North Texas Food Bloggers Association

Kelly, from Evil Shenanigans, and I got together last night with my daughter, Erin.   We have been kicking around the idea of a get together for the Dallas (Texas) area food and beverage bloggers and wanted to  compare notes, brainstorm, and see if it was something that would really work..We think it is.

On the one hand we are talking about a casual get together but on the other we are interested in seeing if anyone is interested in forming an association that would meet quarterly for inspiration, encouragement, and education.

Education?

Yep.   We are talking about getting a speaker for each quarterly meeting.  Let’s face it, blogging is somewhat  a new venue for writers but it is exploding.  There is a lot of talent out there, and a lot of questions.  For example, do you have any idea what expenses you can write off as far as your taxes go?

Some other areas we want to get speakers in on are:

• Photography
• Food Styling
• Various Techniques
• Opening a bakery/catering/etc
• Copyright law

There are other things we would like to do.  Support the local food banks, be involved with local charities, watch out for eachother when it comes to people stealing our content… and just getting together and having a good time.  Think of it as a small, frequent bloggers convention.

We don’t want there to be a lot of rules or red tape, just fun and informative stuff…and we were thinking quarterly meetings because it seems less likely to be a stressful thing.  Right now we are planning for the end of May or the first part of June.

If you are in the North Central Texas area  (DFW/Tyler/etc) and you are interested either leave a comment or email me so I can let you know when we have scheduled it.  I am putting a website together as well.

Hopefully this will open some doors for us.   If nothing else we are guaranteed great food, right?