Like Elephants, I Work for Peanuts

I stumbled over an idea for a treasure hunting article. The magazine that I chose (which shall remain nameless) asked for a proposal and an outline of how I would treat the subject.  As I almost always do, I ignored their request, and just wrote the article.

Which they immediately purchased.  For peanuts.  This writing business is tough.  To put the payment in perspective (they asked me to conceal the payment - they usually don't pay at all) it would pay for a medium-nice dinner.  If you don't drink a glass of wine or have dessert.

Peanuts.

But hey, I love writing.  This is about the tenth article in a row that I have written on spec, which immediately sold.  I must be doing something right.

Novel is progressing well.  Hope to send it off to a couple of agents soon.

AICPA Article

Here's a link to my latest article, which appeared in the E newsletter put out by the AICPA, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants:

http://www.cpa2biz.com/Content/media/newsletters/cpainsider/cpainsider140324.jsp