The Writer’s Coin

I’ve linked to a few of Ramit’s posts before and he’s on my blogroll, but the other day it hit me: his blog is really good. It came out of nowhere and it made me take a closer look to see what it is about his blog that makes me like it so much.

First of all, Ramit is one of us. He isn’t trying to be someone he isn’t and he uses examples and stories we can all relate to. Granted, he may be smarter than most of us, but that’s not his fault.

He tells good stories. When he tells a story about this friend or that friend, it’s not only instructive but entertaining. So either his friends are more entertaining than our friends or he can just spin a better yarn.

He is genuinely trying to help. This is pretty obvious. Go to the site and surf around for a while—it’s very intuitive and easy to get what you want. Having a “Start here” link is brilliant, and something I’m probably going to steal when I get around to it.

He’s funny. He’s not trying to be, but it’s all humorous and that works wonders when you’re writing about this stuff.

And that still doesn’t cover the reason why I really like his site. To me, he is the Michael Lewis of the personal-finance blogging world: he writes interesting stories on topics that any one of us could’ve written about. But he does it in a way only he could. If you’re not familiar with Michael Lewis, go here and read up on his articles.

This is what I’d like to do with The Writer’s Coin: write useful posts that will entertain and enlighten, all while staying away from the topics that are already being covered ad nauseam around the web. It’s tough but the satisfaction you get from writing something original and thoughtful like that is incredible.

So I tip my hat to you Ramit, well done!

PS Make sure you go check out his blog, it’s in your best interest. 

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