Learn how to become a writer. Fiction author Nairne Holtz explains that writing novels is not the same as blogging, and gives some useful tips.

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Chantria Tram: What do you need to know to become a writer? Nairne Holtz: If what you want to do is to keep a journal and put on line, you can do that but that is very, very different thing from writing nobles. Chantria Tram: Imaginably good for watchmojo.com and I can catch up with fiction writer Nairne Holtz for her tips and insights. Nairne Holtz: I am not terribly interested in blogs. I guess I am kind of ignored most of it, I have been living in a 150 miles an hour last year and a half because of my book and having to promoted it. I took of delve to online culture bit. I was part of a reserve for about a year and those on phase book. I have actually just kind of remove myself from all of that in order to get back into my writing and I am not sure how useful I found most of that stuff. I have appreciated though having some of short stories on the web because as much I have met the people that are interested on my writing they maybe able to just typing name and find them. Chantria Tram: So could you tell us a little bit more about self-publishing? Nairne Holtz: I think self-publishing is very hard road to take because of the distribution. You are sure the cost for releasing a book or easy but self-publish books do not find there way into American books stores it is a very, very hard to get into publishing. So I am sure that these all kinds of wonderful work that is totally overlook. Chantria Tram: I need that if you are still finding, building a team. Nairne Holtz: Trying to get an agent, join your local writers federation or writer union, get involve in you writing community, support your writing community, your read people books, get to know them , get to another writers, do editing exchanges. It is sort of a process of throwing yourself into it and not in a cold and calculating way but I am trying to see who you can act with.