2021 Resolutions, Part Three
Dec. 27th, 2020 08:05 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rynling(7) Reprint my zines and sell them for actual money.
I’ve allowed everything on my Etsy store (here) to sell out, and as of this morning I only have two zines and a handful of stickers left. In 2020, I’d like to make a few more edits to my zines and reprint them. When I do, I’m going to keep track of all the expenses and figure out a price point that ensures I’m no longer losing money with each sale. What this probably means is that I’ll charge $5 per zine. I’m also going to start charging for shipping. Etsy doesn’t make this easy, so figuring out how it’s supposed to work is going to be a challenge.
(8) Reprint my business cards.
Somehow, in 2020, I managed to run out of business cards by including one with each zine order from Etsy. I should probably edit them to reflect my creative work and active social media before reprinting them.
(9) Create a section on my website for creative publications.
I need to figure out a good way to do this, since it’s the majority of what I do now. I should probably also update my bio to reflect this.
(10) Start mentioning my Patreon on Twitter.
I have a creator account on Patreon (here) that I use to post short artist’s statements on my writing, comics, and illustrations. With a small number of exceptions (which involve timed releases of the work I’ve submitted to zines), everything is completely free and open and accessible. I’ve been updating this account fairly regularly – usually two or three times a week – during the past year, and I think I’m ready to make it a bit more public.
I’ve allowed everything on my Etsy store (here) to sell out, and as of this morning I only have two zines and a handful of stickers left. In 2020, I’d like to make a few more edits to my zines and reprint them. When I do, I’m going to keep track of all the expenses and figure out a price point that ensures I’m no longer losing money with each sale. What this probably means is that I’ll charge $5 per zine. I’m also going to start charging for shipping. Etsy doesn’t make this easy, so figuring out how it’s supposed to work is going to be a challenge.
(8) Reprint my business cards.
Somehow, in 2020, I managed to run out of business cards by including one with each zine order from Etsy. I should probably edit them to reflect my creative work and active social media before reprinting them.
(9) Create a section on my website for creative publications.
I need to figure out a good way to do this, since it’s the majority of what I do now. I should probably also update my bio to reflect this.
(10) Start mentioning my Patreon on Twitter.
I have a creator account on Patreon (here) that I use to post short artist’s statements on my writing, comics, and illustrations. With a small number of exceptions (which involve timed releases of the work I’ve submitted to zines), everything is completely free and open and accessible. I’ve been updating this account fairly regularly – usually two or three times a week – during the past year, and I think I’m ready to make it a bit more public.
