Resources

Here you can find links to all the great web sites and books I’ve been using in my writing experiment.  These will hopefully inspire you to start writing and make some money for yourself!

Note: Some of the links below are affiliate links, which means I might earn a commission if you buy a product.  However, I’m promoting these things because they helped me and can help you too, not just because I might earn a few extra bucks.

Best Self Employment Ideas – My new blog where I evaluate ideas for becoming self-employed and give general information about entrepreneurship.  I’m really excited to be writing for this new blog!  Check it out and you will get some good ideas.

Smart Passive Income Blog – Awesome blog by Pat Flynn about earning passive income online.  Pat makes a great living from passive income, and his blog inspired me to create my site and start writing.

Pera-Pera – Another great blog by Ryan LaFramboise about making extra income online.  Ryan has many links to freelance writing sites and reviews several different ways to make money online.

How to Earn Passive Income at eHow.com – eBook by WriterGig about how to make great money from your eHow articles.  WriterGig earns over $1000 per month from eHow!  She shares her secrets in this eBook about how to optimize eHow articles to earn more money.

eHow – Web site where you can write how-to articles and earn passive income from the ad revenue that your articles generate.  You have to sign up for the Writer’s Compensation Program to earn money for your articles.

Moonlighting on the Internet – Book that contains info about five different ways to make extra money online.  I just started reading this and it is pretty good so far.

NaNoWriMo – Homepage of the National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) contest, which helped me finally write my first full-length novel.

Lulu – Publish on demand service that I used to get a nice hard copy of the first draft of my novel.  Easy to use and lots of printing options.

CreateSpace – Another publish on demand service.  I have not used this personally but I’ve heard it’s good.