I published one short story in 2009:
My story submission database isn’t really set up to answer the question of how many new stories I wrote this year, but I see three whose first submission to an editor was in 2009. Hopefully some of those will appear in 2010.
Two articles of mine appeared as guest posts at personal financial blogs:
I wrote 71 posts for Wise Bread. I’ve bolded a few where I thought I managed to say just what I was trying to say, and commend them to your attention:
- The “one big lump” theory of your money
- Organized tips on getting through tough times
- Book review: Game Over
- Not too late to get your IRS stimulus rebate–if you qualify
- Three bad ways to fund mortgage lending (and maybe a good way)
- Security is an illusion. Freedom is real.
- Six options if you’re underwater on your mortgage
- Too broke to be frugal?
- Not stupid–hopeless
- Needs, wants, and not even wants
- Frugality goes international
- A champion of savings over spending
- Book review: Wabi Sabi Simple
- That “What if you knew you were going to die” question
- On choosing temporary freedom
- How to bake sourdough bread (and save a buck on every loaf)
- The end of a recession versus recovery
- Borrowing, renting, substituting, and doing without
- Stag-hyperinflation?
- Don’t worry about missing the bottom in houses
- It takes a frugal spouse to make a frugal home
- Retirement accounts and money to spend
- Tactics of the rich
- Modern companies as specialized venture capital firms
- Book review: The Self-Sufficient Life and How to Live It
- Economic effects of pandemic flu in a recession
- Getting by without money in Spain
- Reverse engineer the best time of your life
- Another path to recovery: higher incomes
- Turn smugness into a positive virtue
- On choosing and defending your luxuries
- Borrowers, lenders, and others–beware trusting the government
- Simplify budgeting with personal money
- Crappy practice is a waste of time
- Don’t let low interest rates make you stupid
- Oh noes! Inflation!
- Stuff will never make you organized
- Teach yourself to cook
- Getting by on a lot less money: 3 ways it’s easier than you think
- Not driving your less-frugal friends crazy
- Things wear out
- The new normal economy
- Big changes or small changes?
- Book review: Life Inc.
- My best posts that got no attention
- Watch Out for Surge in CPI
- Wage slave, debt slave
- Managing Your Short-Term Money
- Optimize Your IRA and 401(k)
- The Three Interest Rates
- Understand Capital Costs
- The Many Reasons to Make Do with Less
- Thrive as a Starving Writer–Lessons from the Experts
- Avoid Bank Fees
- Learn good financial habits from your parents. Or not.
- Reject Variable Terms and Conditions
- Don’t Despair Over Small Retirement Savings
- 5 Ways to Live Better Without Spending More
- Don’t Go to College to Learn
- Who has the time (or money) for deals?
- A Society of Fear
- Can You Buy Your Way Out of the Rat Race?
- Savings Bonds as Interest-Earning Travelers Checks
- Resources for Freelancers
- Coming Soon: Good Times for Temp Workers
- Dream Job or Day Job?
- Does More Detergent Make for More Clean?
- Urgent: Check Your Withholdings
- Find Your Passion
- Living Cheaply for the Long Term
- The Best Way to Avoid the Worst Financial Problems
One of my Wise Bread posts (Understand Capital Costs) was featured in in US Airways Magazine (October 2009, page 22).