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On the business side, how has writing together impacted the sales of your other novels?

Again, it’s that safety net-we know we won’t be scorned or diminished, but instead challenged and lifted up to be the best writers we can be. We have all turned to each other to bounce ideas off each other for our individual books. I honestly don’t know how I manage to write my solo projects without these two-but then again, I don’t. It is so freeing to voice plot and character ideas knowing that instead of inspiring negativity, it will inspire a springboard to even more creative ideas. Karen White: Beatriz said it: colleagues not rivals. And that carries over into your own independent work, giving you the confidence to take on projects or make narrative choices you might not otherwise have been bold enough to undertake. You’re reminded that, wait, you may actually have picked up a little craft along the way, that you do know how to do this. When your characters go on strike, when your plot snarls up like old yarn, you don’t just have the echoing spaces of your own brain you have someone to talk it all through with. You have the freedom to take risks, knowing that your friends have your back. The joy of working collaboratively is that you have a safety net. Lauren Willig: I remember when I wrote my first book, long, long ago, thinking, Wow, once I’ve written two books, I’ll really know what I’m doing! I’m working on my twenty-first book right now, and the one thing I’m sure of is that I have no idea what I’m doing-and I have no idea how those twenty other books got written.

How does working collaboratively help fuel your creativity? When I return to my manuscript, it always feels as if I’ve just taken a shot of creativity and inspiration and I’m ready to tackle the next chapter.

And then bing-the collaboration hits my inbox and I have an excuse to redirect my energies for a bit. Karen White: I refer to our collaborations as “productive procrastination.” No matter how in love I am with my current work-in-progress, I always get to a point where I just can’t look at it anymore.