Chelsea Green Publishing

So it was, you know, maybe about five years before I actually found the publisher and I would just write a little bit and then, and not that much.

And then, um, I got really, really lucky and I met, um, Chelsea green publishing.

What happened was a friend of mine, who's a master gardener.

had written a book on water wise gardening.

And I asked him, you know, how did you find your publisher? And he told me, well, I've got an agent, and I'll, why don't you send a proposal to her, you know, and when you do a proposal, it's like a $35 page, there's like a special way you have to do it, you know, like a, just a brief version of what your book's going to be about with it, you know, the introduction, the conclusion, but also just a synopsis of what the book's going to be.

So I did that and I sent it to her.

and she took one look at it and said chelsea green publishing would be a perfect fit for you because that's all they do is publish sustainable books sustainable living and so i just got so lucky because i'm sure there's so many wonderful books that get sent to you know publishers and you know so many hundreds of them or whatever and sit sit on their desk perhaps so anyway um that introduction to them was was really really fortunate and so that's when it sped up because once i spoke to them and had an interview with them i was given a deadline of six months

that was no five years plus

And I got those in 2024.

I'm with Pam McMillan in the UK and Commonwealth and Chelsea Green Publishing in North America.

They're both incredible publishers.

I'm so grateful that they both wanted to publish my book.

I'd like to thank today's guest, Corrine Hanch, for sitting down and joining in a conversation about the fulfillment of working with her hands of early mornings on the farm and her motivation for caring for those around her.

You can learn more about what Corrine's up to at loveandmamafarm.com, where you can also order her newly released book, Microgreens and Shoots, How to Select, Grow, Harvest, and Package Nutrient-Dense Greens by Chelsea Green Publishing.

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