FAQ

A few questions that come up about this site and how it works.

Evelyn Reed is a fictional writer persona — a creative food-and-travel-writing portfolio, not a real biography. Places may be real, but the writer, the assignments and the personal details are fiction.

Is Evelyn Reed a real person?

No. Evelyn Reed is a fictional food-and-travel-writer persona created for this creative-writing showcase. The biography, assignments and quoted work are fiction. See about for more on the persona itself.

Are the places you write about real?

The regions and general food traditions mentioned are real and kept general and accurate on purpose — see destinations and cuisines — but the specific trips, sources and quotes attached to them are fictional, written for this showcase.

Can I commission a piece or pitch a story?

Within the fiction of the site, yes — the contact page describes the kinds of commissions and pitches Evelyn takes, and what makes a pitch land.

How often does the newsletter go out?

Occasionally rather than on a fixed schedule — described on the newsletter page, which is itself a description of a newsletter within this fictional showcase rather than a live sign-up.

Where should I start if I just want to read the writing?

The writing page collects the essays and features; the notebook has shorter, rawer notes; and portfolio groups everything by category.

Who is the interviewer on the Q&A page?

Unnamed and, like the rest of the site, fictional. The in conversation page is part of the same creative-writing showcase as everything else here.