I've consulted. I started in New York, after working with my partner for a while. And then we ... there were some issues, and I moved here, and started my PI work with the occasional consult with the force. It's very infrequent now though. I'm still consulting in my dreams, and we've patched things up, my partner and I.
Sort of. A job through the network that led to books, lots and lots of books.