How Do You Write For Greeting Card Companies?
Freelance writing opportunities abound on the Internet, but breaking into more lucrative markets like greeting cards is a lot more challenging. Writing for magazines requires a thick skin and results in lots of rejections, but writing for greeting cards can be even more financially rewarding if you are good. Pay can range from just a few dollars per verse to upwards of $100 depending on the company! Visit a store that sells greeting cards.Take notes on the publishers of the different cards. Visit the web sites for each greeting card publisher that you find. Look for writers guidelines or an email address. If you can only find the email address (or even if all you can find is a snail mail address), write to ask about guidelines. (If you correspond by snail mail, include a SASE with your query). Match your ideas to the companies. Some companies like humor, some sarcasm, and some prefer solemn cards. Likewise, some companies prefer rhyming verse while others do not accept rhyme at all. Su
