I started marketing my new bread-baking service this week.  Part of how I came up with the idea was a way to use my bread-baking skills without having to get up at 4:30 am like professional bakers often have to do.  So what did I find myself doing this week? Getting up at 4:30 am so that I could bake and get bread and fliers delivered to two real estate offices before their 9 am weekly meeting.  The irony is not lost on me and I found myself chanting the old Dunkin’ Donuts refrain as I blindly moved around the kitchen – “Time to make the donuts”.  On the bright side it’s only for two days a week and for a couple of weeks that I’ll be doing this that intensively.

I’m getting serious about selling online as well but am finding all the options of shopping carts and privacy issues overwhelming.  So I’m considering starting with Etsy which is an affordable place to start and seems to be growing in reputation. I’m not sure how photography sales do there but jewelry seems to be popular as do crafting graphics (something else to try!) I’m working on paring down what it would be nice to do to what is absolutely essential to start.  That seems to be about 10% of what I start out thinking is a “must”…

On the writing front my self-imposed deadline of June 15 is fast approaching for finishing The Novel (working title.)  Which has only been on my list of things to get done for the last 5 years.  I haven’t made much progress so now I’m wondering if I buckle down over the weekend, can I get 40,000 words written that would be worth it?  Or do I admit defeat and at least move my personal goal post?  I’m leaning towards chaining myself to the computer but I’m not sure what I’ll end up doing – check back next week for the answer;-)

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