Bristol Palin recently stated that her parents don’t support her financially – which is sort of hard to swallow, given Sarah Palin’s multi-million dollar book deal and all her public speaking fees. Bristol also said she works an 8-5 job five days a week, only gets a few hours of sleep a night, and lives by herself. She presented a fairly bleak picture of her day-to-day life. Whether it’s accurate is somewhat debatable.

Either way, things sure are picking up for her. She’s just been signed to a speakers bureau called Single Source Speakers, and she’ll get anywhere from $15,000 – $30,000 per speech. Imagine what she’d rake in if she gave just one speech a month – anywhere from $180,000 – $360,000 a year. Not bad for a 19-year-old with only a high school education. Bristol’s first engagement is the pro-life Heartbeat International Conference today in Florida.

In an exclusive interview with RadarOnline.com, Bristol said she is “excited to go to Orlando and meet the hundreds of pregnancy support providers from around the world that will be attending.”

Palin says she is also writing her first book, which will detail her experiences on the 2008 presidential campaign trails, the notoriety she has faced as a result of her relationship with ex-boyfriend Levi Johnston, and how she is raising their son Tripp as a single mom. (via Radar)

Bristol’s carved out a nice little niche for herself. She’s also getting some (semi) celebrity fans. Celebrity Rehab’s Dr. Drew Pinsky commended Bristol on her parenting: "’Bristol was fantastic. She is clearly a mother. Her parents (Sarah and Todd Palin), have handled it just right… Bristol is taking a sub-optimal situation and reaching out to her peers and trying to educate them about teen pregnancy."

_{Bristol and Dr. Drew are shown at an awareness event for the "National Day to Prevent Teen Pregnancy" in New York City on May 5th.}