>>>Thank you for the feedback.
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>>>You're right, the writing field is a rough one to break into. Even more so these days with the emphasis on blockbusters and name brand authors. But hey, somebody's got to do it, right?
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>>>I am not interested in a collaborative effort. I think a book needs a voice and by definition you're not going to have that, you're going to have many voices. I don't think it's like music, for instance, where different people play different instruments or sing and somehow make it harmonize.
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>>In Russia there were several great books written by two authors or brothers.
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>>Ilf & Petrov, brothers Wainers, brothers Arkadi Strugatsky,Boris Strugatsky come to mind.
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>>Brothers Grimm as well in Germany...
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>The Brothers Grimm, OK, you got me there. But IMO fiction is a fundamentally solitary act. Do we remember Leo Tolstoy and his brothers? Fyodor and Vladimir Dostoyevsky? Of course not. We remember, and continue to read, the words of individuals.

Actually, you'd probably be surprised by the number of books written under a single pen name that are actually authored by duos.