$1,000 a Week Freelance Writing at Home

Thanks for commenting! I do earn substantially more than $1,000 each week. I am on MyLot and several other sites mostly for networking - but I'm actively trying to reach as many new writers as I can to make sure they don't fall into the trap of writing for pennies. I believe in karma - so the mre I do to help others, karma will return that good deed to me in one way or another :)

I think that it can be done. With the right tools. What do you think people that work for the magizines get payed well maybe not that much but writing can be very rewarding. I don't think I have the skills but I know someone that most likely does. she is going to try out some sites that she found online. Ill let her know about the blog too. quite frankly i havent been paid through this site yet it just seems to have caught me in its web. im addicted. do you do it just for the money because i dont theres too much helpful info that the people here share.

Thank you :)

My pleasure! I hope you find something useful on there that helps your writing career get off on the right foot :)

Have you ever read a magazine in a doctor's waiting room? Or at the hair salon? Who do you think writes those articles, quizzes, interviews and feature stories? Freelance writers write them. All of them.

Thanks so much for the info. I will be sure to check out those sites as I am anxious to get back to writing.

Yes! There are plenty of available opportunities right now. I've listed so many open markets on my blog that you're sure to find something that suits you. I personally like LikeToKnow.com or Demand Studios.com or TextBroker.com they pay regularly and there's always plenty of work.

Good luck :) I've tried to include information for people just starting out and also information for more established/experienced writers as well, so you should find something that suits you.

Always set your goals WAY higher than you really need, that way when you fail and only make it half way, you're still much better off than you were when you started ;) Seriously - it is possible to get paid more than $1,000 from ONE article that might take you one day to write. Print magazines pay freelancers this amount every day. I write for a couple of magazines on a semi-permanent basis because the pay is just so darn good. I also throw in a lot of small, stress-free stuff - this are my online writing endeavors. I have a few private clients who email me their orders directly. I also work on a part-time (i.e. whenever I can find spare time) basis for a few content creation companies (Demand Studios, Need-An-Article.net and TextBroker.com) - but I'm finding it difficult to keep up with these because my other work pays so much higher so that has to come first. I keep up with one paid forum posting company because it's brain-less work I can do when my daughter is running around (I don't need concentration do to these, so I get paid for being distracted). The best thing anyone can do if they're serious about building a freelance career is to work on things that you enjoy and then mix and match them so you don't get bored, but so you're always earning money from somewhere.

Thanks a lot for the information you share in your blog.Its an awesome collection for any newbie like me and also for established writers anywhere in the world.I have sent my first query letter of my career to a site I stumbled upon from your blog!

Well done and congratulations! I have my fingers crossed that you receive good news from your submission. Please let us know how you went. I'd love to hear about your progress :)

I hope you find plenty to grow your income nicely for you. There are certainly plenty of opportunities available, so make sure you take your pick of your options and I'm sure you'll be well on your way to a good income soon :)

im not suprised that you've heard of mturk. It started out as a cool site because i really needed money to keep the internet going and to pay some of the bills that have been growing for me. im going to take a closer look at your blog for these posts. it is so informative. funny how the first link you gave in your post is about horror and science fiction stories. I have so many things rolling through my head about these subjects. they even have some on the list that pay for sci fi poetry which i will be submiting some for. of course when it comes to these sites that are going to pay you will have to wait some time before they pay because they have to go over all entries and choose the best ones for their publication. right now im interested in anything that can 1 help me learn to write better 2 make me more money then im making on my other site 3 get me away from the slave labor site that ive been using. thank you for the post. keep me posted with how your doing on these ventures. I will write again. happy mylotting

The link I posted on my blog was for a specific horror site - do a simple search for Fiction Factor. Scroll down their front page until you see all their sister sites. You'll find that they also own Sci-fi Factor. Then go to THAT site. They have some amazing sci-fi market listings that pay so well you'll wonder why you ever wrote anything else :)

If you're still learning how things work and trying to improve your writing, then I'd suggest you go to my blog and check out either the paid blogging link or the paid forum posting link. Both are low paying - but they're both WAY higher pay than mturk. This will give you a bit more confidence to try bigger markets as you improve.

I have been to this forum. I think it's digusting that the owner can't find her own market listings, but is just copying them off the professional sites, like Ralan.com or Duotrope.com or Fictionfactor.com Why can't she research her own listings rather than copying and pasting what other professional sites have already researched??

Demand Studios used to be fabulous for quick, easy income. they've changed their payment structure only recently, so it's a little more difficult now - but it's still WAY higher than MyLot, Helium or Associated Content. You write, you submit your articles to the site and you get paid every month. Easy.

from what ive read most of them seem to specify what they want. most seem to want english content for there stories. i was reading someting on the list for fictionfacter saying that you need to read into if the publisher wants british/english or american/english maybe even australian english.

Australians are taught British English in school. We learn American English on the internet. This means I can happily write in either form with no problems.

I guess they must be for international writers. I'm in Australia and that's a whole lot of distance away from the US.

None of the sites I listed are anything like Helium. They are true freelance sites. Helium isn't - it's a revenue-sharing community. The markets, links and resources I listed are for publications who pay very well to receive writing from freelance writers just like us. They check your work thoroughly for plagiarism and your name goes on the article as the copyright holder.

Thanks I plan on checking these sites out...

i must say that you are very right about that. magizines have been publishing stories for a long time. where do you think these stories have come from. do you think they just took the time to write them themselves. well even if they hire a person for the magizine to write the stories ever month they are still spending money to have it done. there is money to be made