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Friday, March 7, 2008

Missing chapters

Writing a book is a pretty lengthy process with numerous rewrites, edits, and deletions. It broke my heart with I worked forever on a chapter, and then an editor at my publishing house decided it was best to remove it entirely. That's right, deleted, gone forever. My child, taken from me.

This happened six times to me. That's right, 6 beautiful chapters cut from my book. I admit, removing them did make for a better book, but still all that work for nothing? So my fellow readers, if you absolutely want more "A Million Bucks by 30", and I know you do, you can read a missing chapter titled "Oh No, Girlfriend" on the personal finance blog Blueprint for Financial Prosperity. I've given them one of those missing unpublished chapters. It's broken up into 4 parts, which you can now read here:

1. Oh No, Girlfriend Part 1
2. Oh No, Girlfriend Part 2
3. Oh No, Girlfriend Part 3
4. Oh No, Girlfriend Part 4

3 Comments:

At March 31, 2008 at 11:13 AM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

Although I have read your book ten times, following any advice in detail, I am still broke; and now I understand the reason why - the most important part of your book was simply missing!

I want my money back!!!

;-)

Greetings from Germany

Thomas

 
At April 2, 2008 at 3:05 PM , Blogger Caroline said...

Hey, I was obsessively googling and saw your thank you to me for my rave review of your book in The Boston Globe. I love the hilarious juxtoposition of me hanging out with you (And honest, it was nothing personal. I just meant I didn't want to pinch those pennies.)

I still think you are a wildly original talent--and can I have your okay to post that entry on my blog?

Caroline

 
At May 16, 2008 at 1:25 AM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hmm ... any chance you'll post all those missing chapters? :)

I'm one of those people who usually don't buy things at retail price, but I chanced upon your book today and bought it at retail. Just finished reading the book.

Great read! Thanks. :)

 

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