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January 2018
Migraine Again

I’m interviewed on the Migraine Again podcast about coping with chronic headaches.

October 2017
Chronic Babe 101

I’m featured in the book Chronic Babe 101: How to Craft an Incredible Life Beyond Illness by Jenni Grover. You can read my interview in Chapter 9, “Become a Talented Communicator.” Jenni is also the founder of the Chronic Babe website for women with chronic illness.

April 2017

I attend the inaugural UntitledTown Book Festival in Green Bay, WI on April 28 – April 30, 2017. I’m on a panel called From blog to book: How bloggers turned their blog posts into publishing contracts. The panel was scheduled to include Jen Larsen and Wendy McClure, but Jen got sick and Wendy’s Skype connection died. Thankfully, Kate Harding swooped in to save me. Thanks, Kate!

August 2014
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I speak at the 2014 Workshift conference on the “Coworking Member Panel” at Bull City Coworking in Durham, North Carolina. WorkShift was an annual regional conference that examined coworking and the changing world of work.

May 2014
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I appear as a guest on the HuffPost Live video network for a piece called “How Do You Tell Adult Children About Your Divorce?” I share my experience of having parents divorce after 27 years of marriage.

March 2012

I head to Washington DC as part of Headache on the Hill to lobby my representatives on behalf of headache sufferers. The annual event is organized by the Alliance for Headache Disorders Advocacy.

September 2011
The Wall Street Journal

I’m quoted in a Wall Street Journal article titled “Project Plus-Size: Retailers Put New Focus On Getting the Fit Right.”

May 2011
FitBloggin'

I lead a session at the FitBloggin‘ conference in Baltimore, Maryland on Saturday, May 21, called “Design 101: Simple tips to Build a Better Blog.”

After six years and four months of regular blogging, I decide to stop updating PastaQueen and move all my blogging to JennetteFulda.com. You can learn why here.

March 2011
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I appear on The Patt Morrison Show” on KPCC to talk about my book Chocolate & Vicodin.

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I spend an hour chatting with Krys Boyd about Chocolate & Vicodin on KERA’s THINK program.

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I am interviewed on the noon news on WRAL, the Raleigh/Durham CBS TV affiliate, about chronic headaches.

Sirius XM

I appear on the “Cover to Cover” show on SiriusXM radio to talk about Chocolate & Vicodin.

February 2011
Chocolate & Vicodin

My second book, Chocolate & Vicodin: My Quest for Relief from the Headache that Wouldn’t Go Away, is released by Simon & Schuster.

Salon

An excerpt from my headache memoir Chocolate & Vicodin is featured on the home page of Salon.com

December 2010
Publisher's Weekly

Publisher’s Weekly calls my forthcoming book, Chocolate & Vicodin, “lively” and “entertaining.”

October 2010

I talk to Tess Vigeland and Kathy Kristof on American Public Media’s radio show Marketplace Money about a problem with a 401K rollover, but still manage to plug my blog while I’m at it.

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September 2010

My tweet is featured on the Twitter home page. I make a mental note to tweet more often about dinosaur sex.

April 2010
MSNBC

I am interviewed for an MSNBC article titled “Lost pounds lead to burst fantasy” about the downside of weight loss. My before-and-after photos are featured on the home page and at the top of the health section.

March 2010
FitBloggin'

I speak at the first annual FitBloggin’ conference in Baltimore, Maryland on Saturday, March 20, on the panel titled “Beyond the Blog: Publishing Books and Other Forms of Media.” Video available on fitbloggin.com.

January 2010
IUPUI Alumni Magazine cover

I am featured in the IUPUI Alumni Magazine for Winter 2010 about how my Informatics degree helped me start a blog and become a published author. (Download PDF. Article on page 20.)

101 Optimal Life Foods

My recipe for “Capp-oat-ccino Delight” is published in Dave Grotto’s book 101 Optimal Life Foods. My recipe was the first place winner in the Quaker Oats Living Proof recipe contest.

I give the Two Fit Chicks and a Microphone podcast tips about starting a healthy life as one of several bloggers interviewed for the first episode of 2010.

December 2009

I talk to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) show, Definitely Not the Opera, about why I decided to share the private aspects of my weight loss in a public blog in an episode titled, “The Peep Show.”

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November 2009
The Washington Post

The Washington Post reviews my blog in the Health and Science section, and wins my love by mentioning not just one, but both of my books!

National Headache Foundation

The National Headache Foundation covers my 5K fundraising efforts for their Migraine Million campaign in the Headlines magazine.

Health cover

Health Magazine features PastaQueen.com as an inspirational weight-loss blog in the “America’s Healthiest 100” package.

Runner's World

Runner’s World features my weight-loss story in an article about “How it feels…to run off half your weight.”

August 2009
Blindy Award

My blog, PastaQueen.com, was awarded the Blindy for Best Hoosier Blog at the annual Blog Indiana conference.

July 2009
Simon & Schuster

I sign a contract with Simon & Schuster for my second book, Chocolate and Vicodin: My Quest for Relief from the Headache that Wouldn’t Go Away, a comedic memoir about my chronic headaches.

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An Associated Press article quotes me in an article about writing a book based on a blog.

April 2009
AOL Health

AOL Health interviews me as a blogger who uses Twitter to lose weight.

Indiana University School of Informatics Young Alumni Award

I was presented with the Young Alumni Award from the Indiana University School of Informatics. The Young Alumni Award is given in recognition of outstanding early career achievement that brings acclaim and recognition to the field of informatics, and honor and distinction to Indiana University; it goes to alumni whose loyalty will further the development, growth and excellence of the School of Informatics.

March 2009

I present Blogging for Authors at The Twinsburg Library Writer’s Retreat on March 21, 2009

This presentation covers how to start a blog and reveals how authors can use a blog to network, find guidance and support, and possibly advance their careers. Maintaining a blog gives you an online presence and can lead to other opportunities, such as book deals, television writing, consulting or speaking. The presentation includes case studies of bloggers who have successfully used their blogs to develop such opportunities.

November 2008
Blog Blazers

I am one of forty bloggers interviewed for Blog Blazers: 40 Top Bloggers Share Their Secrets by Stephane Grenier.

Half-Assed: A Weight-Loss Memoir is reviewed in the Indiana University Alumni Magazine.

September 2008
Obesity Help cover

I’m interviewed for Obesity Help Magazine about my weight-loss journey.

August 2008
Shape cover

Half-Assed: A Weight-Loss Memoir is called a “must-read” in Shape Magazine’s body image bookshelf.

Comcast

Comcast features my weight-loss story in their home page carousel.

How to reach bloggers (without pissing them off) presented at the Blog Indiana 2008 Conference on August 17, 2008 at Indianapolis, Indiana

Presentation summary: Marketing professionals want bloggers to buzz about their products and bloggers want marketing professionals to stop buzzing in their ears about their stupid products. Learn how these opposing teams can communicate effectively in an ethical conversation and we’ll reduce cyber waste by keeping trash cans clean of junked press releases.

“jennette fulda is rockin’ at blogindiana :)” – karichelle

“Jennette is fricken awesome. Hire her again, blogindiana! You pwn, girly” – Nichole

July 2008

I talk to Maggie Rodriguez on CBS’s The Early Show about my weight loss. (They let me say “half-assed” on morning television!)

Women's Health

Women’s Health features Half-Assed: A Weight-Loss Memoir in an article about weight-loss stories.

BlogHer

Blog to Book presented at the BlogHer 2008 Conference on July 19, 2008 in San Francisco, California

I spoke on the “Blog to Book” panel at BlogHer 2008, the largest female blogging conference in the world which had over 1000 attendees. Fellow panelists included, Ellen Gerstein (Director of Marketing at Wiley and Sons), Neeti Madan (literary agent with Sterling Lord), and Rita Arens (a fellow blogger/author). I answered audience questions and offered my expertise on how my blog led to a book deal, the ways I used my blog to promote my book, incentives I used to motivate my readers to get the word out, how to set up a book web site, how to plan your own book release party, and how to sell autographed books from a corner of your apartment with PayPal and a big box of bubble mailers.

I guest-blog at Writer’s Digest about going “From blog to book to The Today Show.”

May 2008

I appear on NBC’s Today Show to talk to Lester Holt about my weight loss.

My book, Half-Assed: A Weight-Loss Memoir, is officially released in stores.

April 2008

I am quoted in an article in Canada’s national newspaper, The Globe and Mail, about blogging about personal goals.

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The New York Times’ Shifting Careers Blog interviews me about how weight loss shapes a career.

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My book, Half-Assed: A Weight-Loss Memoir, is featured in an Associated Press article about diet books.

January 2008
Glamour

I am quoted in an article about emotional eating in Glamour magazine.

October 2007

I start blogging at Capessa, an online community sponsored by Proctor & Gamble where women shared inspirational stories, but without being too sickening about it. (Capessa is a variation on the Latin word “capesso,” which means “to strive to reach a place.”) I blogged about fitness and weight loss. Capessa closed in January of 2009.

June 2007

I wrote fitness entries from June through October of 2007 for the now defunct Condé Nast health blog, Elastic Waist.

January 2007
The Wall Street Journal

My weight-loss blog is reviewed in the “Blog Watch” column of The Wall Street Journal

December 2005

I guest-blogged about health and fitness news at Calorie Lab, a popular health and fitness site, during the Christmas 2005 season.

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Jennette Fulda tells stories to the Internet about her life as a smartass, writer, chronic headache sufferer, (former?) weight-loss inspiration, and seemingly nice person (who is silently judging you). You can contact her if you promise to be nice.

Disclaimer: I am not responsible for keyboards ruined by coffee spit-takes or forehead wrinkles caused by deep thought.

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