My attempt at being an Author

I've been staring at this blank little square box that I'm suppose to write this audience capturing article in and then post my paragraphs of brilliance to the world.  My problem?  I can't write.  Not a lick.  I'm really not interesting, I don't have any earth shattering experiences to write about, so yup... I sit here and stare at this space and experience complete understanding of the term "writers block".

Then a small little thought starts to creep into existence as it unfolds in the back of my mind.... maybe, just maybe, I could write a bit about what I love to make, Note Cards.  Well, truthfully I couldn't just stop at Note Cards because I also love to make many other things, gift tags, book marks and I might even dabble in the occasional handmade book.  (by the way, my shop resides at artfire.com, you can find me here.)

So, now that I know WHAT to write about, all I have to figure out is how to go about doing it.  I really admire those that can write so effortlessly, how the words just flow from their pens and immediately make sense.  Me? not so easy, but here goes..

Why am I blogging in the first place?  Well, because I was told that it was necessary if I wanted to have a successful online presence with the sale of my handmade note cards.  I'm following a "45 Days To Success" plan and blogging comes in towards the end of week one - sigh.

The first thing that the "45 Days To Success" Plan tells me to do is set up my shop.  Well that was fun! I got to upload my pretty pictures (I thought they were pretty anyway) and I got to add some fun titles, a neat banner and even an Avatar.  I liked all that.  Then Day 2 came along.  Let's see... what does Day 2 have in store for me?  Reading.  Read some more and by the time I'm completely crossed eyed, read even more.  Yikes and Yuck and good lord save me from all the technical stuff.  I've learned more about Search Engine Optimization then I ever wanted to know. (Trust me, I wanted to know nothing about Search Engine Optimization - it makes my head hurt).  What did I get for all my hard reading?  I got Day 3, where I learned that I jumped the gun and set up my shop too early.  Double Yuck and triple Sigh because now I get to go back and pretty much undo everything I did on Day one.  Remember ever hearing that old adage... "Read the instructions first"? well, turns out that old saying is some great advice.  So back I went and re-did my banner, re-did my avatar, re-arrange my photographs and re-wrote my descriptions, page title, item titles and item tags.  Sheesh!

Oh yeah, back on Day 2 somewhere in all that reading I did, I was told that I needed somewhere between 60 and 100 items in my shop in order to stand a chance at being seen by google in a sea of other products.  Let me repeat that.... between 60 and 100 items... the texting term "OMG" comes to immediate mind.  I make NOTE CARDS! sets of NOTE CARDS!, what on Earth or re-phrasing, when on Earth am I going to have enough time, let alone enough creative juices flowing to ever make 100 sets of note cards?  I need to re-think the basis of my shop.  Tune in tomorrow (ideally) or in the next couple of days (more than likely) for the answer to this delimma.