Personal Finance, Writing, and Blogging
Posted in 31 Days to a Better Blog, Blogging on May 15th, 2008
Time for Day 4 of my quest to build a better blog thanks to ProBlogger’s Guide. Yesterday was Day 3 and I did a Searched for and Joined a New Forum.
Today it’s all about Interlinking Archived Posts. What this means is that, when I write about something I’ve already covered before (say, alternative income), I […]
Posted in Book Reviews, Books on May 15th, 2008
Well the first “pick my book” event is finally over now that I’ve finished the book and am reviewing it. Overall, there are some things I would’ve done differently: make the voting easier (with a poll instead of in the comments) and maybe picking books that were better known. But oh well. It was fun […]
Posted in 31 Days to a Better Blog, Blogging on May 14th, 2008
Welcome to Day 3 of my quest to build a better blog by following ProBlogger’s Guide. Yesterday was Day 2 and I did a First Time Reader audit. It was incredibly helpful and I’ve already started making changes based on that experience.
Today’s tip is to Search For and Join a forum on my blog’s topic. […]
So I recently finished Jhumpa Lahiri’s Interpreter of Maladies (which was chosen by my readers) and I loved it. So I’m two for two with her after also loving The Namesake. So I was doing some reading about her and found a nice piece on Time about her.
They compare and contrast her with two other […]
Posted in 31 Days to a Better Blog, Blogging on May 13th, 2008
Welcome to Day 2 of my quest to build a better blog by following ProBlogger’s Guide. Yesterday was Day 1 and I emailed a new commenter to say thank you.
Today’s tip is to Run a First Time Reader Audit. I have to be honest when I say I almost skipped this one (or faked […]
Posted in Book Reviews, Books on May 12th, 2008
We all have certain moments in our lives that kind of take us and point us in a new direction. For me, reading David Foster Wallace’s A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never do Again was one of those moments.
You may have noticed that in my Amazon Store I have every one of his books listed […]
Posted in Carnivals on May 11th, 2008
So my article about a quick and dirty formula for writing showed up in the Just Write Carnival over at the Incurable Disease of Writing. There’s some fun, lighthearted articles over there that are worth checking out. So if you’re into writing, whether it’s creative stuff like fiction and poetry or freelancing/business aspects, then make […]
Posted in 31 Days to a Better Blog, Blogging on May 11th, 2008
One of the first links I bookmarked that is still in my Favorites toolbar when I began blogging was Problogger’s page titled 31 Days to Building a Better Blog. I remember reading it in a frenzy, trying to absorb as much knowledge as I could. Some of the tips I had seen in other places […]
Posted in Budgeting on May 9th, 2008
I’m pretty good at staying under budget and under control. It’s actually kind of fun to see how much lower than my budget I can come in at when the month is over. But lately I’ve been really bad. It’s not because I’ve lost my frugality or because I’ve gone on a spending binge—it’s because […]
Posted in Budgeting, Money and Relationships on May 8th, 2008
I’ve mentioned before that M and I are getting married pretty soon (two and a half weeks!) and one of the things that we’ll be doing that is relevant to this site and to personal finance is joining our bank accounts. We’ve already created a joint ING account that simply shows up via both of […]
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