Control Your Finances or They Will Control You From an early age, a lesson I learned well from my parents was to spend money with care and exercise financial responsibility. As a result, I’ve never lived beyond my means, as so many people do today. Though I lived for a time at my level of […]
Some publishers strongly suggested that authors use their advance for marketing their book. Though this sounds reasonable, my advice is not to do it unless you have a long-term reason for it. First, let’s talk about advances. An advance for a book was originally intended as money for the author to live on as they […]
By Peter Lyle DeHaan, PhD There’s a certain brand of wool socks that I like. Okay, I really, really like them. I’m wearing a pair right now. I wanted to try a different style, but the local outlets didn’t carry it. Though I prefer to buy online and bypass the “experience” of going to a […]
By Peter Lyle DeHaan, PhD I once received a 17-page booklet from my credit card provider covering their revised “customer agreement.” They mailed it under the guise of good customer service, but I’m sure that buried somewhere inside is a policy change that will effect me. However, I don’t have the time or interest to […]