I enjoyed Honoured Enemy. I cant remember Jimmy the hand much, it was a while ago i read it. Murder in Lamut? Well, lets just say I dont own any Joel Rosenburg titles...
On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 4:01 PM, Raymond E. Feist <[email protected]>wrote: > > On Apr 13, 2012, at 11:55 PM, Tim Hickey wrote: > > Ray, > Two questions... > I may have missed it, but how did the opportunities for your > collaborations come up and how did the mechanics of the collaborations work > out (who wrote what, did you have overall decisions on what was written, > etc)? > > Thanks! > > The first collaboration with Janny was my idea. I asked and she said no, > and after I worked on her for almost a year, she finally said OK. That > series was 100% give-and-take. I'd write something and send it to her; > she'd edit and rewrite, and the reverse as well, she'd write, I'd rewrite. > Etc. There are parts I can point to and say, "That was Janny's. That was > mine." But there are parts I can point to and say, "I have no idea who did > that." > > The other three came about because another publisher wanted me to do a > series written by other writers from my outline. Harper said "No one else > publishes Feist," and gave me a three book deal. I refused to do a "big > name/little name" or "I direct while they do the work," and insisted it > would be a full collaboration. I visited Bill, Steve, and Joel, and we > came up with ideas. Then they went to work and did the 1st draft and I did > the rewrite. Different results from different writers. Joel, God rest > him, handed me a murder mystery where the three guys got the right results > the wrong way, so it was a lousy murder mystery but otherwise a fun book. > Steve handed me something that looked absolutely nothing like the book we > agreed to, two weeks before deadline, and I scrambled like crazy to beat it > into submission. Bill handed me a book that read like something I would > write and it was as easy to work on as revising one of my own first drafts. > Of the three, I'm happiest with Honored Enemy. > > Best, R.E.F. > ---- > www.crydee.com > > Never attribute to malice what can satisfactorily be explained away by > stupidity. > > > > > >
