I want to get some writing-related business cards before the RWA National Conference in Washington this summer, and I’m having trouble deciding what to put on them. My name is a critical component, obviously, as are email and phone. However, I do not think I will put on my home address, both for privacy reasons and because I move often enough that I don’t want to have my card be obsolete in six months.

The trickiest part is my occupation and the description of my business. I am calling myself a writer because that’s what I am, even if I haven’t made any money for my labors yet. Beyond that, though, I want something on the card that hints at the type of writing I do. I can do this partially through the font, color, etc. — if I choose pink with a flowing script font, it’s clear that I write traditional romances rather than paranormals (although I do want to write paranormals someday). But I also want a tagline to describe what I write in one pithy, memorable sentence.

I spent a few minutes brainstorming tonight, and clearly I’m going to have to do more — what I came up with is definitely memorable, but not particularly useful (“Love in the Time of Syphilis” and “Sara Ramsey: Ramming It Old-School” were my two favorite inappropriate taglines). So, it’s back to the drawing board — do you have any thoughts?