Category Archives: Market of the Month

Market of the Month: Oatmeal Studios

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Oatmeal Studios is a greeting card market. Yeah, that’s right. But a humorous greeting card market. Maybe there’s something terribly amusing about oatmeal that I just don’t grasp. Which might make it difficult for me to break into this market.

But hope springs eternal. I’m always sending out greeting card ideas. I’ve got, as the saying goes, a million of ’em. And one day, a Cathy C. Hall funny bon mot or two is going to sit up on that greeting card shelf in the grocery store. And I’m going to wait behind the shelf, watching people read cards. Possibly pushing, er, pointing them politely to a humorous Oatmeal Studios card.

Hey, it could happen. But I’ve got to actually write them first. So, let’s check out this market and put our funny pens to paper. Because I bet you’ve got a million ideas, too. And if you think oatmeal is hilarious, you’re already one step ahead of me.

Market of the Month: Bylines Desk Calendar

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Time to change the market of the month, mateys! Okay, I got a little carried away with the whole alliteration thing. But that’s because I’m so excited about this month’s market: Bylines Desk Calendar!

You can visit the website for all the information you need to submit. Or you can check out Donna’s Book Pub here; the editor, Sylvia Forbes, visited and shared some fine tips. What you can’t do is sit around on your thumbs. ‘Cause the deadline for next year’s submissions is March 1st!

So, c’mon. You know you’ve got 300 scathingly brilliant writing words in you. (Gee, I hope I didn’t use my month’s allotment up when I submitted!) Shove off with you, now, and good luck, mateys!