Price Debate

So, I find myself, as I place more items on my Etsy shop, dealing with the price debate again. What to charge for my jewelry? I try taking cost of materials into account, and the time it takes me to make things, but I’m afraid that equates to a price that’s too high. Though many people have told me how much they love my creations, they’re not exactly flying off the shelves. Are my prices too high, or are the people who would want my jewelry just not finding my creations?

So I put some bracelets online last night for a cheaper price, to see how that goes. My loving support group on face book insisted that I put them up at too low a price. But apparently the correct price and the price items will sell at are two different things. I'm going to give it a try for now, let me know what you think.

I'm BAAACK

Hello again! NaNoWriMo is finally over, and I have taken my required siesta from all things writing. I’ve had friends and family request to read my novel. In a word, no. In two, not yet. As our NaNo leader stated in our pre-writing meeting: “One month to write the first draft, 11 months for editing.” Much of my novel was written while held conscious only by caffeine, or while distracted by other, less important things, like work.

I want to have a go through on my first draft before I let anyone else read it, to clean up glaring continuity or grammar errors. For example, I think I may have changed a character’s name ½ way through. Though I know what I meant, another reader wouldn’t, and I don’t want the little things like that taking a reader, even a proof-reader, out of the story.

So please, be patient and understanding; this is, after all, my first time. =)