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Blogging, #FoundAPenny

Last night, I attended an event for bloggers at the Lill Street Art Center here in Chicago. The speakers maintain What’s the T, The Hooded Utilitarian, and Letters from Elba. They talked about why they blog and emphasized that the writing comes first – that this is a way to get the writing out there…. [Read More]

I would be incomplete without writing

The Blogathon is a great reminder – I love writing. I think best with a notebook and pen. I write for work, I write for fun. I’ve been losing my mind trying to use an iPad, and I realized that it’s because it’s not designed for writing. I’ve had to fight hard for my right… [Read More]

Fountain

This counts as a blog post, yes? Of course, yes. It’s summer in Chicago!

Lessons learned in eight years of marketing books

Hedge Funds for Dummies came out in 2006, so I’ve been selling books for eight years already. Yikes! I just completed the 30 Day Book Marketing Challenge, and the last assignment is to write a post about book marketing and the challenge for a participant blog hop. Here’s my advice to authors, general comments about… [Read More]

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Hedge funds for Dummies Cover

Hedge Funds for Dummies, 2e
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Cover of Day Trading for Dummies

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