Sunday Spotlight Blog: The Freelance Writing Jobs Network

Posted by Michelle Schusterman Oct 25, 2009

If you're just starting out as a freelance writer, chances are you've Googled "freelance writing jobs".

You haven't? Okay, go try it.

Scary, isn't it?

There are some fantastic jobs for writers available online, but it seems like for every one decent gig there's ten spam posts, and sometimes it's pretty tough to figure which is which.

However, several freelance writers out there have websites dedicated to sifting through the garbage and providing you with the good stuff. For this Sunday Spotlight, I'm featuring The Freelance Writing Jobs Network.

Side note: While that is the name of the site, the URL is freelancewritinggigs.com.

Just take a look at the left of the front page, under the caption "Writing Job Leads." These are updated every weekday, pulling the non-scam, (mostly) paying writing jobs from places like CraigsList and Indeed, and organizing them by category (travel, technical, etc.) just for you!

As you can see, there's a lot more goodies available on this site. Take a look at their articles with tips on writing, impressing an editor, and getting published. The comments section on both the articles and job leads board are also filled with helpful freelancers doing what makes this such a great community: helping one another out.

To this day, one my best and most steadily-paying writing jobs was something I found on the Freelance Wrtiting Jobs Network. Grab a cup of coffee and go take a look for yourself!