unfortunately there doesn't seem to be a lot of need for Technical Writers with 15 years of experience in the Albany, NY area. And when there is, they also want people with programming experience, which has worked pretty solidly against me so far. *sigh*
Still hittin' those bricks, though. If I could figure out how to get freelance writing work as a tech writer, I'd go ahead and do that. I'm not particularly good at networking, though...