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How to write and publish your e-book
This is the part two in a series of articles that will guide you from creating your e-book to publishing it online. This is based on my experience of self-publishing several novels and anthologies over the past few years. The novels I am referring to here are gay, and both erotica, and non-erotica. How do…
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Ten Money Questions: Grindr CEO Joel Simkhai
Ten Money Questions has always been my favorite part of Queercents and I am honored to do this edition. We we will focus on a gay business owner. I recently had the opportunity to interview the Grindr CEO Joel Simkhai. Grindr is an iPhone (or iPod or iPad) app that helps gay guys meet…
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Sell and Buy Gift Card Exchanges
We all at one time or another have received a gift card from a friend or family member, only to forget about the card itself and find out later that it has expired. Or perhaps we’ve received a card to a store or restaurant that we don’t particularly care for, and have just let it…
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Start Planning Your New Year
Even though we’re still smack dab in the middle of the winter holiday season, it’s never too early to start planning for the coming year. As 2010 comes to an end, what are you looking forward to saying goodbye to, and what are your hopes for the coming year? One of my new year’s…
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Top 13 Male Christmas Gifts
If you are looking for the perfect Christmas gift for your partner, the man in your life, your son, your Father or even your Grandfather your best bet is to zoom in on gadgets rather than cloths and cologne. Of course, it all really depends on how much you are willing to spend or what…
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Last Minute Gifts for Under $40
Don’t panic, there are many great gift selections that will still be available at the last minute for under $40. No matter who is still on your list you should still be able to find a perfect gift at this price point. During this holiday season many retailers have lowered their prices on all types…
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Ten Money Questions: Brian Cole Miller
Brian Cole Miller is the founder of Working Solutions (Workingsolutionsonline.com), a consulting firm that helps leaders build effective, successful teams. He has worked with all kinds of teams in many different types of organizations. Miller is the author of five books. His latest books is called Nice Teams Finish Last, which argues that when teams…
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Financial Makeover: College Students Maria and Caroline
Maria and Caroline are college students who are barely scraping by. Their monthly income is nearly that of their monthly expenses. We are both full-time college students at a public university, and we both have part-time jobs on campus (I work with Student Media, while she works with children in the nursery on campus). Working…
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Are Expensive Gifts More Romantic?
An article over at Forbes has me scratching my head. What Your Holiday Gift Says About Your Relationship gives conflicting financial advice. On the one hand, author Jenna Goddreau says that couples shouldn’t go into debt purchasing holiday gifts for one another, because debt can be a source of conflict down the road. On the…
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The Moneyshot: Day 22
Today is the end of my first month of rigorous budgeting, and I can tell you this: I suck at budgeting. The upside of all this drama is that in failing, I will succeed. Take a gander at November’s wrapup. Almost $460 over budget. That means that I could have used that money’“plus the money…
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