The Twelve Days of Anna: Day Eleven: Collaborating
Bob and I have a simple plan for collaborating. We each choose a character and write that PoV. Then we show the characters to each other. Surprise! That’s how we ended up with a food critic and a hitman. My cousin, Russ Parsons, was the food editor for the LA Times for years (now he’s in Ireland writing for the Irish) so I wrote him and said, “Bob and I are writing another book, why would somebody in the foodie world want to kill a food critic?” and he wrote back, “Jenny, we don’t do that.” So we regrouped. And along the years, we’ve worked out a semi-plan for how to survive in a book together. Still a work in progress, but then so is life.
I had a very bad 2025–hospitalized with an asthma attack, hospitalized with heart failure, hospitalized with a cracked pelvis–no worries, I’m fine now, but my writing went to hell. And Bob has had the patience of a saint, even while he bombarded me with ice pirates, mafia romances, and zombies. So we’re regrouping now, finishing the Nate and Anna series (because I have FINALLY got my act together), and talking about where we go next. (more…)
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