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Walker: Funded debut cookbook from personal savings with zero advance
“I really poured not only our savings into it, because I didn't get an advance but also all my time and all my energy”
Walker: Fans crowdfunded her debut book tour via Indiegogo
“They actually did an Indiegogo fundraiser to send me on tour to get to go and meet all of these people when this book came out, because there was no marketing budget for it, and there was no PR budget for it.”
Walker: Against All Grain prioritizes long-form video over trendy short-form clips
“For me, I know I like to teach in long format. I know that my current audience likes to learn in more of a long format, you know, where they get to really see the steps, and so I could go and I could make a ton of short TikTok videos, but it's not really true …”
Walker: Pushed publisher to put her face on debut cookbook cover
“I put myself on the first book for that reason. I hadn't really been out there much, and they wanted to put food on the cover, and I remember telling the publisher, I need my face on this because I need other women who are suffering with this disease to see th…”
Walker: Publisher offered cookbook deal after finding her granola recipe
“I had just started working on the ebook, and then I got this email that I thought must be a joke from a publisher offering me a cookbook deal and she was so kind, she went into kind of the reason why she found my blog. She had a child with an autoimmune diseas…”