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 | Gather around and help yourself to a beverage of your choice: Whatever is appropriate for the time of day in your part of the world. The café and the bar are well-stocked. Personally, I'm going to opt for a large black coffee and maybe a sneaky biscuit on the side. This is going to be a long coffee break - a whole week in fact - so there's no such thing a late-comer. In any case, there's no need to apologise. All comments will be welcome, no matter when they arrive. | |
So, what are we going to talk about? I thought a good subject might be that of books with multiple authors. This may have something to do with the fact that I'm currently working on a book with a co-author. We wrote a short story together back in August last year. If you're interested, it's on my web site and it's called Street Prejudice. We then thought of an idea for another short story, but after a mammoth brainstorming and storyboarding session, we ended up with enough plot for a whole book! A year later and we're close to finishing the first draft. |  | |
 | A lot of people have reacted to this with comments like: "Ooh, how unusual. How do you manage that?" and this led me to believe that books with more than one author are rare. Then I looked at my own bookshelves, and found that a surprisingly high proportion of the books I read have two or more authors. For example: Larry Niven / Jerry Pournelle, Arthur C Clarke / Gentry Lee, James Patterson / Maxine Paetro. | |
I wonder how many of the books you own, or have read, are by more than one author. Have you ever written books or stories with other authors? If so, how did you go about it? If not, would you consider such a project in the future? What do you think are the pros and cons of such ventures?
