Asking for help is hard, and you should be proud of yourself for making this post.
I lack anything resembling expertise in all of the areas you're currently working on. A question, though: are SF cons a suitable venue for your photography? I'm thinking both selling prints (through the art show) and selling your services. Some cons might require you to get a dealer table, but others probably wouldn't care and would let you advertise portrait services or the like. I don't know how much prospective business there is here, but if you were going to go to the cons anyway, the cost to find out seems low.
Ok, so here's a nag: you're going to call the Social Security office on Monday and find out how to apply for benefits, right? They're used to dealing with people who don't know how all the red tape works.
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I lack anything resembling expertise in all of the areas you're currently working on. A question, though: are SF cons a suitable venue for your photography? I'm thinking both selling prints (through the art show) and selling your services. Some cons might require you to get a dealer table, but others probably wouldn't care and would let you advertise portrait services or the like. I don't know how much prospective business there is here, but if you were going to go to the cons anyway, the cost to find out seems low.
Ok, so here's a nag: you're going to call the Social Security office on Monday and find out how to apply for benefits, right? They're used to dealing with people who don't know how all the red tape works.