I decided about a month ago to advertise my services on craigslist and have had more success so far than I ever could have imagined. Almost everyone I talked to in my program at school said that freelancing was hard and almost impossible unless you had first had experience in a publishing house or other company that would be willing to hire you as a freelancer. But I thought, it doesn't hurt to at least try. And it certainly doesn't.
I'll keep everyone updated on how I'm doing professionally and be creating pages regularly to provide more information about my services.