But I do think that its awesome that she has found that kind of success independently. Kudos to her.

Please, more posts about MAKING money, especially for the business/self-employed crowd (like the people who run this blog). I know this is not a business blog per se but things like salary negotiation have been discussed, and people on salaries can always have a side business.

I bought the Money Book for freelancers the other day thanks to Sierra’s post last month, as a result I’m reorganizing my finances at warp speed. New bank accounts, new accounting, etc.

[@JD: does your affiliate link apply also to Kindle editions? Because the Money Book link was for the paper book but I bought the Kindle version and did not see it... just making sure you get your % with my thanks.]

Re: the Amanda Hocking case, she might be a successful writer (I haven’t read her books so I can’t comment on the quality) but she’s failing as a manager. She needs to delegate & go back to doing her thing. OR, alternate periods of managing and writing. But “shoemaker to your shoes”– she needs to hire someone to run her chores or she will go crazy eventually.

I tried a personal assistant for a while– we had a pile of money and too many projects to handle and she was very helpful at sorting things out. We would have died of a heart attack without her. She wasn’t abroad though, she was a friend who needed a job and didn’t charge a lot, she lived in another time zone though and we worked via Basecamp (speaking of Jason Fried…). Then the Big Recession came and it all went to hell, but things are picking up again, so who knows.

Ok, end of random post. Thanks for the links.