The Beginning, The Ink

Yesterday I wanted to make my first entry but the site was down when I was up. Anyway, these entries on this particular blog will be sort of the ins and outs of how I am starting my business. I don't have anon-going business (never have), I have no money to start it with,(I am basically spending the left over change from my checks...for instance, if I make 475.00 that week, I keep $15.00 for the business...and the rest becomes money orders to pay bills) and I have no help with my business endeavors, I wear all of the hats.

So I am lauching an adult literature business after many years and months of procrastination, hesitation and hibernation. I am a writer but it is very hard to get writing work with out having a degree. I am literally one paycheck away from being on the street, very deep in default on student loans and school is not an option. I would wish that I could find help paying off loans and just going back, not having to worry about the rent but I have never waited for a hand-out and I probably still won't. So, moving on.

Yesterday, since I have had a marketing/business plan saved on my hard drive for awhile, I re-opened and figured out ways to tweak and add vital information. Then I decided that I needed to figure out how the final product would look. The features and tha packaging. I priced ink which is highway robbery at well-known office supply companies, but if you just Google your ink cartridge model# (cartridge #, I dunno) But Google it and you will find a gang of online retailers selling ink for more than $10 bucks less than the original price. Ink for my HP costs $20 and well its $10 at emerald. (www.EmeraldRecycling.Com). There may be other places, this is just where I bought it from. And free shipping!

Okay, I am not at all cheap. Even the most expensive, exclusive companies welcome and accept discounts and of course the best possible low price for everything from jewelry to yachts without sacrificing their classy reputation. Who pays full price for anything anyway? Sometimes I have to but when I don't, I won't.

I priced paper and those report covers. And as I am comparing and pricing and comparing some more, I know at some point I will have to decide the cost of producing each peice of literature, but that's another day, another post. Right now, I am still bargain hunting.

I know that it is going to be difficult but the best thing about being a poor little girl is that you know how it feels. So if in my journey, I fall back towards the welfare line, thre is no way that I would be distraught. I already know the drill. I've been broke. I've eaten cereal with water and pretended that it was milk, I have felt less than perfect because I have always thought that my life wasn't as perfect as other people, so... I am made of some outstanding material because I aint broken yet!!!!