Thats great! How did you start with finding consulting projects and building street cred? Has writing blogs bring you more business yet?
Honestly, the first one approached me via HackerNews. The rest have been from my network.
Blogging has yet to bring me more business, because my name and brand have not reached the mind-share yet to rely solely on that. But I'm working on it!
I also realize that this is a long-term play, it will likely take me 3+ years before my name is reputable enough to be the reason someone hires me from all the places they've seen my name.