The other route to go, is get enrolled in your community college. Once enrolled you can look to see if there are any internships in the architectural/engineering field. This would get you interviews and at least a way in. Also, most community colleges have a job board that you can look at and see if there are any places looking for warm bodies. I say warm bodies in a good way because sometimes firms are just looking for people to fill seats and needs. Sometimes (ok a lot of times) you might be scanning prints all day, or plotting all day, but it is a job at and A/E firm.
I worked for an A/E firm that would continue to hire drafters with no experience. So, you can get a job w/o a degree, but it's getting harder and harder. Since you have some college, that it a plus.
The other thing to think about is since you are already freelancing, you can go that route. Sometimes finding clients is the hard part. Since you seem to have 1 or 2, you are a step ahead. I started with one and 8 years later I am still doing work for them....
Pieter
