2||0|933|0|yes 0|0|0|||1||Looking for Work|Terminus Est||19:45:13|06/19/2011|...no%2C not as an Eyrie author.%0D%0A%0D%0ATo make a long story short%2C I%27m pretty much physically disabled. I currently work as a freelance writer for Demand Studios %28mostly in the eHow department%29 and was wondering if anyone had a few suggestions for branching out%3F My Google-fu is weak%2C and I can%27t seem to find any other freelance friendly places that don%27t look like scams.%0D%0A%0D%0AAny help would be greatly appreciated%2C as the funds are going towards a plane ticket and spending money so I can go meet my long-distance girlfriend of three years... for the first time. 1|1|0|||1||RE%3A Looking for Work|Gryphon||19:58:25|06/19/2011|%3E...no%2C not as an Eyrie author.%0D%0A%0D%0AWell%2C that%27s a relief%2C %27cause I gotta tell ya%2C the pay is %5Bi%5Dcrap.%5B%2Fi%5D %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0AMore seriously%2C I got nothin%27%2C but I wish you luck. There %5Bi%5Dare%5B%2Fi%5D a whole lot of sketchy outfits out there%2C but that little part of me that still clings to optimism would like to believe that %5Bi%5Dall%5B%2Fi%5D of them can%27t be scams.%0D%0A%0D%0AOh%2C actually%2C I do have one thing%2C albeit small and non-specific%3A You might consider broadening your search to include copy-editing gigs. As anyone who%27s spent any time on the Internet at all knows%2C there%27s a crying need for it in every corner of the Web %28though I admit not everyone who needs it is willing to acknowledge that fact%29. %3B%29 I%27ve been told it%27s got a pretty good money-to-work ratio as freelance work-at-home stuff goes%2C and have considered looking into it myself a couple of times%2C but I%27ve never had the initiative. It sounds like you might have... better motivation.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Admin%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 2|2|1|||1||RE%3A Looking for Work|Terminus Est||20:08:18|06/19/2011|Yeah%2C it does tend to%2C but everywhere I%27ve seen that was hiring is looking for experience ranging in the two to three years department. Unfortunately that%27s experience I don%27t have%2C and can%27t get -- there%27s only one paper around here%2C and it%27s a family-run business.%0D%0A%0D%0ADS pays pretty good for articles written%2C but you have to pick from their list%2C which is currently more than half related to cars %28how to change a transmission%2C things like that%29 and other stuff I can%27t write due to lack of experience.