The World of Freelance Writing

I am stuck at home with no car and no job because of no car. I am 20 miles from town. I have a thirteen year old disabled son that I have to take care of and living on 800 a month just isn't cutting it. We are close to losing our place as well. So I took the plunge. I started looking around at freelance writing sites. Found one that is pretty good. Signed up, logged in, placed my first couple of bids. Bad thing about this site is you only get 15 connects a month. Which means I can only contact 15 people. Elance so far has done quite well for me to the tune of 90 bucks.




Good news....I hit on my second bid. Then again a sucker is born every minute. I took the first job offered to me for a good chunk of change...90 bucks. Guy hires me again for the second one. Doesn't finance the assignment this time. I send him a polite message asking him to fund escrow or I cannot continue. I get a NASTY, and I mean NASTY response from him that made me decide to cancel the project. His loss, not mine. 


During this time I won another bid which I am currently in the middle of working on. I am loving it. I am doing book reviews for a guy selling his trilogy on Amazon.com. It has been a lot of fun and I get to read books which is my passion! I also get to tell him about any mistakes in the books. One of my reviews is right here:

I have put in a few more bids but no hits yet. Hoping in the next day or two to find work. I am tempted to sign up at a few more freelance writing sites to better my odds at making money. However, I do not have a lot of experience writing for other people. I have been writing my entire life and I love books. I have no problems doing research writing or creative writing. So, how to get myself out there? It was suggested to me that I start a blog and try to get followers. Not sure who wants to read the ramblings of a single mom of a disabled child, but here goes! I will write about life in general, dealing with my son's many struggles, my writing career as it (hopefully) takes off and try not to bore anyone to tears.