Freelance Writing Jobs for May 22, 2009
May 22, 2009 by Deb Ng
Filed under Writing Gigs
So yesterday as the bus driver is dropping of my son, she wishes me a happy four day weekend. I offer my own good wishes and begin the walk up the driveway. “Wait a minute…” I stopped in my tracks and looked at my son, “what did she mean ‘four day weekend?’” Apparently we’re using up an unused snow day today. I don’t seem to have gotten the memo. The good news is that I work at home. What if I didn’t? I’d have to find child care and make arrangements. Sometimes I miss the camaraderie of working an office job, but for the most part, I’m so happy to be working at home.
Leads..
- Funny Writers Wanted – $20/article
- Freelance Business Reporters
- Book Author/Ghost Writer
- Antique Bloggers - $20 – $25/post
- Freelance Writer for Website, Marketing Material and More
- Freelance Writer - $15/hour
- Back Up Editor Needed for Team – Vancouver
- Seeking Marketing Writer for Healthcare Field - Part Time – Telecommute OK – $10/hour
- Manuscript Polishing – Tampa
- Web Content Needed – $10/page
- Web Content copy Writer – Toronto
- Adult Copywriter Needed – Atlanta
- Copy Writer for Long Sales Letters with Supplements
- Green Travel Bloggers – $25 – $45/post
- Writer Needed to Write About Boston and the Surrounding Communities
- Writer to Update Website Text
- Writers for College Prep Site
- Writer Needed for Marketing Plan
- Freelance Writer Wanted - Chicago
- Ghostwriters needed - $250 – $1500/month
- Los Angeles Based Freelance Writer Wanted
- Blogging for Ecards
- Ghostwriter for Maxim Style Magazine
- High School Curriculum Help - Los Angeles
- Writer for iPhone App Manual - $600
- Freelance Writers – Textbroker.com
- Freelance Writers for Young Urban Moms - $50/post
- Business Plan Outline
- Web Content Writers Needed
- Ghostwriter Wanted
- Writers for SAT/ACT Website
- Web Content - Russia/Russian History
- Help Research Law Suits Around the Country – Tempe – $21/hour
- Green travel Blogger - $20 – $50/post
- Looking for Writer and Editor – $25/hour – San Francisco
Enjoy the weekend – if you live in the States, enjoy the long holiday weekend!
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Thanks for the leads, Deb.
In the rare moments that I even consider I could make my living by writing, I am stopped abruptly by my the thought of not being able to provide for my family.
They’re the reason for everything in my life, and the thought of not being able to provide for their every whim scares the crap out of me.
Hey Deb, thanks for the early leads! enjoy the day with your family and have a great holiday weekend.
As a freelance writer based in San Diego, I find it quite amusing that an ad for a magazine about San Diego indicates the freelance writer has to be based in Los Angeles. We’ll see what’s up with that!
I also sometimes miss my old office. I’m single and live alone, so not having that human interaction every day is taxing. I’ve considered renting a single-unit office near my place in an office share building to have a little of that resemblance back.
/waves
Hi neighbor (San Diego)
Wow! Thanks so much for all the wonderful work you do Deb, and the spectacular service you provide for free–love this site again for two straight days now–great job with the leads.
I didn’t check this site for a few months and now I’ve commented twice in 48 hours (I promise not to comment for years.) But checking it for months a few years ago launched my freelance writing career and I owe it mostly to this site…it just seems there’s so few high paying jobs out there right now while the competition grows larger by the day and the pay gets lower. I guess the secret to freelance writing lucratively is just keeping onto those loyal high paying clients that you’ve worked with for years–better to have just a couple freelance writing gigs that pay great and take minimal time and effort–I see a lot of this Demand Studios and other things that would take like a hundred articles and dozens more extra hours spent writing than a great gig can get you for just one article in a couple hours…maybe I am just lazy and would rather just spend a couple hours a week on the freelance thing and wouldn’t do it for less than like $150 an hour per assignment, but I’m sorry all these gigs are so low paying for all the people trying to break into it and even those who have done it for decades, (I mean $10-20 for an article? Maybe for a paragraph, but for that money the rate comes out to like 2-3 cents per word, or less.) But despite this terrible market I still encourage you all to persevere. I remember around the time when I first found this site how hard it was to break in–and it took me months to land gigs. It took us all years to really master this freelance thing, and my best advice would be to stay creative and artistic and write for the art and not the money–if you are gifted and lucky the money will come–but don’t be discouraged to spend two or three months writing a great book manuscript instead; chances are that book can be sold for much more than you will earn freelance writing in this current market…and who knows–you might just get a greedy literary agent and a million dollar advance and become a best selling author. My point is a lot of freelance writers only do it for the money and not the art; and that’s crazy; those truly terrific writers (you know who you are) know they can do it naturally and they’re gifted artists first inspired by their muse and freelance writers second because the best talent always makes it to the top; so stick with it and keep writing and working; but never do it only for the money; better to write for free for a few months than work for some of these slave wage jobs I’ve seen on here and everywhere else; be sagacious not complacent. Anyway, good luck to all and sorry for my loquacious commenting again (I never comment on blogs or anything, but just wanted to say thanks)–I am retired from the site now and ashamed by seeing these pervasive low paying gigs–but the fabulous service you provide is admirable and I am going to donate some money, and I think many others who have become such successful freelance writers should do the same; we love this service and it’s the least we can do! Carpe diem from Los Cabos:)
Spot on, Matthew!
Deb: great work and thanks! I am fairly new to the site and check in daily…what I miss most about office work: the smell, of perfume, coffee, etc…
I’m glad it’s not just me that misses all the school notices. Two weeks ago, the high school sent out a note that all students were not to come to school until noon. Only most parents received that letter four days before the half-day, some didn’t get it at all. Rearranging car pools on short notice was nightmarish, so in the end, I opted to keep my son home for the day.
I’ve also learned they have a half day next week, and had to call the school to find out when. Even the office wasn’t sure and had to call me back. Talk about disorganized!
Field trips are another complaint. My daughter came home yesterday with paperwork for a field trip that requires $15 by Friday or she can’t go. With 32 hour work weeks, getting together that cash on short notice isn’t easy. Plus, they are going to a pool, so they have to wear what the school calls “appropriate swimwear.” I called to find out what that means and apparently it is NO bikinis and swimsuit must completely cover both “cheeks” and straps must be at least two fingers wide. My daughter only owns bikinis, so now I have to go buy something new. I’m not happy and am fighting this. Finding a size 0 swimsuit that meets their requirements and appeals to a teen isn’t easy. I found one yesterday for $78, but I’m not paying that much for a suit I know she’ll rarely wear.
Hi back, neighobor Matt!
lwaves 2 & anything ocean but no, I don’t surf–too old!
Hey, one more San Diegan checking in!
Working from home definitely has its advantages, Deb, like being able to rearrange your schedule more easily. I know my friends who have kids already in school are constantly having to rearrange to worry about endless half days and obscure holidays. I don’t know how 9-5 (working) parents do it!
A flexible schedule allows us to do errands during the week. I wish I’d remembered that Saturday when I went to Costco. What was I thinking?! I’ll stick to weekday trips from now on, thankyouverymuch.
I always used to do my grocery shopping either first-thing on a Saturday morning (like around 6 or 7 a.m., LONG before people are waking up on the weekend), or we would go into Safeway around midnight on a Friday night. The parking lot was empty, so you can get right up close, and there’s NOBODY in the store.
Produce can be a bit meh that late at night, so best time to go is first thing in the morning
But yeah…I absolutely HATED going to ANY store, especially the supermarket, during prime-time Sat and Sun. It’s like fighting to find the last piece of meat on earth, and every single primate in the jungle is after the same thing. No thanks!
We gave up our Costco membership and really I haven’t missed it at all. I never found a quiet time in that store day or night, weekday or weekend. Parking is always a nightmare, customers in the store are plain rude and I grew tired of paying $50 a year when I realized I wasn’t saving that much. I would save money on milk, eggs and frozen veggies, but when our local general store dropped his milk prices to $2.69 a gallon, we save gas, time and get to shop where the owner knows us by name.
Plus, I had a friend working at Costco (handing out food samples.) They fired her one day while handing out chicken nugget samples. Back then, the dipping sauce was in one bowl rather than individual cups and she caught a customer double-dipping. She dumped the ranch out. Got a new bowl and filled it with more dressing. The customer watched her do it, complained to management and my friend lost her job for wasting food and upsetting the customer. Not a place I want having my business.