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Common Sense Finance

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0CWYHTMSB

I started this blog back in January 2019 because of my love for movies and my desire to write. It didn't matter to me how many read it. What mattered was sharing information. Over the years, I got busy and wrote less often. One thing, that I started working in 2023, was my Common Sense Finance book that I finished and was able to get self-published in February 2024 on Amazon.com.

The book uses real examples of what you can do to get out of financial debt so you can live in financial freedom. My son was especially a strong motivator on writing this book as he saw where I was and where I got to with my finances in six years. My father was also a great influence on me writing this book. He had so many ideas and stories that he shared. He was busy supporting six kids that he never got a chance to write them down.  He passed at the end of 2021 thinking he would be forgotten. I promised him he would not and mention some of the wisdom he passed on to me in the book.

My goal with this book was to take all the lessons I had learned over the years and put it into an affordable book for those who needed and would use the information at an affordable price. While there are many finance books out there, they all see expensive and long reads. I wanted to keep the information more direct and keep the price less than going out to eat once. I was overjoyed to find out that the book could be made physical for less than $5. This allowed me to make the digital copy less than $4.

I worked on the book during my spare time in 2023. I am grateful of my two silent editors who helped me with the book checking spelling, grammar, and keeping the thoughts coherent. I have begun a second book that will make this first one part of a nonfiction series.  With both my children purchasing homes in 2023, I have been inspired to pass on my ideas about being home owners in this book.

I am happy to announce that my application was accepted and I will be attending the Findlay-Hancock County Public Library Author Fest this year. The event will be November 1, 2024 at the library from 5:30p-8:00p.  I hope to see my readers there.


 


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