Have you tried to sell any of your photos? or at least gain exposure? There is a company that does travel brochures for San Diego and when I was first starting they contacted me (through Flickr) and asked if one of my photos could be featured in it. Of course I let them use it. I would just try to get your name out there some more. Theres alot of money in photography especially if you get a shot that appeals to everyone.
I have not tried to sell photos.
My dad said i should invest a bit of money into prints and go to a swap meet and set up a booth of some of my photos, that sounds like a start.
But i offered to be the photographer for the CIF Finals Championship game in hope of maybe gaining exposure through articles or something.
A local sports news thing wanted to use some of my hockey photos, so of course i sent them a couple of the good ones. Stoked to see my photos be used...
I've had a bit of people want to buy prints of my downtown sd pic, but i haven't really done anything about it. Your post really got me thinking though, if i invested some money in this i could actually sell my prints.