We have, from time to time, talked about the laughable "safety net" that we have to save us. One thing that would fit us well would be if there was something that we could do from home and on our own schedules set by our meds. One thing that has some promise is freelance work of all types. But generally speaking most sites like that are a ripoff and we'd be better off sitting in a pool of our own filth making "Big Money Assembling Little DooDads From the Woods" (any Zappa fans in the audience?)

Well, I may have found a good one. It is www.elance.com and is supposedly the biggest on the Net. I believe it because at the moment it has about 50,000 jobs posted for bids, It is set up like they know what they are doing. Bid on a job that you can handle. If you are chosen by the "Client:" (you are the Contractor", the Client sends your money to elance where it is escrowed until you complete the job. Lot of feedback rating systems keep everyone happy.

The jobs are heavy on cyber skills, but there are a lot of writing categories and even some children's stuff. I just signed up today so am not rich yet but it looks like a hungry PWP could knock down $10k to $12k a year without killing themselves.
www.elance.com

PS- Be sure and think through the disability situation early on. The bureughcrats really think that if you can make $10 a week,that you can make $1000 if you just get hungry enough.