Oh, and also, I totally agree with what you said about collaborating being like taking baby steps, Mel. Collaborating isn't easy; it's got its own set of challenges, but what I love about it is that I almost never get writer's block on my collaborations . If I'm feeling stuck or uninspired, I have a co-author to bounce ideas off of or talk about the story with. I'm not responsible for every part, so I get out of doing a lot of the filler and other stuff I hate having to write in my own stories, and because I have a co-author to please, I put my best effort into every part I do write. I think my writing for Undead and 00Carter is usually better than the writing I do for my own stories, to be honest LOL. Maybe it's just because I find those stories more challenging, so when I feel like I've pulled a scene off for one of them, it seems like a bigger accomplishment . Anyway, I feel like I've grown a lot more as a writer through collaborating than I would have on my own.