Brethren and sistren,
I've been saying for thirty years now that shared joy increases. If so,
we're all gonna be neck-deep in the stuff in a second.
I am collaborating on a novel with Robert A. Heinlein.
No, really.
I have just been given final approval by the Heinlein Trust to write a
novel based on a detailed outline created by Robert in 1955. It will be
billed as "Robert A. Heinlein's VARIABLE STAR, by Spider Robinson." The
book proposal is even now being prepared for market by my (and Robert's)
agent Eleanor Wood. The first 10,000 words are already written.
I don't suppose any of you need to be told what this means to me, nor
could I express it. Honoured … terrified … exhilarated … all those are
in there, and more.
Some writers enjoy writing. I'm the other kind: I enjoy *having
written*. But these last few weeks, for almost the first time in thirty
years, the writing itself has been a pure and holy joy. Which I share
now with you.
Wish me luck.
--Spider
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