consultant/ writing consultant

This is from my www.badcb.blogspot.com: 

Jul. 21 Consulting: I was brainstorming some job ideas after seeing my career counselor.  Maybe go into consulting.  I found this article about it here, "How to become a consultant."  Also there are more pages like how to start a consulting business. 
http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/41384

The article says that a consultant is: "an expert in a particular field who works as an advisor either to a company or to another individual."

I should do some consulting in writing, editorial, publishing, communications.  I would say I have knowledge in it because I have formal education in because I went to college for Professional Writing.

TV shows: Interesting how I didn't think about being a consultant before even when I watch all these shows about it.  We got The Mentalist where a mentalist/ psychic works for the California Bureau of Investigations to solve crime.  There's Castle where a mystery novelist follows a detective around as they solve cases together.  There's The Listener where a telepath works for the IIB to solve cases.  

Jul. 23 Start a consulting business: Here's the 2nd page on how to start a consulting business.  They're hired to teach, provide objectivity for the business and see things that other employees don't, or do "dirty work" like lay off people. 

http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/41384-2

Then the pages go on, and it applies to being an independent business.

Location and employees: Work at home, and maybe hire someone to do boring stuff like stuff envelopes.

http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/41384-3

Income and billing: This is a little more complicated with project rates and retainer fees.

http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/41384-4

Marketing: Make your own brochures, cold calling by following your script, advertising, make your own newsletters, and get referrals after you done an assignment for a client.

http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/41384-5

Resources:  Here are some associations and books for you to check out.

http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/41384-6

The above is more geared business consulting because it's from the business magazine Entrepreneur. 

Writing consultant: It's probably easier for me to be a writing consultant, because I have a formal education in writing by going to college for it.  If I were to be a business consultant, then I would have to take business in college.

I found this webpage, and it's about more of a writer for business.  Interview the company workers, gather info and write about it.

http://www.jobprofiles.org/buswriter.htm

Here's a good Yahoo article tell the duties: "He or she will likely not have anything to do with the writing itself, but will help you brainstorm and formulate your ideas as you come up with them."  It's kind of like the Writer in Residence at the Edmonton Public Library and at Grant MacEwan.
http://voices.yahoo.com/hiring-writing-consultant-218085.html

Dream: This reminds me of a dream I had months ago.  I was reviewing a 13 yr old girl's short story.  A little bit of a reversal of situations because I'm the one asking for help for the Writer in Residence.

Editing consultant: I Googled "How to be an editing consultant" and I mainly got editing consulting services, but now how to be one.

I Googled "How to be an editorial consultant."  I then seem to get companies that are like writing consultants.

Here's Fish Publishing that sounds like the above Yahoo article: "The Service is designed to provide writers with on-going, constructive feedback on their work, whether it is a complete novel or just the beginnings."

http://www.fishpublishing.com/editorial-consultancy-service.php

Dating coach: I was looking up consulting and found Coach Marcie who's a dating coach.  She also coaches empowerment life coaching and sexual assault coaching.  This looks like a good website:

http://www.coachmarcie.com/services.php
Script consultant: This is something I'm really interested in.  I did find this really good website about a script consultant named Catherine Kretz.
http://www.scriptconsultant.ca/