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How good writing skills save and earn money

Posted 7 hours 39 min ago by Xin Lu

Personal Finance, Frugal Living, Career and Income, Making Extra Cash

Pen and paper

A while ago an article on Wise Bread talked about how complaining via a letter works much more effectively than complaining with phone calls. This made me think about all the other ways good writing skills could be financially beneficial to a person. Here is a list of ways good writing skills could save and earn money for you.

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Getting Rich Slowly: Interview with JD Roth

Posted 43 weeks 16 hours ago by Andrea Dickson

Entrepreneurship

Get Rich Slowly is one of the most popular personal finance web sites on the internet. JD Roth, the man behind the site, agreed to share some of his fiscal background and financial philosophies with Wise Bread.

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Do you write like a girl?

Posted 1 year ago by Andrea Dickson

Filed Under: Extra Commentary

Based on some of the comments we get around here, it's safe to say that some of you might suspect me of possessing my very own pair of cajones. Attached ones, that is. Not, like, in a jar or something. Sicko.

Well, it turns out that there might be something to that. No, no, I'm not a man. Not even part man. Sure, I can beat you in an arm-wrestling competition without even using my arms, but I'm all woman, baby. Only apparently, I write like a man.

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Writing for Money on the Interwebs

Posted 1 year ago by Troy Hadley

Filed Under: Making Extra Cash

http://www.morguefile.com/forum/profile.php?username=earl53

A while back, a girlfriend of mine forced me to watch a chick flick that she felt I would find inspiring. It was called The Prizewinner of Defiance, Ohio.

Now, I think Julianne Moore is a good actress (and I have a thing for redheads) so this didn't take that much arm-twisting. And it wasn't an altogether bad movie. But what I remember most, rather than actual plot or characters, is the idea that people used to be able to make money writing jingles and entering them in national contests.

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Another one for the Readers

Posted 1 year ago by Sarah Winfrey

Filed Under: Art and Leisure

Readers

Interested in talking about some of your favorite books? It seems like there'd be no one better to discuss with than the authors who wrote them. Now, Barnes and Noble has launched their new bookclub , "where readers and writers meet."

I explored a little but haven't really jumped in with both feet yet. However, anywhere where I can discuss The Boleyn Inheritance with Philippa Gregory and The Memory Keeper's Daughter with Kim Edwards can't possibly be a bad place.

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