Raw Drip

Since discovering the “Create Your Own Card” feature on someecards.com, I’ve become an unstoppable card creator often spending hours at my computer writing for fun and no profit.  When I shared my new obsession with several of my girlfriends, they were horrified at my stupidity. 

“Why would you license your great ideas for free?   Now someecards will make money off your back.  You’re like an intellectual property whore – just giving it away!”

 

“Whores charge for it, actually.  I think a more apt description of me would be intellectual property slut since I give my ideas away for free.”

 

“Whatever. My point is this: why aren’t you writing all these cards for Hallmark or finding some way to parlay your gift for pith into a business?”

 

“I don’t know.  I guess I just love that I’ve been given a free & easy vehicle for writing something that makes people laugh.  I don’t possess the marketing savvy to communicate my brilliance to a broad audience.  So, really, they’re doing me a favor, right?  Besides, maybe my cards will become so popular they’ll be forced to hire me.  How cool would that be?” 

 

“You’re delusional if you think anyone is hiring right now…”

 

“Hm.  Good point.  Well, let me know if you can think of a way to merchandise my creative genius and I’ll ditch my slutty ways and become a intellectual property whore for you.”

 

[silence...]

*****

Writing an ever-growing collection of free cards is demanding work; work that’s really hampered by the demands of my family and my job.  That means I’m listening to my friends.  I’m giving serious consideration to any ways I can transition from being an intellectual property slut to an intellectual property whore.

I figure if I maintain this pace I’m either going to creatively exhaust myself or somehow turn all of this into a job offer or some other money-making venture.  Either way, I need the help of my loyal drips.  Pimp me out!  I beg of you!  My attempts at tricking you to buy things off Raw Drip have failed to make me any money, so I think you cheapskates owe me some web 2.0 love.  Here’s what you can do to help: 

1. Click here for Samantha’s selection of  cards available only on someecards.com. 
2. While you’re there, vote for my cards, or better yet, send one of my cards to a friend, or an enemy – your choice. 
3. Share the link to this post or the link to my cards on the social networking site of your choosing (see the bottom of this post for links to digg, del.icio.us, facebook, and Twitter) 

Working together, we can overcome my stupid, intellectually slutty ways and, hopefully, add some money to my pile of funny.