For those of you on my FB feed, you already know I did a poll asking for title feedback. While there were only two serious contenders, Cheap Isn’t a Four-Letter Word won out over Little Money, Big Life, by a margin of about two-to-one. I like both, but want something that’ll stand out in a crowd and be searchable. I think the Four-Letter Word version is better for that, even if it’s longer than usual.
I’ve already outlined the book based on the following categories, each of which will become a chapter:
- Food
- Books, Magazines, & Education
- Medical
- Clothing
- Fuel and Utilities
- Entertainment
- Household Goods
- Housing
- Services
- Travel
- Computers and Tech
- Decorating
- Vehicles
- Pets
I may add another one or two if I can think of any, but I believe this covers the majority of subjects. If you’ve got any other ideas, by all means let me know. If I don’t already know where to find killer deals or free, I know how to find out. Each of the above categories covers an average of 7-10 subsets. So far my shortest categories are clothing and entertainment, at 6 each. (Well, entertainment sort of has 7 – one of those items is broken into two parts.) But I’m not done yet.
Not everything is free, but there are price breaks I suspect most people don’t realize they can get – like when buying an appliance. If you’ve looked at something, interacted with a sales person, then decided “nah” and are ready to walk away, the price can magically come down by $100 or more. It happened to me five years ago, for a brand-new name brand refrigerator, with delivery. Since that experience I go in expectating to negotiate, especially at a locally-owned store.
I’ve been too busy this week to post much, but we did do a photo run over the weekend. This is a mishmash of my photos and some my husband took. We only took one camera and tag-teamed it. There were a few times we stopped, husband took a few shots, walked back, and I took the camera to snap some pictures, then we traded back for another angle or subject.
I love that you’re getting out and about with your camera and making art of seemingly ordinary things (especially the hubby, lol). Great stuff, babe!
(I would have gone with “Cheap Is Not a Four Letter Word” myself. The contraction takes away some of the emphasis of your point, some of the impact. But that’s just me.)
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I can certainly eliminate the contraction. I’m still iffy about going with a title that long, but for the genre I need something catchy. I thought about “Cheap Ain’t A Four-Letter Word”, on principle, lol.
We do photo sessions as our weekly “date” any more. Though this Friday the tentative plan is a trip to Prescott for a rock show 🙂
Ooo, can’t wait to see those! I bet the colors of the minerals out there are spectacular. If you’re shooting with that D3400, you should play around with some of the built-in filters and try some nifty effects!
I’ll probably use the D3200. I’m still learning the basic functions at this point, beyond “point the camera and push the button to take a picture” lol. But I’m getting there!
Husband’s waffling over whether to drive to Prescott. It’s over 140 miles one-way, and this is the monsoon season with insane weather that’s known to wash out highways, so it’s a valid concern. If we go it’ll be day after tomorrow, and will be dependant on how we both feel that day.
Otherwise we’ll probably wait for either the Tucson gem and mineral show (which happens in February or thereabouts and is closer) or Quartzite, which is further but a MONSTER event in February. I kid you not – the Quartzite rock show/event lasts for a month and entails about two MILES of sellers along the side of the road. There are no motels in town and the closest parking is usually quite a ways out. If I wanted to make a good chunk of money in a short time, I’d run a shuttle from parking to the vendor areas.
Wow! That Quartzite show sounds incredible! Lol, yeah, I think a shuttle service would probably do quite well. Go for it! 🙂
I’m very glad the title I liked best is the winner. I think it is catchy and thought provoking. Sounds like a great book too.
Lovely photos as always as well.
Thank you, Terri. I was partial to that one from the beginning, but could’ve seen any of them work. My second favorite was the one Rebecca liked – Great Big Life, Itty Bitty Money.
I’m gradually getting the hang of the camera. It took me a while to learn Photoshop, but there were no YouTube tutorials back then!