I would really love an online writing job, is there any out there?

There are quite a few places you can get started without paying anything. My favorite ad revenue site is Helium. There is a interest on here just for Helium. Other sites are Associated Content, Suite 101, and eHow. After you have some articles on eHow try applying for Demand Studios. You can also apply for textbroker. You will have to write a writing sample for textbroker. Not a single one of these require a fee to sign-up at. All of them are legit sites and pay to paypal. Good luck on taking the plunge into writing.

I also write for Helium. Been contributing articles there for about a year now although I haven't been able to cash out yet. I don't have much time to post new articles but I do earn from the ones I already posted there. Only, my earnings are not enough yet to reach minimum payout.

If you can churn out a lot of quality articles more often, you'll probably be able to cash out faster than me:)

Helum is a great site for writers - there are plenty of titles to write to, as well as competitions and marketplace features. Take a little time to see how the site works, though. You have to have at least one rating star in order to earn from your writing.

Helium allows you to post articles to other sites, and you can also publish articles from other sites on Helium, as long as you hold copyright. Good luck.

Hi Skyeblue, if you want upfront and passive income component, then Helium is good.
If you want different income sources from the articles, i suggest that you start a blog with Blogger, and then Monetize the blog with Google Adsense. Apply for Ebay and Amazon.com affiliate marketing program at the same time.
You can check out Hubpages, write the articles, and then display the products next to the articles. The earnings will come from Adsense and Amazon.
Some people do it better from Adsense, some from commission by selling the products from Amazon. Then there are those who are good at writing, but never can sell anything. In this case, they have to stick to writing.
Take a look at Constant-Content. You can quote $100 for an article but you must have perfect English. They reject the article for a single missing punctuation.

Hi Skyeblue... You could also try the Triond. I have tried to sign up there it is for free. It is a ligit site and also pays on your paypal account. You have to submit an article there thene do some publishing before they could pay you.

I think you should go for shvoong, it's a multilanguage abstracts writing site with a goal to enable any reader to quickly navigate through long texts.You can submit abstracts on books, scientific articles and press abstracts.Other ways is to start your own blog site. (Please do inform me if You ever start the same).

i know. i dont believe in paying to start a job either.
but i am mostly doing part time online writing, trying to build up my articles on these sites. i am on 4 sites. i havent found any full time yet.

Check out payperpost.com. However, you would need to create a blog and have a good amount of content and readers on it. Once your blog is approved, advertisers will pay you to post content about their products on your blog. I just signed up, but I'm sure they will want me to have more content on my website, because it is still fresh. But once I get my blog going, payperpost seems like a great place to make extra cash, so you might want to check it out yourself. Just browse around the site a little and get a feel for it and you'll probably feel the same way as me. I'm also looking into ReviewMe.com!

I go with Associated Content too. If you are from US, you can earn upfront payments. And also page views. If not, page views alone. As you go along, the residual income will pile up. Just keep writing and have fun, interchangeably with mylot too..