WELCOME TO Bonnie Boots dot com.  This web site serves as my on-line business card. Here you'll find information on my background and my business, see my products and publications...even pick up some free gifts while you look around!

As a freelance writer, I've been proud to have my work appear in hundreds of print publications.

My articles, columns and designs have been published and awarded numerous times. You'll find an overview of a small portion of my published work here.

I've covered food news for Tampa Bay Metro magazine, a glossy print, lifestyle magazine covering metropolitan life in Tampa Bay, the most densely populated community in sunny Florida. My regular features include interviews with notable chefs and restaurateurs. To read one of my interviews for Tampa Bay Metro, please go HERE.

Visit their web site at:http://www.tampabaymetro.com

I conduct interviews for Restaurant Forum magazine, a full color monthly serving the restaurant industry in central Florida, including Orlando and Tampa Bay. To read one of my interviews for Restaurant Forum, please go HERE.

Visit their web site at:http://www.restaurantforum.com

The quality of my writing has been recognized and awarded by National Associations.

My writing has been frequently honored, including these awards:

•  AAN Food Writers Spoon Up Awards
  Three AAN papers were awarded first-place in under 200,000 circulation division of the 2002 Association of Food Journalists competition: Robb Walsh of Houston Press for food news reporting; Marty Jones of Westword for food columns and Bonnie Boots, former food editor for the Weekly Planet (Tampa), for restaurant criticism. Willamette Week takes three awards from the foodie group, a second for restaurant criticism for Roger Porter and a second and third for special sections edited by Arts & Culture Editor Caryn Brooks.

Nearly five years as an EDITOR AND NEWSPAPER COLUMNIST

I spent nearly five years as Food Editor and weekly columnist for The Weekly Planet, Tampa Bay's largest entertainment weekly. In addition to my award-winning weekly column, I also wrote a number of  cover stories.

To see my cover story on the mental health issue in Florida, please go HERE:

I have published hundreds of articles in newspapers and magazines. In addition, I have provided photographs and art work to accompany many of my articles.

As both a writer and designer, I bring a unique perspective to my work. I know that appealing to the eye of a reader is as important as appealing to the mind of the reader.

I have written many business articles about the challenges faced by self-employed artisans. My articles about such basics of running a business as marketing and collecting on payments have appeared in national magazines such as The Crafts Report, as well as in numerous trade and special interest magazines that address the professional artisan.

My work in this area has been hailed by editors and artists alike, who say that my insights as both an artist and a self-employed writer give me a unique insight into the needs of the self-employed creative professional.

As a member of the society of Craft Designers, I contributed a vast number of designs, patterns, instructions and articles to many of the most popular craft magazines and to some of the world's largest craft companies including Tandy leather, FiberCraft and others. In addition, my pattern designs have been published by the McCalls Pattern Company, the most widely recognized name in patterns and craft publications.