Freelance Writing for Greeting Card Companies (Paperback)

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Freelance Writing for Greeting Card Companies is a comprehensive guide for writers of all types with a desire to write for the lucrative and wide spread greeting card market. The book will show a writer how to enter the greeting card market. Writers will be taken step-by-step through the process of professionally preparing their work to be reviewed by editors. Writers will also be shown how to approach the greeting card market on a professional business level.

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Do Patrisha Stauss' methods work? Here's what one greeting card executive says:

"Patrisha Stauss tells writers everything they need to know about being professional--from researching greeting card companies and their guidelines to following correct procedures for submitting work. I wish everyone would read this book before submitting their cards--in all categories. If they did, our industry might be able to lengthen the list of successful contributors. I recommend Freelance Writing For Greeting Card Companies to anyone who aspires to writing for this market. Patrisha's book is outstanding."

--Norman Drittel, President of Love Greeting Cards, Inc. and noted Miami artist/photographer

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Product Details

• Paperback: 57 pages
• Publisher: Pub. (September 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0942963261
• ISBN-13: 978-0942963267
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.3 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #997,052 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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34 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Useful Knowledge, November 21, 1999

By A Customer

I found this book well-written and by & large, accurate. Other books I've found helpful have been Molly Wigand's and especially a new book out by Sandra Miller-Louden, called Write Well & Sell: Greeting Cards. Armed with any of these books, a "newbie" can certainly break into the business of card writing.

21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars An Interesting Potential Market, January 15, 2004

By	Jennifer Stewart (write101.com Brisbane, Australia) - See all my reviews

Now here's something you may not have considered writing ... greeting card messages. Just pause to think for a moment how many cards there are in gift shops, newsagencies, department stores etc. Squillions of 'em ... and someone has to write all the verses in them! Why not you?

Patrisha Stauss has been doing this for a number of years and has written an informative little booklet that explains how to go about researching the market, contacting publishers and protecting your rights. She also emphasises the importance of taking a professional approach to your writing. After all, if you hope to support your brood of starving children or keep your spoilt furred, finned and feathered friends in the manner to which they have become accustomed, you need to adopt a business-like attitude.

Many of the tips Patrisha gives in her book Freelance Writing for Greeting Card Companies would apply to any type of writing, not just greeting cards. She gives a list of the basic equipment you need to set up as a professional writer and some of the ongoing costs associated. Things we tend to overlook like paper, ink cartridges, discs and then visits from your friendly, local 'puter doctor.

Because greeting card verses and messages are brief, you need to submit multiple ideas to publishers, so you really need to have a foolproof system to keep track of your submissions, and Patrisha has some practical ways you can do this in her book.

19 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Freelance Advice, April 8, 2001

By	"bsproductions" (Sacramento, CA United States) - See all my reviews

The book helped me to better understand what is expected of editors &/or greeting card companies. The material in the book was well organized. It helped me to get more organized within the realm of preparing my work for the market. This is a good business type book to get one started in pursuing a possible career in writing for greeting card companies. I found it to be very informative and recommend it to anyone who plans to be a freelance writer for greeting cards.