>Unless it's a runaway bestseller, I doubt I'll be able to quit my day job.

You don't need that. I know Orhan Pamuk's novells are not bestsellers but he can live just with write very well... I'm sure it's eaiser in the USA. Because I know millions of books selling at the USA every year.

Maybe you would be want money from your family for don't publish family secrets with that novel... Hehe...