Make Money Writing Poems

Every Dollar Counts

Kerry Mulherin, Yahoo! Contributor Network
Feb 27, 2008 "Share your voice on Yahoo! websites. Start Here."

As shown in many money making topics here, generating cash publishing your creative articles is a long term process. All that is great, do the work once and the income will grow larger over time. It stays done. But to benefit most from the work you have done, you can use what you have posted here offline as well, to maximize your earnings.
If you love to write as I do, then Poetry is more than likely a huge section in your own library of articles. Here's how to squeeze dollars out of them,not just cents.

When you're in a discount store next, look for some cheap picture frames. These can be purchased for only one dollar in many places, and you will only need small frames around 8-10 inches wide. Also, grab a few sheets of colored tissue paper or cellophane paper. In fact, any paper you use would be fine, even the usual gift wrapping designs look smart when used on the appropriate occasions.
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Next, go into your article library and select a dozen or so of your favorite poems. Print each one, and ad it to the small frames with the colored paper as a backing. The printed article will need to be smaller than your frames itself, so the pretty paper behind it serves as an attractive border. If you'd like to spend a little more time on these you could even ad a baby photo or a logo of some kind to mark a particular event.

Recently I used some small black frames, printed in only black ink, and set a poem about fishing into the frame using newspaper as a background. It made a cool Birthday present for my Father in law.

For example, you might have a collection of Halloween Poetry. A striking piece of orange paper behind it, and into a black frame will get you $5 at the Flea Markets.
There are many options available to you, but don't just type and forget. You put thought into the work you did, and you most likely did it to make money anyway.
Why not keep your work alive and it will keep on earning for you for every month at the local market, your yard sales, or ask a Craft store to sell them and offer a commission.

Published by Kerry Mulherin

Kerry is a freelance writer and blogger. She is currently working toward an advanced degree in Industrial/Organizational Psychology with an emphasis on web business, member productivity and motivation, and i... View profile

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