I am slowly starting to return to taking on a few freelance jobs here and there. Mostly this is because a girl supporting herself in the city needs to have an income to rely on. But partly this is also because I do like starting new projects and there are things about going back to work that I’m happy about.
One of the things that I’m discovering I really like is the excitement of browsing through all of the freelance writing and blogging jobs that are advertised each day. When life has been busy and I’ve been in a rush to get to actually working, the process of finding work has seemed like an annoying burden. But now that I’ve got some time on my hands to appreciate each part of the process, I’m really kind of enjoying the browsing through jobs.
There are so many different jobs advertised each day for at-home writers. There are jobs on Craigslist and Monster and Indeed and MediaBistro and Freelance Writing Jobs. The truth is that most of these aren’t jobs that I would want to do. They don’t pay well (or at all) … they aren’t on topics that interest me or based on work processes that work for me. But I still really like looking at all of the different projects that are being launched and developed out there.
Just looking through today’s posts, I saw jobs for editing books and conntributing to national travel guides and writing about home design and blogging about the college admissions process … in other words, there is a wealth of opportunity out there to write about so many different things and there are people out there snapping up those jobs and contributing to the body of written work that is out there for all of us to read.
It’s really all kind of amazing!
January 17th, 2009 at 8:31 am
It is kind of amazing, isn’t it? I have to wonder if the economy will create even more opportunities for freelancers since companies will be reluctant to hire in-house writers.
@ Julie … I definitely think that there are some positive things about the changes in the economy that are opening up interesting opportunities for freelancers. I also think that we’re in a great position during this precarious time because of the fact that we’re already used to adapting to changing financial circumstances and responding creatively to those changes. What do you think?