Hi All, as some of you may know I launched my own poetry business not so long ago. MAC provides personalized poems for special occasions.

Would you buy something like that? Why or why not?

I'm curious cause people have told me that it really won't work but yet there are sites that sell poetry on mugs etc.

Love M
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I might - depending

Best wishes !

No. I'm a creative writer, I'll write my own.

thanks Mach and Dayclear.

if i was really into it, possibly...
i'd rather be given one by someone who cares enough about me, like a lover or something

I probably wouldn't.

I think poetry is a little too intimate to just whim one for whoever the paying client is.


Just my view.

I'm sure there's a market for this out there... you just have to find out who they are and how to reach them.

Also good would be for you to print 5 (or so...) of YOUR favorites on a mug or shirt and then sell them on Etsy.com to get your name AND work out there. Then you can also let people know that you also do custom/one-off creations...

sammij said:

JerseyKRS said:

I don't just get the money and write. We discuss it for a while.

RenHoek said:

thanks hun,

Personally I wouldn't, poetry being something I never could understand

Can I just say that on your website, the photo of you looks very mysterious, like a fortune teller. Your text is very friendly, forward, open and professional, but your photo almost contradicts that

ZombieKitten said:

. oh wow @ fortune teller. I don't have any other ones that I can put up. I'll be taking photos next Thursday. Should I just take that one down then?

missmad said:

Leave it until you get the new one. Do you know what I mean though? The moody light, your intense gaze? VERY mysterious!!!! You look totally gorgeous but possibly intimidating

ZombieKitten said:

ok. . ah wow never thought of it that way ( intimidating).

I'd do it, but not sight unseen. Beauty in verse is so subjective that I'd have to be sure I personally see it before I shelled out my cash.

missmad said:

your other black and white shot that you had for your books/acting is nice (but probably too old now) you have a more open look.

Lammastide said:

And that is the way I work as well, they will see it first. If they don't like it they don't pay the remainder of the balance until it is up to their standard.
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ZombieKitten said:

yea way too old, 19. lol

missmad said:

Dayclear said:

Ditto.

ZombieKitten said:

ernestsewell said:

cool

missmad said:

I could maybe get with this arrangement, then. Of course, then you'd need to control for a client simply plagiarizing your stuff.

Lammastide said:

I didn't think of this. Thanks hun, I''ll put it in the contract.
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missmad said:

I have the same problems in my line of work potentially folks can run off with a visual, terminate the contract, or simply never answer my calls again. I'm totally wary of new clients thanks to that having happened to me before

if i were 19 again and single i might buy one for a girl i fancied, if i thought it might get me somewhere.

ZombieKitten said:

What did you do to deal with this. Orgnote if you want.

whistle said:

Make sure you register a copyright for any writing you sell, print, put online, etc. Technically once you write it down, it's copyrighted, but if you're ever in a dispute you'll be better off if you have an official copyright from the government. (At least in the US.)


In response to the original question -- most likely, not. I would probably be more apt to buy something with a poem on it. But then you're sort of getting into greeting cards, aren't you?

One word:

Shausler

Two more words:

Hell yes!