Later this month at GMX (Geek Media Expo) I'll be hosting 5 panels, including "GMX on a Budget", so I made a little video specifically for GMX, and thought I'd do an accompanying blog posts with some tips on saving money at fan cons (short for conventions) in general.

1.) Register EarlyRegistering early when possible will allow you to take ( Read more... )

( Read more... )

Had a blast at Mt. Juliet and Madison libraries this weekend.  Madison asked us back for their personal finance week in April.  And it got us another 5 star review on Amazon.  Apparently we have one of those love it or hate books.

Looks like we'll be in Gallatin and Hendersonville in February.  More details when I have them.

Egads, February starts in ( Read more... )

Article:  J.C. Penney Says 'No Sale': Cuts All Prices, All the Time to Simplify Bargain Hunting    Not major news, but I find this change rather appealing.

My co-author, P.J., and I will be at the Mount Juliet Public Library tomorrow at 6:30pm.  If you're nearby, come to the meeting room, have a cookie, talk about money with us.  It'll be fun.

If you ( Read more... )

The good news is I finished 5 out of 7 2011 tax forms (business related).  And we've been invited to speak at the Hermitage Branch Library on March 10th at 2pm.  So that's very cool.

Bad news is I still haven't had a chance to fix the issues with the Kindle file.  After about a week of trying (grumbles), I was able to change the price and ( Read more... )

We're giving a book talk today, 5pm at the Donelson Library.  We'll cover the basics of budgeting and follow the interests of the audience.  If time permits, I'd really like to discuss the connection between saving money and eating healthy, but only because it's been on my mind lately.

So far, I'm doing okay with my 2012 plans.  I got organized on ( Read more... )

At the moment we have 3 events lined up for January.  They're all Middle Tennessee for now.  We'll travel more as opportunities arrise but starting local.

Jan 5, 5:00 p.m. Donelson Branch Library (downstairs meeting room)

Jan 26, 6:30 p.m. Mt. Juliet Public Library

Jan 28, 2:00 p.m. Madison Branch Library

While we come with a prepared talk, these tend ( Read more... )

I pulled the Print Edition of Living Single on Minimum Wage off Lulu, at least temporarily.  The PDF download is still available on Lulu.  I'm going to try to get an epub Edition (unless someone can convince me another e-reader format is better) and a Large Print Edition up on Lulu sometime in the next few months ( Read more... )