Almost anyone can make money writing online. If you can make it to the end of this sentence then you qualify! No, I’m not joking, not really. If you can read English and you have access to a computer – and obviously you have just ticked those two boxes – then you can make money from writing for the internet in some shape or form.

Ebooks are tremendously popular and getting more so with the introduction of portable electronic readers like the Amazon Kindle.

Don’t think you can write a full-length book? Don’t worry, there are people making comfortable full-time incomes from writing short reports. These low-cost, quickly produced booklets are remarkably popular in lots of markets.

Still too much to handle in one go? No problem, hundred of people make money writing online from simple little articles like this one. If you an write 500 words on a subject you have the key to success if it’s the kind of work that appeals to you.

So writing for money on the internet offers a really wide variety of choices, but is it an easy business to get into? Is it easy money?

Well I’m sorry to disappoint those people looking for the secret to instant wealth but you would be better off chasing the end of the rainbow or buying a lottery ticket. You can make substantial amounts of money writing, it is probably easier than any other form of business and it requires way less in terms of financial investment than traditional business, but you are going to have to work at it.

An easy business to get into? Definitely. Whichever type of writing you choose you could start tomorrow. Today even if you’re in a hurry! Easy money? Well that depends on what you call easy. If you think it’s sitting in front of a computer for an hour a day in your underclothes and raking in millions you need a bit of a reality check. If you want to put in some proper effort for the next few months, stretch yourself in order to achieve personal and financial freedom, then making money writing online might well be for you.