This blog outlines 10 different strategies for finding paid work as a freelance writer -- it's for new freelancers or anyone thinking about a writing side-hustle.

Professional writer, designer, and blogger. When she’s not publishing eBooks, designing embroidery patterns, or blogging — Mel’s out in the sunshine finding new stories.
Have you ever wondered how you could make money writing? Either as a freelance writer, self-published author, or highly paid ghostwriter? The 21st Century brings with it enormous possibility for writers everywhere as we live in a time where information, knowledge, and ideas are valuable commodities and a key source of economic growth. Someone just needs to write them down.
We writers are no longer constrained by the boundaries of our geographic location, because once our WritingBiz (writing business) is setup legally and correctly, we have the freedom to write for clients everywhere and anywhere. Just as long as they pay as us according to the terms we negotiated at the beginning of the writing project.
It’s an exciting time because to really make money as a writer all you need is three things:
Of course writer websites, portfolios, marketing toolkits, social media profiles, quiet working spaces, writer’s groups, writing apps, and business networks all support your writing business, but without the three essentials (skills, WritingBiz, and productivity) you’ll find it almost impossible to make enough money to sustain a fabulous 21st Century lifestyle.
So welcome to WritingBiz.net, an information and learning space for freelance writers, or anyone wanting to know how to (not just) make money writing, but make writing a profitable, enjoyable, and sustainable career choice.
Melinda J. Irvine
Freelance Writer, Poet and Blogger
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UPDATE 19 June 2019: this is no longer an appropriate SEO method and is not approved by Google. Using it may actually damage your SEO efforts. I have already deleted the reciprocal links off my website. Mel.