Yes, I hope the novel I'm writing will be the start of financial independence for me so I can live on my own, but I don't know for sure it will be. I have 4 chapters left, and I'm trying to be true to the characters in the story as I get to the ending. I've never written a novel before, and it's difficult for me to do because I feel a responsibility to write something of quality. I've written screenplays and short stories before, but writing a novel is more difficult than those.