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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Captain_Commando" data-source="post: 4754032" data-attributes="member: 71848">The potential promise of money gives me courage. Anyway, such groups are a minority among those I'm going to be marketing to. Chaot at RPGnet got my foot in the door with a temp agency. God bless whoever Chaot is.It's not a 100% guarantee for a job so I'll keep checking job ads and setting up the game mastering business on the side.I figured out some of the numbers so I'll share this with all the brainstorming contributors. If a temp job doesn't pay enough, having game mastering on the side might add up with the job to meet my requirements. My mother rented out a couple of rooms and my brother is helping a little so I just need to make the difference.My target is a minimum of $900 a month.  With a somewhat generous estimate, this is the level the business would have to perform at to make ends meet if I didn't have other sources of income. This doesn't include printer ink and paper and other materials that I have in sufficient quantity for the time being.30-day Metrocard = $81 (unlimited public transportation)$40 budgeted for food expenses per week x 4 = $160$40 budgeted for xerox copies and business cards.20 hours a week x 4 weeks x $15 = $1200monthly income with regular games only = $959I'd have a $19 monthly surplus.If I were to raise it to $20/hour and achieve less hours per week...15 hours a week x 4 weeks x $20 = $1200monthly income with regular games only = $959I'd have a $19 monthly surplus.Keeping in mind a manhattan movie ticket costs $12 for an average 2 hour film and a broadway ticket commonly sells at $200 for a 3 hour show...****IRS Publication 501 (2008)IF your filing status is...singleAND at the end of 2008 you were...*under 65THEN file a return if your gross income was at least...**<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />$8,950***I won't likely have to file a tax return unless I get a really good advance for my novel. I'll keep records in case that happens. The current average advance for a novel is about $10,000. A particularly marketable novel will have a good chance of getting more.</blockquote>

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