Most of you already know me as a writer. It’s what I love and what I do most of the time. But I’ve learned that being a writer doesn’t necessarily mean I need to work for someone all all the time. I can come up with my own projects related to writing and blogging and make money other ways.

Here’s a glimpse at what I do to make money each month.

• Ehow.com - I am currently the herbal medicine expert on the site. I get paid a set amount per article, plus they have a writer’s compensation program which ends up yielding me about $2 a day.

• Associated Content - I’ve been submitting to Associated Content more this month. In fact, I’ve set a goal to write 200 articles. There are a lot of expenses this month so I need to make some extra cash.

• Adsense - I make money from Adsense on my blogs and websites and also through Hubpages. It took me a few years to reach my first $100, now I get checks fairly regularly.

• Blogging - Making money with blogging is an art and one that I am just learning. The idea is to monetize using a few different methods such as Adsense and affiliate programs. I also blog through two blog networks - today.com and orble.com.

• Freelance Writing - I still take on writing jobs every now and then. But, I tend to favor blogging work for clients. I’ve been writing more queries as of late so I could be published in magazines again.

• Affiliate Marketing - I promote affiliate programs to some extent on this blog (only the helpful ones). But I also do other things to bring in affiliate income such as Bum Marketing, which is article marketing done a certain way to promote affiliate programs.

But no matter what I choose to do, writing things that are helpful and/or entertaining is always my number one priority.