Tooting My Horn Tuesday: Being Cheap Pays off

Just for the record, I did not start out as a cheapskate. It took years of molding by the beneficent Mr. Hall before I achieved that goal. But all I can say is that when I perused the latest issue of Wow!, it made my penny-pinching days worth it!

My article, “The Cheap Writer’s Guide to Conferences,” was a feature! Now, here’s the funny thing. As I eyed the list of articles, I thought, Hmmmm, didn’t I submit something about conferences? Then I saw the title of an article, “The Cheap Writer’s Guide–” and I thought, Hold on a minute! That’s the title of the article I wrote! Someone stole my title! Then I started reading the blurb about the article and thought, Dang! I had the EXACT SAME IDEA! Seriously, someone stole my title AND idea! Then I saw my name and thought what an idiot.

But not such an idiot that I didn’t write a darn good article about how to save money and attend writer’s conferences. So check it out here. A little Fame for me. A small Fortune in savings for you. Just another day on the Road to Publication.

Tooting My Horn Tuesday: (It’s a Little Scary)

It’s a little scary to venture out beyond your comfort zone…to travel beyond the stars, to go where no man has gone before. Uh, wait, that may be going a little too far.

But sometimes, when I try to snag a new writing gig, it feels like I’m going where no (wo)man has gone before. And many times I fail. But not today. Today I got a ghostwriting job.

Have I ever done any ghostwriting? No. Do I have any idea what I’m getting into here? Um, not really. Am I little scared? Oh, yeah.

Hope I’m ready. Because it’s too late to go back to that ol’ comfort zone now. (Boo!)