If you can write you might want to check out an alternative to ezinearticles.  You can link in the articles, and they pay pretty good.  Links back to your site – and then poof money in your pocket.  If you are short on cash this might just be the way you earn enough money to get your hosting, domain names, etc….

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It’s themed locally btw – so it does limit some of your content choices but it’s worth checking out.