Many aspiring authors, more that I could ever count, have interviewed me about how I write. There is deep intrigue as to why and how those who write many books get it done. There are some brilliant writers, but most are simply smart, courageous, or driven. If you have enough fame or money, you can write or have someone write for you. This is because of what is called name recognition, that means people know who you are, so they will buy your book. But most of the questioners are people who just have an idea and a desire to communicate with others and be validated by having it published. Most writing is never published, publishers themselves can tell you this by the 95% rejection rate at most publishing companies. If you really want to write, go ahead, no one is stopping you,  just put it on a blog. A few people will read your blog, even if it is family and friends and a few weirdos with nothing better to do. I do have a few pointers for you who want to write.1. Don't listen to anyone who tells you not to write. No real writer would discourage a new writer, and apart from other writers, no other opinions matter. 2. Set a time to write, put it in your schedule and keep the appointment.3. Figure out what you want to say, how many pages it will be, and then schedule it out over a period of time. For example, It will be 200 pages, 10 pages a week, a certain number of hours to write ten pages, make allowances for Holidays, Vacations, Family and Work, no one really writes during  Christmas or Thanksgiving, I just cross it off my schedule as UTW, Unable To Write.  4. Simple rules work, If you write ten good pages a week forty weeks out of a year, you have 400 pages of work. Depending on the kind of writing you are doing, you should be able to do this in 12-15 hours a week. With computers that includes some rewriting and editing as well. 5. Write when you are at your best, morning, afternoon, evening, you know your prime time.6. I write best when I write a little five days a week, I print out my work and read it on the weekends, lounging in the yard, in front of a golf match on TV, something I can mute and still follow the event and my writing.  This makes for a better product because I can allow it to simmer, it assimilates into my soul. 7. On Publishing, talk to published authors and how they were able to get into print. They all have stories, and tips, they all know somebody and can usually get you a " look see."  Talk to them about agents, sometimes agents can be helpful. Remember however, agents want to get the biggest advance possible, that is how they make their money. A literary agent is different than a entertainment industry agent.  When an actor thanks his or her agent it is because that agent is making 15% of  a good share of money that they can live very well on. That is not the case with most literary agents who won't be able to live off 15% of your book royalties. There are only about 200 fiction writers in America who can live off their royalties. There are a few more non-fiction writers because they build related products and businesses around their books. A literary agent rarely is going to promote your book, take you on a nation wide tour, get you talk show gigs etc. The publisher is responsible for promotion of the book. Publishing is changing very fast, one thing your agent can do is write certain detailed promotional agreements into your contract.  You can self-publish or do so on the internet, but distribution and access to you work is the challenge if you don't have someone who knows the networks distributing your work.   8. Now go write, let me know what happens