18 Weekends and Counting
There are now 120 days left in 2011 and I’m starting to buckle down and get this business plan off the ground. If all goes well I should be ready to roll into 2012 with posts in queue, product in...
View ArticleStocking the Shelves
Well, this little project didn’t quite turn out as planned. I figured I’d sort through the piles and make a list of things that were finished and Ready-for-Sale (RfS)– but I have one thing for that...
View ArticleQuarters For College (or: Income Goals for 2012)
Due to some shuffling of future plans, it looks like the business needs to start picking up some expected income drop-offs come 2013. So instead of ambling into next year, I need to ramp things up a...
View ArticleThe First 42
Hammering out a sales plan to meet the January 2012 income goal is a lot harder than I thought it would be. Going into this project I was fairly confident that the first $42 would be the easiest to...
View ArticleWhy I’m Using Amazon Payments Instead Of PayPal
I’ve heard horror stories about PayPal for almost as long as the company has existed. There are numerous websites about the various folks they’ve taken money from and sellers that they have screwed...
View ArticleSaturday Story Prompt Collections
One of my yearly goals is to find a way to repackage existing blog content in an easy-to-read eBook format in order to stock the Dollar Shelves. With that in mind, I sorted out the blog by category…...
View ArticleSaturday Story Prompt Collections – Take 2
So after poking around with the idea of doing a Saturday Story Prompt collection I came to the realization that I can’t rationalize charging someone a dollar just to take 4-5 previous blog posts and...
View ArticleMicro Mini Shipping Methods, Redux
I’ve been using USPS Priority Mail for all my Etsy listings, which works out to roughly $6.51 for VA to CA shipping for a 5oz package. The boxes are free and the tracking number is included, so it...
View ArticleSmall Horse Head Magnets : Costs, How-to’s, etc.
I’m finally getting ready to start posting magnets to Etsy, so I figured what better time to do a How-to on how I make them, how much they cost to make (and sell). This will cover all the supplies...
View ArticleBundling Prompts for NaNoWriMo
On top of the Custom Prompt eBooks, I’m also looking at offering some theme-bundled prompts before NaNoWriMo starts up again. There’s nothing quite as much fun as getting other folk’s PlotBunnies...
View ArticleWhen I Grow Up…
I won a 30-min coaching/strategy session in a random-draw survey contest over at Story Bistro and I find myself in the odd position of having to put some serious thought into my long-term business...
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18 Weekends and Counting
Planplanplan There are now 120 days left in 2011 and I’m starting to buckle down and get this business plan off the ground. If all goes well I should be ready to roll into 2012 with posts in queue,...
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Couch to 1.667k : the Camp NaNoWriMo wordcount adventure!
It’s once again time to start mulling over what sort of project I want to do for the April session of Camp NaNoWriMo! In the past I’ve done attempts at proper 50k novels, short story collections,...
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Looking forward to NaNoWriMo!
NaNo Approacheth! It’s time once again to start making plans for November… of course my plans rarely survive contact with the 1st, it’s still fun to try! Since last year’s post-a-day worked well for...
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Of Pins and Prompts
What’s old is new again! I’ve been working to try and pull visitors into the blog via Pinterest and the easiest way to do that has turned out to be the Saturday Story Prompts! …Which is odd, because I...
View ArticleMicro Mini Shipping Methods, Redux
I’ve been using USPS Priority Mail for all my Etsy listings, which works out to roughly $6.51 for VA to CA shipping for a 5oz package. The boxes are free and the tracking number is included, so it...
View ArticleWhen I Grow Up…
I won a 30-min coaching/strategy session in a random-draw survey contest over at Story Bistro and I find myself in the odd position of having to put some serious thought into my long-term business...
View ArticleCouch to 1.667k : the Camp NaNoWriMo wordcount adventure!
It’s once again time to start mulling over what sort of project I want to do for the April session of Camp NaNoWriMo! In the past I’ve done attempts at proper 50k novels, short story collections, books...
View ArticleLooking forward to NaNoWriMo!
It’s time once again to start making plans for November… of course my plans rarely survive contact with the 1st, it’s still fun to try! 🙂 Since last year’s post-a-day worked well for [Placeholder], I’m...
View ArticleOf Pins and Prompts
I'm taking a stab at using the Saturday Story Prompts to bring in more traffic from Pinterest... time to break out the spreadsheets and have some fun! The post Of Pins and Prompts first appeared on...
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