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.

At present I answer about 100 letters a month, and read 300 emails.

If every editor turns you down, maybe you should take a second look at your text, however, just in case.

I do one Xanth novel a year, because at the moment that is all that publishers will accept; they don't want any other type of fiction from me, so Xanth pays my way.

The library is a place of mental diversion, learning, and comfort for anyone who has an intellect. I know of no librarian who when asked for food for the mind will offer a stone. What more could anyone ask?

That most dangerous of opponents: the one who took pains to comprehend the position of his adversary.

It would be easier to write a novel without reader input, but I feel the fiction is richer for it.