  Collaboration can lead to exasperation, and that's no exaggeration. When knee deep writing your novel, you often battle yourself over direction, characters, etc. Well, Imagine if you're writing one with someone else. I did it (sort of), and it wasn't pretty.
Seems like there was more debating over title and plot than actual writing. And that's when we actually had time to sit create. Most times, we worked separately and came together occasionally to get some details down on the computer. But it always seemed like whenever we took two steps forward, we took one back, which made the process inordinately long. So long that I was left wondering if I should just go back to working on my own book. And I did. Is the co-authoring issue dead between us? Not at all. I offered him the opportunity to recycle the main character we created together and reuse him in my threequal of urlLink Torn Apart and urlLink Sanguine Fluid called urlLink The Flemington Baker Story .
But will this book be written any time soon? Nope, because I now live in MA and my best friend and writing partner is in NY. He's also not a big email user either, so we're probably talking about a long term project. But it will happen eventually, and I think we both are on the same page about that. More than a moral based Blog, this is just some information. While the prospect of writing a book with someone else can be an exciting, I don't think it's good to let yourself get sidetracked. The constant push and pull, give and take can negatively affect your motivation. You can't fall in love with a particular direction, because you may have to compromise with your partner.
So, I think it's important to always prioritize your own work (this is where you will derive your day-to-day fulfillment) and work on the joint project here and there. The side benefit of this way of handling it is the joint project can serve as a refreshing interruption from your main project, which is sometimes necessary to keep you from getting bogged down.
When you come back to it, you will have a fresh perspective. So, I'm definitely not against the co-authoring thing. In fact, my father also wants to write a book with me about gambling called urlLink It always seems like more tomorrow . I'll probably entertain that next after urlLink The Duality of His Life is published. My father is retired with a lot of time on his hands and a 30 year story to tell. Stay tuned. urlLink SerialThriller.com 
