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Could you ever write books with another person?
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I would say yes I could. However, it would have to be the 'right' person. I'm not much of a team player. I can only write in certain ways. Finding someone who fits might be challenging.
I would love to do that. I love the idea of a sounding board and someone to say that I've used 'that' 250 times in the first chapter. But I wouldn't do it because I think it would ruin a good friendship! It takes a special sort of team player, I think.
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Rapport is paramount, I imagine you and Julie have loads. I'm fairly certain I would annoy the hell out of anyone.
Carole wrote: "I did a book with Julie- It was the best experience ever! We wrote chapter by chapter, then went over it together on Google doc. We giggled the whole way through."Alyssa Devine and I have written eight flash fiction anthologies together, and it's been a hoot! (;>)
Lol Ted. Amy J Hamilton and I have decided that while it was fun while it lasted, her brand of fiction was too difficult to market.
You do see a lot of collaboration in children's books, where one person writes the text and another illustrates the book.
I think with rimance novels, one person usually writes the Male POV and the other person the female POV. I guess at least that way you’re sure that every “voice” is unique lol.
I have done some collaboration with my wife Kathleen. She has edited all of my work since we were in college, and we're coming up on the 42nd anniversary of the day we met. She is tough on me, and it's not always easy to listen to her input, but I respect her abilities so much that I force myself to listen and learn. She provided so much input to Ice on the Bay, even writing a few of the scenes from scratch, that I told her I wanted her byline on it. We are planning on writing the next Howard County Mystery novel together, although a lot of things have prevented us from getting far with it as yet.
We are currently having a lot of fun jointly writing a tale that will probably just be our own private little story never to be published. It features the mythical characters Thor and Loki and falls halfway between the mythology of the Edda and the film characters from the Marvel "universe".
Alexis wrote: "I think with rimance novels, one person usually writes the Male POV and the other person the female POV. I guess at least that way you’re sure that every “voice” is unique lol."Actually, that makes some sense.
Dale wrote: "I have done some collaboration with my wife Kathleen. She has edited all of my work since we were in college, and we're coming up on the 42nd anniversary of the day we met. She is tough on me, and ..."You raise a very good point...my wife, Susan, has been my editor for almost a decade. She can be ruthless! As a former president of the local mystery/book club (serving for ten years), she knows the genre well, and believe me when I tell you she cut me no slack. A good editor is the best "wingman" you can have.
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(I want an editor... moan... first I need to earn money... sigh)
D.J. wrote: "(I want an editor... moan... first I need to earn money... sigh)"Yeah, it's cheaper if you have a built-in editor. Or can sell your work to a publisher, so they'll edit it for free.
Christina Lauren
The two authors above have published a lot of books that they’ve written together. They present themselves to the world under one pseudonym and have sold enough books to crack the NYT bestsellers list.
Could you ever write multiple books with another writer?
I can’t wrap my head around how that would work but I guess it wpuld be nice to have a sounding board and someone as invested as I am in turning a book into a success.