How to find online ghostwriting jobs for ghostwriters

It's taken me eighteen long years to get here, but I've finally made it and I can now officially call myself a full time writer.

But I'm not the kind of writer I thought I would be. I thought I'd be getting my articles published in magazines, and I've long held a dream of getting a novel published.

But things are very different. I have ended up finding my niche in online writing - ghostwriting and copywriting, more specifically, although ghostwriting seems to take up the majority of my time.

So here is my hub about that very subject. The aim of this hub is to share my experiences of being a full time ghostwriter. I have been a full timer for just over three years now, and there has never been a day when I wished I hadn't left behind so called 'proper employment' to start working for myself.

Of course everyone is different and for some people working on online ghostwriting jobs part time is better than doing it full time. I started off part time - gradually working my way up from an hour or two a day spent working for a handful of clients to reaching the stage where full time was the only option. It was silly to turn away clients who wanted to pay me more than my minimum wage factory job was paying me, after all!

So here I am, earning a regular living from my writing. Most of it is from doing ghostwriting but I also earn some cash from affiliate marketing (mostly related to the writing world). I have learned over these past few years that you can find ghostwriting jobs in all kinds of different places, and yes, sometimes they do find you. I found two writing clients through my profile on Squidoo and another two through tweeting regularly on Twitter (and actively looking for jobs on there too).

So my biggest piece of advice would be to strike out on your own - you just never know where your next ghostwriting jobs will come from.

Hazard #1 - I'm feeling tired today. I'm still getting used to the process of juggling work as and when it comes in. Ghostwriting jobs are plentiful but it's still sometimes a case of feast or famine - you never get a steady run of it!

Before this I used to manage part time ghostwriting work with a full time job as well. How on earth did I do that?!

How do YOU work? Do you write around a full time job or are you a full time writer?

Hazard #2 - Do you ever get weeks where you have tons of work but you can't seem to focus on anything for any length of time?

It's tempting to have lots of time off when you work from home, but sometimes you can go the other way and work too much. How many hours do you spend on your writing every day? Too many or not enough?

Hazard #3 - Okay here's a question. What do you do when you have a long day's work set up to do and you just can't seem to get anything done? Do you eventually give up and try something else, knowing you'll have to find some way to catch up again the next day?

I had a day like that yesterday. I normally get up and start writing at around seven am, but I ended up staying up til 3am as that was when everything started flowing! Do you change your timetable to fit in your writing when it flows?

Personally I think the answer should always be yes. I have a regular stable of clients but inevitably there will always be times when things are a little quiet. I try to make good use of the time by looking for new work, building some new hubs and perhaps developing or promoting my blog a little more.

But in the end you always have to make sure you have new work to do. That is the bread and butter of the online ghostwriter's working day. If you have a good stable of clients to rely on, you might be able to work full time at this job as well. Either that or you can enjoy a nice second income from your writing.

The bottom line is that you should never underestimate what you can get simply by looking out for different online ghostwriting jobs on a regular basis. You might be surprised at what you turn up!