September 14, 2006

  • Another Book ...

    I have another book I've been working on at work.  The rough draft is due to my boss tomorrow and as of this point I still have at least another whole chapter that I haven't even started writing.  But I'm excited about this project.

    It's a book on Financial Literacy.  All my ideas on the ways and means of managing your money. 

    You know this is a passion of mine, I'm a little fanatical on the subject.    SO the project has been ideal for me.  If this is taken through to the end as I envision it, it will be both a book and a curriculum.  (I think we need to print both versions)  The curriculum would be a set of modules that the student would receive one at a time.  So instead of getting a thick book to work through, the student will get a packet of no more than about 12 pages per lesson. The lessons will then go into a three ring binder, but at no time will the student be given an overwhelming amount of material.

    After this one is completed, we are also looking at the development of a family curriculum that would offer ideas, "this is what the kids need to know about money at age 6, 9, 12, 15 ..." and so forth.  This curriculum would include games, activities, and suggestions for how parents can teach their children about money.   

    So that's what i'm doing.  I'm writing. 

    I don't know how these money books will be made available.  Whether they would be materials that could be ordered from my organization or whether they would be "in-house" materials that we would use just in our program.  (I kind of don't see my boss passing up the opportunity to market these things, so I expect that one way or another they will be available.)

    My question:  TITLE!!!  I need at least a working title for this thing. 

    I am using a lot of the material from the book that I started last February and the working title on that was "Maggie MacFrugal's guide to living well on nickels and dimes."  I know - it's wordy.  My best friend calls me Maggie MacFrugal whenever we talk about money, and I love that.  But, I've taken Maggie MacFrugal out of this version of the book because she wasn't quite the tone I'm going for.

    Any suggestions?  What can I title this book?

    If it helps some of the chapter topics are:

    dreams, goals, attitudes

    finding money to save

    love and money

    knowing the score (about credit reports)

    consumer culture

    drive yourself happy (car buying)

    the roof over your head (house buying)

    the end of the day (saving for retirement)

    just in case (insurance)

    money that works for you (investing)

     

           

    And if you haven't seen the notice below, please notice that my poetry book, Hidden in Plain Sight, is now AVAILABLE!!!!

Comments (7)

  • ah what the heck, just swipe another one of mine...

    *wink*

    Sail on... sail on!!!

  • This is a great idea!

  • Wonderful I will buy it as soon as your done it is a challenge of mine. Judi

  • Sounds like that would be very valuable as curriculum.  I have no idea on a good title! 

  • Big Congrats on your new book!

  • I msg'd you some suggestions

  • have been taking quite the break this summer and just enjoying family and the sun Now that the weather is starting to look more like fall again, hopefully I will be spending more time on the computer and keep up with every one - no promises though.
    I am just so thrilled for you, seeing that you are starting to get published with your first one out, and now this book too - Congratulations. It does sound so good. I have no ideas on titles, but hope someone comes up with a good one for you, or else suggestions that will trigger something for you that you will be happy with.

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