Old Writer Headed in a Slightly Different Direction - Advice Needed

I've been a ghostwriter for a very long time - more than ten years. A couple of years ago, I ran into a problem that was very big. I started experiencing intense pain in my hands and wrists. I thought it was carpal tunnel syndrome or arthritis, so I ignored it for as long as possible, but eventually had to see a doctor. It turns out that I have Lupus, and in diagnosing this, other health problems were also discovered.

This drastically changed things for me, as a writer. I don't function well with speech-to-text programs. Luckily, my husband makes a decent living, so working is not a requirement in terms of finances, but it is important for me to feel useful, and to do the things that I love to do.

I explained the situation to my clients, finished up pending work, and took almost two years off from freelancing. During that two years, I was visiting a doctor at least three times a month, working to get things under control with my health, and I find that I am finally able to get back to work.

I am not, however, able to work in the same way that I did before. I can't churn out x number of articles in x number of days, and I certainly cannot guarantee that I can finish work by a set deadline. My health situation is under control, but it hasn't gone away. I still have Lupus flares from time to time, so in all honesty, I cannot be counted on to meet deadlines and things of this nature, because I don't know when a flare is going to occur, how bad it will be, or how long it will last. For this, and a number of other reasons, I'm not interested in long term clients.

At the same time, writing is what I love, and writing is what I do. I've started working through vWorker again, only taking one or two jobs on at a time, and only those jobs that do not have too many articles...jobs that I know I can complete without a problem on the same day that I get the job.

I've recently discovered iWriter, and I love the site concept, and it works very well for me. The pay sucks, but I've almost reached the point where I can take the better paying articles, and again, the amount of money I earn isn't as important to me, personally, as my ability to earn the money that I want or need is, if that makes sense.

Unfortunately, I have a hard time finding articles there that I am interested in writing, and when I do, I note that the requester rejects more often than they approve, and I avoid those jobs. Yesterday, I felt great and I was amped to get some work done. I found a whopping three articles to write at iWriter...and that was pretty much it. I was disappointed - and bored. I also just started an account at Constant Content, which is a different platform, but I like the concept.

I know most of you will suggest creating my own information products and things of that nature, and I'm already formulating a plan for that, but that is a separate issue from this one, and really not one that I'm as interested in pursuing at this point in time.

Here is the advice that I need. Am I wasting time with a platform like Constant Content or iWriter? Are there specific sites similar to iWriter or Constant Content that I should consider, with my health situation in mind, that you, as a marketer use to obtain your content? What I want is to be able to write, when I am able to write, without too much deadline pressure, and I want to get paid for it - without having to create a product to do it at this time - and preferably not for private clients.

Advice? Thanks in Advance!

Shyley MacFarland