Im a freelancer. A number of gig sites kicked off anyone from California to eliminate the hassles for their customers hiring people to write an article or create a book cover.
I’ve also seen a definite shift in who gets writing gigs. We’re back to:
* write for exposure, hoping it leads to paid work
* a knowledge professional writes it to publicize their services, like a lawyer answering questions in articles
* hiring Indians and Africans to keep costs down
I am somewhat in a niche, academic editing and writing nonfiction books of my own. Editing manuscripts for nonnative English speakers turned out to be quite fun. There is something rewarding in taking a big pile of mess and turning it into a gem.
Thus, I am a bit protected. My college teaching experience is useful as well.
My goal is to maintain multiple income streams that are 100% portable.