Timewaster's Guide Archive

Has anybody ever tried writing a story or book with another person?  What are the benefits?  What are the challenges?  Do the two or more authors just write different chapters or the book or would the change in voice be a pain for the reader?  

Anybody had any experience?

I just found and have been playing a game called "Battle for Wesnoth".  It is light on graphics, but has good game play.  Don't look for it at wal-mart, though, it's an open source game.  You can download it for free.

It's really quite fun.

I'm pretty new here, and only know a few of you.  I have a book coming out in June and I just found out what the title is going to be (the publishers rejected my original suggestion).

I guess the committee put my title in their market research, but it didn't score well.  So, what title do you prefer?

Chickens in the Headlights
Chickens Don't Have Armpits

Of course if you pick theirs, I'll have to slink out of here with my tail between my legs...  

I'm pretty new here, but just heard about Battlefield 2, made by the same folks as Battlefield 1942, vietnam, etc.  Anyway, there is a new twist to the game.  After you move up rank sufficiently, you can take on the role of a general who doesn't actually play in the first-person shooter role, rather they have a 'god view'.  They watch where their team is (up to 32 players), can send in more ammo, call in air strike, etc.

I'm interested to see how it all plays out.  In Counter-Strike, I've seen people try to get folks to work together.  And it seems when you have folks with a plan, things go much better for all involved.  But almost without exception, everybody ignores the person trying to take on the leadership role.  It will be interesting to see if by having this role that allows a player to see the whole picture, other players will actually follow orders and work together as a team.

Anyway, comes out in June.  Looks to be pretty fun.  There is an article in Wired magazine on it, and the article may even be online by now.