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24 Oct 06

Financial Comparisons

  • lots of resources for those needing financial information, including a few sites I hadn't heard of - rappinhood on 2006-10-24
  • UK Financial Comparison Sites
09 Aug 06

Short Stories: 10 Tips for Novice Creative Writers (Kathy Kennedy)

    • What is a Short Story?


      A short story:


      • Gets off to a fast start.
      • Generally has a limited number of characters and scenes.
      • Starts as close to the conclusion as possible.
      • Frequently deals with only one problem.
      • Uses only the detail necessary for understanding the situation.
      • Usually covers just a short time period.

Everything You Need to Know About Writing Successfully - in Ten Minutes, by Stephen King

  • THAT'S RIGHT. I know it sounds like an ad for some sleazy writers' school, but I really am going to tell you everything you need to pursue a successful and financially rewarding career writing fiction, and I really am going to do it in ten minutes, which is exactly how long it took me to learn. It will actually take you twenty minutes or so to read this essay, however, because I have to tell you a story, and then I have to write a second introduction. But these, I argue, should not count in the ten minutes. - rappinhood on 2006-08-08
  • THAT'S RIGHT. I know it sounds like an ad for some sleazy writers' school, but I really am going to tell you everything you need to pursue a successful and financially rewarding career writing fiction, and I really am going to do it in ten minutes, which is exactly how long it took me to learn. It will actually take you twenty minutes or so to read this essay, however, because I have to tell you a story, and then I have to write a second introduction. But these, I argue, should not count in the ten minutes. - rappinhood on 2006-08-09
04 Aug 06

Budgeting for Variable Income

  • It's hard enough to live within a spending plan while working a steady job. It's downright difficult when your income fluctuates. This fluctuation makes it extremely difficult to follow a set spending and saving plan from month to month.


    As a commissioned sales professional, my monthly income can vary by thousands during the course of the year. A $5,000 paycheck in February can dwindle to $900 by the following November. I've learned through much, much trial and error to create a financial plan that works for me, and I've discovered that the key is to eliminate financial surprises.

Quick Online Tips: 50 Best Firefox Extensions for Power Surfing

  • There are hundreds of firefox extensions on the web. Which ones do you use? Here is my attempt to collect the 50 best and popular firefox extensions which make your browsing, downloading and navigation in Firefox as easy as possible, while harnessing the - rappinhood on 2006-07-31

Geek to Live: Top underrated apps of 2005 - Lifehacker

  • Today I’d like to shout out a few great desktop and webapps that you may not have heard of or taken the time to try out. - rappinhood on 2006-07-31

Fifty (50!) Tools which can help you in Writing - lifehack.org

  • Roy Peter Clark from Poynter Institute has posted up 50 tools that can help you when you do any kinds of writing. This is a extensive list of writing tools, but by no mean you need to apply all of them when you do any writing. There are the Writing Tool l - rappinhood on 2006-07-31

The Best Web 2.0 Software of 2005 (web2.wsj2.com)

  • here is a list of some of the best Web 2.0 software that I've come across so far. You may have heard of some of these, but hopefully you'll find a few nice new Christmas presents under your Web 2.0 tree. - rappinhood on 2006-07-31
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