While most people who follow me know that I make my living as a freelance photographer, taking photos for Philadelphia Weekly, booking weddings, and making art for the inside of books, fewer people know that I also publish fiction. I’ve written science fiction, fantasy and games.

But I’ve also done much weirder things for money. I’ve decided to make a list of all the things I’ve done that people have handed over cash for me to do.

Stuff I’ve Been Paid For

A List By J.R. Blackwell

Photography

(Photojournalism, weddings, portraits, events)

Writing

(Science fiction, fantasy, essays)

Lecturing at a University

Editing

Contortion

Kickstarter Management

Game Design

Selling Wigs

Photo Restoration

IT Help Desk

Selling Comic Books

Administration in Higher Education

Making Pretzels

Singing in a church choir

Burlesque

Running a simulation of the zombie apocalypse

While I no longer contort in a freak show, I still do a few things on this list, notably photography and writing fiction. If you’d like to hire me to do either of those things, you can contact me at jrblackwell@gmail.com.

Link Blizzard

Interested in buying any of the things mentioned in this post? Here are a bunch of links!

Words:

• Evidence of a Baker: (Essay: The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster (Book)
• My Angel Gabriel (Science Fiction: Escape Pod (Podcast)
• The Third Apocalypse (Science Fiction: We Are Dust (Anthology)
• Coriolana (Science Fiction: By No Means Vulgar (Anthology)
• Women of the Empire (Steampunk (e-book, audio)
• The Mystery of the Thrice Dead Man (Steampunk: Ministry Protocol (e-book)

Photography

• Heroine
• Her Side
• Philadelphia Weekly
• Cold Iron
• Playing for Keeps

Games

• Velociraptor! Cannibalism!
• Shelter in Place
• Court/Ship (In Fate Worlds)
• Ministry Initiative

Editorial Credits:

• The Lost
• Gimme Shelter
• Have Blaster, Will Travel
• King Khan