Where to Find Freelance Writing Work, Part 2

Freelancewritinggigs.com - With daily job updates and helpful freelance writing tips, this is a good site to check on a regular basis. I haven't gotten any work from it, but I've only applied to one lead.

Freelancewriting.com - This site has a full complement of writing jobs pulled from various sources - so many in fact, that there can seem to be TOO many writing jobs to sift though. My go-to site among the list offered is www.online-writing-jobs.com, which I mentioned in a previous post. Also on this list is a link to Freelance Portfolios; I recommend placing your portfolio there.

JournalismJobs.com - If you're a journalist, this is a good site to check out. You can search by type of media, type of job (freelance vs. full-time, editor vs. writer) and target location.

Constant Content - Visitors in need of content for their website either post requests for content that you can respond to, or buy content that you (or someone else) posted. My experience with this site has been pretty unimpressive. Many of the requests for content are vague or want too much for too little. And although you can set your own price for the content you want to post and sell, Constant Content is strange and seemingly arbitrary about what they will and won't accept. Also, they take a percentage of the money you get for any sold articles, and they don't pay you until you reach a pre-determined threshold ( I believe it's $50) which very well means you could never get paid if you don't sell much on the site. So I'd approach with caution.

MediaBistro.com - This is a good resource for writers looking for advice (and health insurance) as well as job leads.

VirtualVocations.com - I haven't used this site so I can't vouch for it, but apparently they send work-at-home job listings to paid subscribers.

About Freelance Writing - This site has a lengthy and regularly updated list of freelance writing jobs.

And here is a list of e-mail newsletters/lists with freelance writing jobs:

PayingWriterJobs - This list is SUPPOSED to be limited to posting -- as the title implies -- writing jobs that actually pay. It often degenerates into people posting links to conferences and helpful websites, which, while a nice gesture, is outside of the limits of what the list explicitly covers and frankly gets annoying. But you can occasionally find a good job lead here. Lurkers are not allowed, so you will be expected to find and post at least one paying writer job per month. To join e-mail payingwriterjobs@yahoogroups.com.

WritersWeekly.com list - Dubbed "Freelance Jobs and Paying Markets for Writers." A lot of stuff you probably don't care about with a little you do, which is generally the theme for most of these lists. E-mail writersweekly@writersweekly.com.

Freelance Writing Jobs's Morning Coffee Newsletter - Job leads delivered to your inbox every Tuesday morning. This is probably the best of all the newsletters because it cuts right to the chase and gives you only what you want: job leads. E-mail freelancewritingjobs@yahoogroups.com.

Writing for Dollars - Typical newsletter with articles you may or may not be interested in and then writing markets -- 12 of them to be exact. E-mail writing4dollars@aweber.com.

FundsForWriters - the classic newsletter glutted with articles I usually don't care about and a few job leads, some of which are promising. There is also a Small Markets newsletter. Visit www.fundsforwriters.com/FFWnewsletters.htm to subscribe to any of the newsletters.

For more places to find freelance writing work, check out Part 1 of this article here.