I Do One Xanth Novel A Year,

Normally I Work Out A General Summary Of What I Mean To Do, Then Start Writing, And The Details Can Be Different From My Anticipation. So There Is Considerable Flow, But Always Within Channels.

As For Collaboration - I Have Done A Lot, 26 Books, And Found Publishers Increasingly Resistive To Them. It's Not That The Books Are Bad; Editors Won't Even Read Them.

For Our Stories Are Not Yet Finished, And Perhaps Will Never Be.

Adults Had The Notion That Juveniles Needed To Suffer. Only When They Had Suffered Enough To Wipe Out Most Of Their Naturally Joyous Spirits And Innocence Were They Staid Enough To Be Considered Mature. An Adult Was Essentially A Broken-down Child.

Have A Working Spouse, Because You Won't Earn A Living From Writing - Not At First, If Ever. My Wife Worked For Years To Support Us.