Welcome to our first blog carnival here at The Copyeditor’s Desk: the Seventy-Sixth Carnival of Money Stories!
Since we’re editors and lovers of the written word, we’ve chosen a literary theme for this week’s carnival. Our Editor’s Picks qualify for Masterpiece Theatre. The other excellent stories, which we much enjoyed reading, are grouped by topics or genres. All stories are listed in the order in which they came in.
We received quite a few interesting posts that we regretted not being able to include, because they were not actually stories. Remember that the carnival is seeking stories, not lists of tips, reports, how-to pieces, and the like.
A story has a plot. Something happens in the story, and that something is told in a narrative line with a beginning, a middle, and an end. A story doesn’t have to be fictional to be presented in a narrative way with a plotline. Any good anecdote, even one that’s just a paragraph long, contains a plot: it presents an action under way, moves toward a climax, and drops off in a dénouement. All of this week’s authors use story in one way or another to get their point across.
Masterpiece Theatre
FMF
Free Money Finance
My Kids Tell Me Why We Pay Taxes
Out of the mouths of babes…
Jim
Roth IRA Workaround: 2010 Conversion Limit Loophole
A couple’s journey toward retirement takes a positive turn.
Tales of the Rich and Famous
FIRE Finance
Knock Out Your Financial Problems Like Rocky
Persistence conquers all.
PT
Prime Time Money
Millionaires in the Making: The Rodrigueses
Young couple in Money Magazine’s limelight
GBlogger
Can I Get Rich on a Salary?
Ed McMahon Personal Finance Fairy Tale?
Even the famous can mismanage their finances.
At the Crossroads
LAL
Living Almost Large
DIY or Pay Someone?
When is penny-wise pound-foolish?
FFB
Free from Broke
What Is Raising a Child Worth? We’re Going to One Income
How the FFBs made a huge decision
MoneyNing
Buy an Investment Property or Dividend-yielding Stocks?
Our hero ponders a bewildering choice.
NtJS
Not the Jet Set
Lunch Out vs. the Brown Bag
Whether ′tis better to socialize with colleagues or save for the kid’s education
Silicon Valley Blogger
The Digerati Life
An Immigration Story
A loved relative makes a life-changing choice.
Ryan Suenaga
Uncommon Cents
Is Brand Loyalty Sensible?
To stay with old favorites or branch into something new, that is the question…
The Blogger’s Journey
Amy Fontinelle
Two Pennies Earned
Save Money by Road Tripping
Amy finds a way to have a vacation without going broke.
The Smarter Wallet
Eat Well for Cheap! How to Eat Out for Less
Wallet travels into the land of the restaurant–and brings his sense of humor along.
Love Lust and Life
Bad Credit Blues
A stretch of hard travelin’
Curt
PennyJobs.com
Teaching Kids about Passive Income
A daring plan to wise up the youngsters as they begin their life’s journey
Dawn
Iowahippiechicks Talking
A Frog Tale
Serendipitous adventure along the way
MBB
Money Blue Book
College Students Applying for Student Credit Cards
Wise advice on wise use of credit cards, based on true-life experience
Kevin
No Debt Plan
Release the Hounds: Our First Credit Card Finance Charge and Bank Fee
Kevin accidentally runs afoul of American Express and his bank
R
Retired at 47
The Tradeoffs We Make to Retire
Staying focused on the goal
Tracy Coenan
FRAUDfiles
United First Financial: Sell Them with Deceit
Intrepid blogger dives into investigative reporting
Realm of Prosperity
College Student Bought Home Instead of Renting
Said college student commits a smart move.
Continuing Sagas
Kacper Wrzesniewski
Kacper Wrzesniewski.com
Track Your Expenses
Intrepid budgeteer sets out to keep track of his ongoing expenses; stay tuned!
Nathalie Lussier
Billionaire Woman.com
Is Your Relationship with Money on the Brink of Divorce?
Part one of a three-part series on relationships with money
Aryn
Sound Money Matters
August Debt Reduction Progress
Another chapter in the tale of a journey toward freedom
glblguy
Gather Little by Little
Share Your Story: What Is the Dumbest Thing You’ve Ever Spent Money On?
GLBL starts a new series and asks us to join him.
Courtroom Drama
Robert D. Flach
The Wandering Tax Pro
The Feeling Is Demutual
Has the court ruled in your favor?
Mr. Credit Card
Ask Mr. Credit Card
What You Need to Know about the Transunion Class Action Settlement
Got a credit history? You win!
The Good Guys Win
J. Money
Budgets Are Sexy
Polo and Abercrombie & Fitch Are Heating Up My Thrift Stores!
J. beats high prices again.
Be This Way
Are You Going to Be This Way the Rest of the Time I Know You?
Who’s Sniffing You?
A word to the wise for all g-mail users
The Moral of the Story…
Nicholas Powiull
Conscious Flex
How to Attract Money into Your Life & Get into the Mind-set of Abundance
Our hero discovers ’tis better to give than to receive.
vh
Funny about Money
Unbundled! Qwest Strikes Again
The Force had better be with you when you deal with this Darth Vader.
Todd
Harvesting Dollars
The Power of the Written Word
The photo alone is worth a visit!
Cash Money Life
Military Finance Network
Military Financial Horror Stories, or How Not to Buy a Car
An airman’s adventures and misadventures, with lessons that apply to everyone
Masterpiece Theatre image: Mona Lisa, by Leonardo da Vinci
All other images from barnesandnoble.com
Tags: blog carnivals and festivals, Carnival of Money Stories
September 9, 2008 at 1:20 pm
Great carnival! Thanks for including my article.
September 9, 2008 at 1:20 pm
Very creative carnival! Thanks for hosting!
September 9, 2008 at 1:22 pm
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September 9, 2008 at 1:23 pm
Thanks for including my post! I love the literary theme, but I can’t say I’m surprised.
September 9, 2008 at 2:09 pm
Love the book sections. Thanks for hosting.
September 9, 2008 at 2:39 pm
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September 9, 2008 at 3:23 pm
Thanks for putting the post besides the book cover pics.
Mr CC
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September 9, 2008 at 3:37 pm
Great carnival. I especially like the way your organized the stories.
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September 12, 2008 at 12:11 am
Thanks so much for hosting the carnival, and for including my article.
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September 13, 2008 at 11:15 pm
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September 15, 2008 at 4:53 am
Thanks for including me …
Sorry it took me awhile to put up the link – I was out of state visiting my son.
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October 28, 2008 at 1:59 pm
Well said.