This week we’re discussing single parents who write online for a living. Writing for a living is rare depending on your niche, and I’d wager that freelance bloggers and web writers fall into an even rarer niche. Single parents who write online and blog AND make a good living probably fall into an even rarer niche. At least up to this point. The good news is that web writing gigs are on the rise. The Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2008-09 Ed. says these general writing jobs are where the best opportunities are: “Technical writing, blogging, and other writing for interactive media [Read more…]
Tips that can make working at home as a single parent easier
January 25, 2009. 3 Comments
In my last post I asked if single parents can successfully work at home and make a living writing online or blogging. In this post some reasons why you might try, and some basic tips. Why would you try something like freelancing as a single parent, especially when the odds are stacked pretty high against even non-single parent writers?: You have a small baby and would like to stay home to care for him. You’re homeschooling your kids – hard, very hard. Been there personally and it’s soooo hard. But it’s one reason. You don’t have reliable transportation to another [Read more…]
Can single parents make a living working online freelance writing & blogging
January 24, 2009. 4 Comments
I don’t know how many single parents read this blog, but I tend to blog what I know, so this week, we’re going to look at something I know a lot about, making a living freelancing as a single parent. You can look online and find hundreds of articles about how to make a million freelance writing, but in reality, I think the outlook is bleaker than people say. From most of the many writers and bloggers I talk to (not just single parents) money is short or just about on target vs. overflowing. If you’re a single parent the [Read more…]
