Personal Finance, Writing, and Blogging
Posted in Good Reads, Money and Relationships on Sep 19th, 2008
I have a guest post running over at Make Love Not Debt, a great blog about personal finance and its effects on relationships. The site is a great niche for newlyweds like myself and for those about to take the leap. It’s run by a couple whose actually getting married and going on their honeymoon [...]
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 Money and Relationships on Jun 11th, 2008
I always thought that when M and I moved in together it would be harder to keep a joint budget then when I was on my own. And while it may be a little more complicated than having just one account and worrying about your own expenses, it turns out that having one budget makes [...]
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 All the money in the world, Happiness on Nov 16th, 2007
The purpose of this post is to look at the two scenarios I laid out earlier (winning a million dollars and being filthy rich), and analyzing how my choices in those two scenarios differ and what I can learn about this whole exercise.
First of all, one big difference was how specific my thinking was [...]
The Snowball by Alice Schroeder
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