I'm in the process of writing my first to-be-sold book. My boyfriend has about 3% belief in me that I'll ever get anywhere as a writer. the only thing im even good at is writing, playing with small children and petting animals. I need to know that i have a

Sadly this is a problem - you never can be completely sure that you will make money from selling a book, but you certainly can try and maximise your chances. First of all you should have some more confidence! Its a really over used and trite statement but if you believe in yourself others will, and things will work out better - if you really want to have success as a writer and believe that you can I am sure you will, and if you have faith you will definitely get the book finished! More pract...