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Alright...I`ll give it a shot, thanks.

You can cut your teeth on Elance. I have used it as a resource for copy-writers.

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Mike Michalowicz
Author of The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur

I have also done some writing for ConstantContent. However, I find it a hard way of making a living. If you manage to write 2 articles at 400 words a day, you might end up with USD20 for each. I think very few of the writers make a living out of that site. I did a quick and dirty analysis of CC top sellers using an average sale price per article times their sales. It came out to be around 20K a year for their top producers.

 If you can get articles accepted into CC, you must have a good eye for quality writing. I have looked into businesses that broker writing services (articles, sales, blogs, e-book, etc ).  Check out
http://www.getmecontent.com/
http://www.sitepoint.com/marketplace/auction/17693?do=setcommentvisibility&commentid=109448&visible=0#comment109448

I also have a series of emails that I got on how to make money writing (Blogs, Info Products, etc). PM with your email, and I will send them to you.

Good Luck,

I look at Constant Content as only one outlet for writing. Freelance writing would have to involve a spectrum of Web sites, magazines, journals, and so forth. To make a living as a freelance writer is one thing, but making a living as "a writer," I think is something different.

Repeating sales is going to be the key, I think. So having a weekly column, selling a book, or doing a series would be one way. Another would be to have a job as a writer for the entertainment industry. We`re hearing a lot about that nowadays in the news, actually.

But speaking from my own perspective and experience, as a "just starting out writer," I think places like Constant Content offer a nice entry-level gateway. There`s an editorial staff, you can`t just throw up (literally) any kind of writing, and there`s the incentive that it just might sell. :-)

I`m gonna take a look at these other options Xela mentions. Thanks! :-)

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Someone famous once said that the key to being a writer is to actually finish a book (or piece of writing). That`s what it comes down to so often in life, right? Where the people who get known for things are the people who actually have something to show for their ideas---all that talking about things.

Cool business you have! Good job!!!

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Mike Michalowicz
Author of The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur

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One of my all time favorite quotes is from Follet`s "Modern American Usage."

    Small words are your friends.

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Richard Johnson
New Ideas for a New World