When people are looking for ways to make money writing, they assume that the best paid jobs must be really difficult to get.  Well a little known fact is that you can get paid up to $300 for writing an original poem or prose that can be used on greeting cards!

Yes the humble greeting card can earn you that much money.  You can submit as many as you like so if you get just 10 accepted, that would earn you a tidy $3000 profit, for very little effort.  Of course not every submission will be accepted, but this is something you can do while waiting for the train, over your morning coffee, even sitting on the loo!

If you do not want to concentrate on it full time it is a great time filler which could be added to your multiple streams of income.

To find out exactly what is required and how you can start earning visit:  Blue Mountain Arts and get paid to write greeting cards.

This is the title of a free report that is offered by AuthorShock.com giving new authors or wannabe authors some invaluable advice.

If you read some websites on the internet they would have you believe that you do not need any help to get published - simply use a print-on-demand service and voila , you are famous.  The problem is that if you self publish, you also need to self market your book which can be a huge undertaking if you want it to get any sort of attention and therefore sales.

So your next step might be to find a publisher, but do you know what you should be asking for and what terms are usually offered to authors?  As Joe and Debs say on the website:

• Making the wrong choice will cost you dearly and make your writing journey far more difficult than it needs to be.
• Making the right choice will enable you to keep more control, command higher royalties and earn a proper full-time living from your passion.

Anyone thinking of writing a book can learn a lot from these two and you can pick up a copy of the free report:

7 Shocking Sins Committed by Authors at:  www.AuthorShock.com.