Personal Finance, Writing, and Blogging
Posted in Advertising, Copywriting, Jobs on Dec 10th, 2007
Ok so the vacation has me rethinking a lot of things and right now I feel like most people probably will in January: I have a resolution and I’m really motivated to accomplish it.
Now to actually go through with it without getting lazy or losing my focus.
I’ve realized that, for now, my number one goal [...]
This blog tries to tie writing and personal finance together by leaning on the assumption that writing is a poor person’s sport.
And for the most part, it is. But since we’re kids we’ve heard the mantra repeated to us over and over again: Do what you love and the money will follow.
I don’t think [...]
Posted in Advertising, Motivation, Traveling on Dec 10th, 2007
So I was off work for several days, didn’t check my email for over a week, ate at nice restaurants every day, and stayed at incredibly peaceful, charming hotels.
Of course I feel great.
The unplugging was great, but there was also an added bonus: one of the friends I went with that I spent a lot [...]
Posted in Getting Published, Jobs, Writing on Dec 10th, 2007
Another aborted book. This time it’s The Coast of Chicago by Stuart Dybek. The first few stories weren’t bad (there was one I remember from Best American Short Stories: “Chopin in Winter,” which is great) but after Chopin it just got very boring and very slow. Makes you wonder if there’s anything to this idea [...]
Posted in Ad Friday, Advertising on Dec 7th, 2007
This really sucks, especially since I’m coming off of such a high from my vacation, but I’m going to have to either delay or postpone this week’s Ad Friday. I’ll try to get something up early next week to keep the once-a-week schedule going.
Posted in Traveling on Dec 7th, 2007
Ahhh, it was great. It was a total boggling of the brain and I enjoyed every minute of it. Your mind skips out of its expected rut and freshens up completely, especially when you go to a foreign country.
Now I’m back and I’m re-prioritizing some things that I’ll update on later.
Posted in Creativity, Writing on Dec 5th, 2007
I have really gotten into the whole blogger community when it comes to the personal finance and advertising portions of this site. But I’ve really struggled to find (or to look hard enough) other places (blogs) to really link to and interact when it comes to literary writing.
Part of this may be the perception (which [...]
Posted in Book Reviews, Books, Writing on Dec 4th, 2007
I used to never leave a book unfinished. I would plow through even the most boring book before moving on to the next one.
Not anymore. Over the past week I started and quit two books: The Art of Fiction by John Gardner and The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger.
A teacher had recommended the first [...]
Posted in Advertising, Copywriting, Creativity, Jobs on Dec 3rd, 2007
It is my pleasure to present this guest post from Toad over at The Toad Stool, a great advertising site. He has been kind enough in the past to give me some feedback on some of my ads on Ad Friday(s). He’s been kind enough (again) to share his expertise with those of us trying [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, the new yorker on Dec 3rd, 2007
I’m intrigued by Obama—he may or may not be the president I’ve been wanting for a long time. Maybe.
But even if he isn’t, if this whole honesty and change bit of his is just that, a bit, then at least he’s the first one to really make me believe it.
In the piece, the crux of [...]
The Snowball by Alice Schroeder
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