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Marriage of Minds: Collaborative Fiction Writing Paperback – May 11, 2000

by Nikoo McGoldrick (Author), James A. McGoldrick (Author)

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Writers Nikoo and James McGoldrick know from experience: collaborative writing can more than double creativity. Writing under the name May McGoldrick, these authors have produced a dozen award-winning novels, with more than one million copies in print in eight different languages. Now, with Marriage of Minds, the McGoldricks share the secrets behind their successful writing relationship.

Part how-to book, part relationship book, Marriage of Minds presents the strategies and techniques you need for creating successful collaborations and successful fiction. Drawing on their own personal and professional relationship - and on the relationships of other well-known collaborative teams - the McGoldricks walk writers through the essentials of a successful writing collaboration:

finding the "write" partner
developing skills in communication and the art of compromise
establishing guidelines
providing constructive feedback
approaching a publisher
promoting yourselves and your work. All you and your partner need are the ideas and the talent. Marriage of Minds will supply you with the rest.

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The marriage analogy, albeit apt, grows tiresome quickly. Early chapters on searching for Mr. "Write" and the "prenuptial agreement" give way to later ones on sticking it out "through better or worse" and "surviving the seven-year itch." The writing in Marriage of Minds is full of italics and exclamation points and cute little stories about deleting each other's edits. Regardless, Nikoo and Jim McGoldrick (whose books The Dreamer, The Enchantress, and The Firebrand appear under the pen name May McGoldrick) have gathered some useful information for potential collaborative writers regarding such things as work-style compatibility and rights issues. Perhaps the greatest service they provide comes in the form of anecdotes from the frontlines. Writing a book with a friend or a sibling or even--as with the McGoldricks--a spouse may sound like a grand old time. Some writing teams complain that they even have trouble convincing friends and family that they are actually working. But creating together can take its toll. "People would hear us 'working out plot problems,'" confide Shirl Henke and Carol Reynard, "and then move sharp instruments out of our reach." --Jane Steinberg

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Heinemann Drama (May 11, 2000)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 160 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0325002320
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0325002323
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 8 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.01 x 0.32 x 8.92 inches

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May McGoldrick, Nik James, and Jan Coffey are pen names for USA Today bestselling authors Nikoo Kafi and Jim McGoldrick. Together, they have crafted over fifty fast-paced, conflict-filled historical, contemporary, and Western novels, and two works of nonfiction.
Nikoo’s education and training was in engineering. She worked in robotics and submarine shipbuilding. Before earning a PhD in sixteenth-century Scottish and English literature, Jim pursued a hundred and one jobs, including a decade in submarine construction.
Storytellers at heart, Nikoo and Jim were always searching for careers that gave them time for both family and writing. Then, after thirteen years of marriage, they recognized each other’s creative strengths. Nikoo is all about characters and feeling. Jim is about action and sense of place. Their first attempt in writing fiction together produced their award-winning novel, The Thistle and the Rose. Since then, their stories have touched the hearts and minds of millions of readers all over the world. Their work has been translated into over a dozen languages and counting.
Nikoo and Jim are four-time Rita Finalists and the winners of numerous awards for their writing, including the Daphne DeMaurier Award for Excellence, the Romantic Times Magazine Reviewers’ Choice Award, three NJRW Golden Leaf Awards, two Holt Medallions, and the Connecticut Press Club Award for Best Fiction.
The authors make their home in California.
Here is a complete catalogue of May McGoldrick, Nik James and Jan Coffey’s work, in chronological order.
Each book stands on its own.
MAY McGOLDRICK
Macpherson Clan Series
The Thistle and the Rose
A Midsummer Wedding (novella)
Angel of Skye
Heart of Gold
Beauty of the Mist
The Intended
Flame
Tess and the Highlander
The Dreamer (Highland Treasure)
The Enchantress (Highland Treasure)
The Firebrand (Highland Treasure)
Much Ado About Highlanders (Scottish Relic)
Taming the Highlander (Scottish Relic)
Tempest in the Highlands (Scottish Relic)
Love and Mayhem
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Pennington Family Series
The Promise
The Rebel
Borrowed Dreams
Captured Dreams
Dreams of Destiny
Romancing the Scot
It Happened in the Highlands
Sweet Home Highland Christmas (novella)
Sleepless in Scotland
Dearest Millie (novella)
How to Ditch a Duke (novella)
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Royal Highlander Series
Highland Crown
Highland Jewel
Highland Sword
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A Prince in the Pantry (novella)
Ghost of the Thames
Jane Austen Cannot Marry!
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Made in Heaven
Thanksgiving in Connecticut (novella)
NIK JAMES
The Winter Road (novella)
High Country Justice
Bullets and Silver
Silver Trail Christmas
JAN COFFEY
Trust Me Once
Twice Burned
Triple Threat
Fourth Victim
Five in a Row
Silent Waters
Cross Wired
The Janus Effect
The Puppet Master
Blind Eye
Road Kill
Mercy (novella)
Tropical Kiss
Aquarian
When the Mirror Cracks
NONFICTION
Marriage of Minds: Collaborative Fiction Writing
Step Write Up: Writing Exercises for 21st Century
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I recently had very mixed experiences collaborating both as a writer and an artist. Now I understand why. If I had read the book before we began the relationships I would have done things differently. I am sure I would have enjoyed the process and the results more.

I interviewed Nikoo and Jim McGoldrick for a TV show recently and was impressed by the the way they interact. I picked up the book after watching the two in action and was glad I did. Their sense of humor and good natured play comes through in the book. They have managed to maintain a strong writing relationship (I thought the other books I read preparing for the interview were well written) and a strong marriage while rewriting each others work every day. The book uses their experiences and as well as those of other collaborative writing teams. I thought the presentation was well balanced and helpful.
I would definitely recommend the book to anyone considering a collaborative creative project.