I'm now really a journalist. My first article just went live on the NuWire website. I know you're all itching to read about how HR 3648 is going to change capital gains taxes for investors, so go on and read it. You know you want to.

HR 3648: Changing the Capital Gains Tax Exemption

Today, I decided the time had come; a trip to Alderwood Mall was in order ( Read more... )

Wow, spending the day researching how investors can make money by purchasing the foreclosed homes of veterans really takes it out of you. Tomorrow I get to actually write the article. Woohoo. After my boss reviewed my articles today, he sent me an email that said my first article was "the best first article he'd seen by a new writer." Needless to ( Read more... )

Man, this whole waking-up-at-six thing is killing me. Literally. I felt like a corpse all day, while I was working away on an article about the Mortgage Cancellation Tax Act. Pretty thrilling, I know ( Read more... )

As of today, I can actually call myself a financial journalist. I felt very official getting to look over the paperwork for all my shiny new benefits. I even get a 401k plan. I feel like such a grown-up! Though I'm not entirely sure whether this is a good thing or a bad thing ( Read more... )

Today I attended my first ever writers' conference, Write on the Sound in Edmonds, WA. I only signed up for the morning, since there was a class on children's playwriting and one on dialogue that looked interesting, but pretty much everything else was obviously geared towards fiction or poetry writers ( Read more... )

This morning I got a call from NuWire Investor Online Magazine offering me a position as a staff writer! It pays pretty well and has killer benefits, so I'm really excited! I get to start on Monday. Admittedly, the idea of me as a financial journalist is still pretty entertaining... but at least I'll have a job that's writing-related. Baby steps, ( Read more... )

This is officially the first time I have ever been called in to interview for a writing-related position ( Read more... )

When I got on the scale this morning, I discovered something unexpected. I appear to have lost five pounds sometime over the last week and a half ( Read more... )

Yesterday, in honor of National Talk Like a Pirate Day, I was pillaged by bloodthirsty librarians. Sure, they act sweet and innocent, but that's only so you won't glance down and start to wonder why they have a hook instead of a hand... and what's with that peg leg, anyway ( Read more... )