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Make Freelance Writing Your Full-Time Job

By Allena Tapia, About.com

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Market Yourself As a Freelance Writer

The next step to making freelance writing your full time job is to start marketing your skills to potential employers. Jobs can either come to you, for example through a writers website, or you can go to the source of jobs and start applying. On the other hand, if you're aiming to make full time money from magazine article or trade publication writing, you'll need to start pitching your ideas and articles to editors right away.

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