Welcome fellow writers

I originally set up this blog to have a central point for all my favourite writing sites and to allow me to share these with others. All the links are to places I have found useful - or plan to in the near future. I will add more as and when I find them and welcome suggestions for any sites you recommend. Good luck with your writing endeavours, Jo

Friday 23 May 2008

Find Work As A Writer Now!

There is a virtually untapped market out there that is ripe for writers with our skills and experience. Writing web-articles and content is a huge business, with sites like GetAFreelancer.com, Elance.com and Guru.com providing lists of projects to bid on.

It works like this - visit the site and create your profile. Most of the sites are free to join, you may get a limited number of bids for the basic membership but this is fine to start with. Then browse the projects - you will be amazed at the amount of work that is out there. Check out how other providers word their bids first, then give it a go. I won a project to write 30 short articles within days of joining GetAFreelancer, and this has led on to more work, including ghostwriting an ebook.

A word of warning though - lots of the buyers are looking for content very cheaply, and there are many providers who are happy to work for these small sums. Look out for the jobs where perfect English is required, and include samples to give you a fighting chance. Good luck!