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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Captain_Commando" data-source="post: 4752796" data-attributes="member: 71848">I'll see about adding RPGA game days to the business. I RSVPed for an LFR session this wednesday and hopefully the DM will have a membership application and card waiting for me. The Herald test is supposed to give quicker certification now so I should be able to run RPGA modules soon. Thanks kitsune9.A reminder that this is on the side while job-hunting. I can cancel or reschedule a hired session if it conflicts with a job interview.On the WotC forum, it was suggested that I approach old gamers. They might be particularly open to hiring a young person to prep and run games for them while they sit back and drink their coffee. It was also suggested that I add writing for a client's campaign to the service. If a group won't hire me to run games, they might hire me to flesh out their game world.The more options I can add to the business, the more likely I can get hired for it.Not every potential group has a game master or have the patience or inclination to just wait for one that fits their schedule to become available. Perhaps for just the one week or month, nobody has the time to prep a session. I might get hired just the one time by a particular group in between game masters or regularly prepped games. There may be enough of this in NYC to at least get me a couple of sessions a week. It's a big community and there are beginners popping up daily. Also, if I can sell my services as a team-building exercise, perhaps I can get a regular session contract with a company.It's a workable side business if I can network with the right groups. I may be the only one offering a schedule that is so flexible and offering the "full experience" at the same time. Most groups go where the game master is setting up. I'm setting up where ever the group hires me to set up. It's a huge amount of convenience for the potential client.On the writing thing, I do have a publisher contact at Crown Publishing (a subsidiary of Random House) who may be able to fast track my novel. This was one of the last cool things my father was able to do for me.</blockquote>

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