1. Clear your schedule for the next half hour.

2. Brew some coffee.

3. Register with Associated Content - an online article directory (no fees or anything silly like that).

4. Write a 400 word (or so) article about any topic of your choosing. Perhaps about your favorite local restaurant, how to make your special holiday pie, or maybe some fun crafts that you do with your children. Or something else. Whatever. You choose.

5. Submit article to Associated Content.

6. Sit back, drink your coffee and watch the dollars roll in. (Associated Content pays between $3 and $20 bucks for your original articles - paid directly into your paypal account).