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If you want to "publish novels and get rich" you have to be crass, like Stephen King or any other person whose books have gold lettering on the front.
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To be fair to old SK, I don't believe he's in it for the money, though his is a lucky and lucrative obsession. He doesn't very often (if ever) aspire to 'literature' but he's actually a pretty good yarn-spinner if he leaves out all the padding, and he has a good ear for dialogue.
Apart from that, Katy, I'm with you all the way in that last post.
Ah, and thanks for the Stevens, which I don't understand fully, but whose language I trust instinctively and absolutely.
[This message has been edited by Mark Granier (edited November 11, 2005).]