Sell Your Short Stories Online

Photo by Kelleys-Creations. Sell Your Short Stories Online

If you love to write you can sell short stories online. You can make money doing something you love to do.

Some online companies will let you write about anything you want whereas other online companies may want a particular short story written so they can buy it from you.

To make sure you write well enough you may want to join a free online writing club. You can search many types of writing genres. This is a great way to perfect your writing. The way it works is you join a writing group. You will post your short story and other members will critique your writing. I have found that most people are honest. If something in your story is confusing they will let you know. It is nice to have a fresh pair of eyes or more reading your work. People will also compliment your work when they really like something. Others can find grammatical errors as you will only want to submit perfect short stories to sell online.

Always use Word when writing your story. Word will find spelling errors and incorrect sentence fragments for you to correct. This makes a huge difference in the professionalism of your writing abilities.

You can find out where to sell your short story online by typing those keywords into Google and other search engines. Two places I know that will buy your short stories are eLance.com and when a client requests a short story you can sell one or two at a time on Internet Research Associates. As of now, the stories on Internet Research Associates pay $15, $20, and $30 depending on the word count of the story. The stories you will write and sell on eLance.com you will have to bid on the job. If your bid wins, that is how much money you will make when you write and sell your short story online.

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Have Fun Making Money

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You can have fun making money by drawing on small tiles. The tiles look hand painted.

First you will need to buy either tiles at a craft store such as Hobby Lobby or buy a Scrabble game. It is less expensive to purchase the Scrabble game as you get over eighty tiles for under $15.00. The wood tiles come in packages of five for a few dollars. You will need thin magic markers that your kids use for school. You will also need Mod Podge to seal your drawings. You can purchase paint for wood in small bottles at Wal-Mart or Hobby Lobby. Don’t forget the small paint brushes, too. You will need one paint brush for the Mod Podge and one to paint with.

You can draw holiday scenes and characters, popular items such as skulls, wine, martini glasses, glue on sparkly gems, paint modern miniature designs, etc. Let your mind wander and have fun.

Once you draw or paint the picture on the tile, let it dry overnight. The following day you can seal the tile with Mod Podge. Do not seal it the same day you paint and/or draw it as the marker and/or paint will smear.

Next you can choose to make the tiles into a necklace, pin or magnet. You will need to pick up bails for the necklace tiles, small pins and magnets to be glued onto the small tiles. You may want to invest in craft glue for wood to make sure the backings stay secure. Easily glue your backing choice and let dry.

I would sell the necklaces for $6.00 each and the pins and magnets for $2.50 or $3.00. (The bails are a little pricier and look fancier than the pins or magnets.)

Sell your tiles online on Etsy.com and/or your own website, craft fairs or you can even have fun at your own jewelry party for family and friends to purchase.

Your kids can help you design the tiles. My eight year old helped me and his tiles look just as good as mine. Just about all of them look whimsical which a lot of people like. Enjoy being creative and have fun making money selling your own mini artwork drawings and paintings. For more information please visit: http://www.preparednessmentor.com/.