Because he's a published author a lot of people, he says, think he must be rich but that's not the case. The TV personality and author Frank Muir told me 25 years ago 'Only best-sellers sell' and that is even truer now than it was then. A best-seller will sell 100,000 copies in paperback. If I sell 5,000 then I'm doing well. Everybody has had experiences that can be made into an interesting book but not everyone is capable of writing it, says Chaz.
Writing is a craft, the same way that carpentry is a craft.
It can also be an art. Sometimes it's both. There are skills you can learn and the more you write, the better you'll get but you have to be obsessive. If you're not obsessive then you're not going to make it. You've got to have an agent, adds Chaz, and you'll be expected to send a synopsis and three sample chapters of your book.