Among some of the enjoyable creative work I’ve done during a writing career has been producing cooking columns for newspapers, magazines and online.  I’ve even contributed to cookbooks. 
 This career began rather unexpectedly after I finished a 2-year correspondence course in journalism (comparable to an online class today).  Many people ask me how they can get started, too.
 Study other columns and write some yourself.
 Take a column writing class.  As mentioned above, I did this via a correspondence course.  I now teach column writing classes online.
 Make sure you’re serious about column writing and have ideas enough to keep going.  Writing a weekly …read more