Marriage of Minds: Collaborative Writing

Artistic collaboration is the most dangerous game around except maybe for love. The McGoldricks have mastered both. I thought from the first time that I met them that they had something special going on. Now I understand the basis of their magical marriage. Its called collaboration.- Evan Maxwell NY Times bestselling novelist collaborator and writing columnistPart how-to book part relationship book Marriage of Minds offers strategies and techniques for creating successful collaborations and successful fiction. Drawing on their own personal and professional relationship and on the relationships of other well-known collaborative teams the McGoldricks walk you through the essentials of successful collaboration: - finding the write partner- developing skills in communication and the art of compromise- establishing guidelines- providing constructive feedback- working through for better or worseAll you and your partner need are the ideas and the talent. Marriage of Minds will supply you with the rest.Nikoo and Jim McGoldrick are award-winning USA Today bestselling authors of over four dozen novels and two works of nonfiction. They write under the pseudonyms May McGoldrick Jan Coffey and Nik James. They make their home in California.