tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post954777909708585035..comments2024-03-27T07:18:58.033+00:00Comments on Frances Garrood: Greetings cards (again)Frances Garroodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-28387917723276360682011-09-16T14:42:01.630+01:002011-09-16T14:42:01.630+01:00It's so long ago, I can't really remember ...It's so long ago, I can't really remember how I got into it, Frances.<br /><br />I know it started with Simon Elvin. I was paid about 50p per verse and sold hundreds of them.<br /><br />Now I write for three publishers and get paid anything up to £50. How times change!! Mind you, They don't buy nearly so many these days since the old credit crunch.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-51391524550218632882011-09-15T14:13:40.387+01:002011-09-15T14:13:40.387+01:00Gail, how interesting! How did you come to do that...Gail, how interesting! How did you come to do that?<br /><br />Colette, yes. Awful, isn't it?Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-36574954274322535952011-09-15T11:37:43.171+01:002011-09-15T11:37:43.171+01:00Speechless - just shaking my head.Speechless - just shaking my head.Colette McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00383068332228040704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-53605154596444325272011-09-15T10:15:38.557+01:002011-09-15T10:15:38.557+01:00That's awful!
I write verses for greetings car...That's awful!<br />I write verses for greetings cards and I can't imagine any publisher buying it. But, there you go! Perhaps it just proves that there's a market for anything if you look long and far enough.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-1739202760589756762011-09-15T09:35:14.754+01:002011-09-15T09:35:14.754+01:00Patsy, of course you could!
Hi, Anna. I think the...Patsy, of course you could!<br /><br />Hi, Anna. I think the problem with humorous cards is that after a very short while, you've seen them all, and they're no longer amusing. I used to love the Gary Larson ones, but by the time you've received about tne of each....Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-50081764715996471682011-09-14T20:50:08.885+01:002011-09-14T20:50:08.885+01:00Eeew buying cards is so difficult. I bought two t...Eeew buying cards is so difficult. I bought two today for my sons - I like (and they do) off the wall humour, but all of that ilk today had sexual conotations - so had to buy boring stuff.<br /><br />The card you described is most interesting and the poem is pretty naff - but a clever ploy in widening the market.<br /><br />Anna :o]hyperCRYPTICalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11967085628384237933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-79210975144560490542011-09-14T13:18:21.268+01:002011-09-14T13:18:21.268+01:00I think even I could write a better poem than that...I think even I could write a better poem than that!Patsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12263765378083045973noreply@blogger.com