Personal Finance, Writing, and Blogging
Posted in Blogging, Getting Published, Writing on Sep 4th, 2008
After running through last month’s stats, it got me thinking about how much money is in writing. As most people know, there isn’t much unless you hit the big time. And it’s especially little when you’re starting out. According to the Department of Labor, the median writer/author makes around $48,000, but that includes copywriters and [...]
Posted in Writing on Aug 26th, 2008
Honestly? I always thought poetry was a frail and boring thing, even a little feminine. You say things within certain rhythmic parameters and cut off your sentences at illogical places and you have yourself a poem. Bid deal. And this is from someone who loves to read/write fiction. Poetry was always something I would shrug [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 5th, 2008
Having heard so much about this book (mostly from Trent over at The Simple Dollar), I decided I just had to check it out. Especially since I’ve been feeling low on time and like I’m neglecting my fiction. Plus me and a friend of mine are talking about starting a joint blog, so I need [...]
Posted in Writing on Feb 23rd, 2008
On Monday M and I watched one of her favorite movies: The Notebook. I had seen it with her before but it was a while ago and I went into it with the attitude that I was watching it because she really likes it.
It’s a fantastic movie—the kind that gets you so emotionally worked up [...]
Posted in Writing, the new yorker on Jan 25th, 2008
About six months ago I got a thing in the mail saying I could get a full year of The New Yorker for around $19, which I thought was great and felt I couldn’t turn it down. One reason was my newfound theory of knowing where you write, the other being that it would expose [...]
The Snowball by Alice Schroeder
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