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Welcome to Copywriters’ Kitchen where you’ll find great food and whine for freelance writers, parents, students and other harried creative workers.

Copywriters’ Kitchen serves up frugal foodie tips and easy recipes that help busy people prepare and enjoy delicious, scratch-cooked meals every day.

Why an odd-couple blog that mixes freelance writing and cooking? The idea sprang from a nagging question …

“Why can’t I find time to cook dinner—even though I work at home?”

The irony. If you’re like me, you chose to freelance so you could balance work and personal life.

Excuse me just a moment while I howl.

Better now.

Like I said, you wanted work/life balance. Freelancing/consulting/entreprenuering seemed the flexible solution.

Then your home-based business got busy. Now you can’t pry yourself away from your laptop/ telephone/ studio/ home office for more than five minutes.

That’s the conundrum faced by many of us at-home workers—writers, artists, web professionals, designers, programmers, entrepreneurs, small business owners, consultants, freelancers, stay-at-home-mothers and stay-at-home-fathers.

“How can I scratch-cook when I spend meal-prep time sitting on a commuter train?”
When you work outside the home you’re even harder pressed to prepare fresh, healthy meals that feed body and soul. Along with your determination, it takes organization, inspiration and support.

You’ll find it at Copywriters’ Kitchen.

Who’s behind the burner at Copywriters’ Kitchen?

Copywriters’ Kitchen is written by an in-the-trenches New York Hudson Valley freelance copywriter and mother of three.

Me, Lorraine Thompson.

Hi.

As a freelancer and parent, my day is packed with family responsibilities—husband, kids emotionally dependent boxer dog—and full-time copywriting work. Check out my professional gig here.

My daily routine involves long hours at the laptop, mealtime meltdowns in a cramped galley kitchen and—come deadline—I often return to the keyboard at night.

Over the years I’ve turned out hundreds of copy projects and more than 6,000 scratch-cooked meals.

In between tapping keyboards and stirring polenta I’ve had time to ruminate. You’ll find my thesis on food, family and freelancing in the Copywriters’ Kitchen Manifesto.

But a better way to get to know me is to drop in often at Copywriters’ Kitchen.

Or drop me a line at lorraine at copywriterskitchen dot com.

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