I Need Some Prayer and Advice

I've been thinking a lot recently about my unemployment and how I want to publish my books.

I'll be honest I have been unemployed since November of 2010 with only one job that last less than a month (I really don't consider that job a break in my unemployment since I didn't work a full twenty hours a week).  I've struggled so much in the last year and I am eternally grateful to my parents for everything that they have done to help me.  But it still doesn't change the fact that I am 21 years old and cannot support myself like I should be able to.  There are so many things I would love to do but I am unable to do them for a number reasons and the main one being I can't pay for anything.  I feel like I'm stuck in this very bad, very big, and horrible rut that I can't ever get out of no matter what I do.  I know that I am not the only person out there who is struggle and I know that my situation is far more favorable than others.  I just want you to understand the predicament I am in before I ask for your advice.  (Don't feel bad for me either because it's my fault and no one else's that I was unemployed in the first place, but that's a long horrific story for another time.)

Now I want to become a published author with my books printed and sold in book stores and have a wonderful book deal and I could probably go on forever but I'll stop myself there.  Sarah (my soon-to-be-sister-in-law) showed me a blog post by her favorite author and it really got me thinking about publishing e-books.  The more I think about it the more I realize that my idea of being a published author may not be what God has planed for me.  I've praying a lot lately about self publishing e-books with Amazon as a means of income and a way to get my books known.  But I also know that there are so many books that aren't very good on Amazon and I fear that mine might become on of those.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that I need prayer that God will reveal exactly what He wants for me with this huge decision I need to make.

And the advice I am seeking is from people who have self published e-books with Amazon or other e-book companies and what their experiences were.  If you know of anything at all that might help I would greatly appreciate it.

Lastly, I wanted to let you know that the reason I am asking all this out of the blue is because I have a finished draft of one of my book and all it needs is some revising and then it will be finished.  After that's completed I am going to have a few people read over it to make sure everything flows well and my grammar isn't so horrible it will make people cry.  (I am not above admitting that I completely suck at grammar, after all I rely on spell check as much as Lois from Smallville does.)  It shouldn't take long to do all that and I don't want to be sitting with a finished book thinking "Now what?" for months and months while I juggle with how to get it published.

So please help me!