Hot damn. We’ve landed smack dab in the middle of our third week of giveaways. And there are many, many more to come. How excited am I that I got to sit down and talk to Tara Gentile (like Chantilly lace but with a G — remember that, because I sure as hell couldn’t) about her Area o’ Expertise: money.

You got that right, babe.

Dollah-bills. How to make ‘em. How to love it. How to not feel so GUILTY all the time about wanting mo’ of it. (That last bit is so very, very important. And difficult. And necessary. Seriously.)

So Tara wrote this little thing (little, psh) called The Art of Earning. The Art of Earning rocked my world, my socks, and brain-meats in entirely unexpected ways. I was all like, “My relationship with money’s alright. A little tepid but manageable.”

When I got this from The Blackthorne, I was flat ba-ROKE. I kid you not. I was stressed about where my next pay day was coming from.

Sara’s all like, “Amanda. Chill. Read this — it’ll help.”

And then I read it — as it turns out, my relationship with money sucked. So I sighed heavily, read on, and feasted on conversational prose and a concept that I was only passingly familiar with. Thanks to Tara’s insight, I’ve managed to begin to redesign my relationship with money.

Now’s your chance to get for free. (Yeah, yeah. I know it’s “Name Your Price”. But what if your price is NO MONIES AT ALL?! It happens. It’s okay.)

Big ol’ Edit: Tara’s just informed me that she’s also giving away a virtual ticket to the Art of Earning LIVE! (It’s a $250. You can thank me — and Tara — later.) Now you REALLY have to tell me a story.

Here’s what you gotta do: tell me how this can help you in your biznez with your pricing structure, rates, confidence, sex-life (it could happen), etc. You can post in the comments. You can tweet me. You can post on the violetminded Facebook page. You can even fire me an email, if you’re bein’ shy-face. (And that’s cool, baby. I love you shy-people. You make me happy-face.)

Tell me your story by Sunday, February 12th by 11:11am PT. I’ll announce the winner in Monday’s post!

And now… for the interview! (You’ll want to save this for later, too. It’s so juicy.)

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Wondering who won the Kick-Ass Naming Session with Catherine Caine? It was Sang D! Go forth and name all the things, Sang!