How to live off of freelance work
It made me 
"I didn't have a writing background, but I became a freelance web content writer by submitting and being rejected a lot."
How I did it: I write a lot for Demand Studios, and a little for other sites. It's hardly glamorous, but it's a nice, flexible way to earn money. The pay is decent, and I've learned a lot about online writing and marketing through the process of doing it.
