one - I think they are going to try and get me on the telly!

It's strange after working quietly on my own, "just sitting on the settee" as my real man puts it, for so long, that suddenly its not just me and all sorts of things seem to be happening.  I'm now busy answering emails, setting up shared files on Dropbox, collecting information, and worrying about my "image"!  (Still, however, on the settee!)

I have been saying that the publication date will be 29^th March but it seems this may be a little delayed so if it is I'll give the correct date dreckly, as we say in Cornwall.

Changing the subject a little - if you have read either of my eBooks (Lush Ice Cream without a Machine or 219 Cooking Tips and Techniques) and liked them could you please do a review on Amazon for me, they are a real help. 

Thank you, 

Suzy Bowler x