Today, I read Kochalka's Cute Manifesto- summary- cute is good because it's a pure innocent form of beauty that opposes the bad parts of life. Note that Kochalka is actually drawing cute comics, instead of just sitting around spewing cliches. This ties into a article I was reading The Believer- it was about how to write books, and made fun of the many books that try to dupe people into thinking they too can be writers and make tons. The people who really become writers, and really make tons don't sit around talking shit- they write, sometimes for years and years without reward, and they have to research the markets they send to, and basically, there's just a whole lot more to it than just spewing a bunch of words on paper and then sending your handwritten story on legal pads to the biggest magazine you can find, and making 2 zillion dollars a year.

Basically, attend to external reality, and you'll become successful for real. Oh, and people with actual talent at writing unlike me? Check out the Writer's Market.