Well, to add my 2 cents worth... Note my answers are in ALL CAPS. I'm not "shouting", just want them to stand out: (a) How does one settle artistic disagreements? Should someone be given "final sayso"? ONE PERSON ALWAYS HAS FINAL SAY-SO. THE SIMPLE FACT IS, ONE PERSON WILL HAVE A FAR MORE DEVELOPED CONCEPT. NOTHING IS EVER TRULY MUTUAL. FOR EXAMPLE, ONE PERSON INVENTS THE WORLD AND THE BASIC SETUP, AND THEY BOTH FLESH IT OUT TOGETHER. THE PERSON WHO FIRST CAME UP WITH THE WORLD GETS THE LAST WORD. IF YOU HAVE A LACK OF HIERARCHY, YOU'RE SUNK. OF COURSE, IN A PERFECT WORLD YOU RARELY NEED TO USE IT. (b) How is it divided up? By chapter? By events? Characters? Or should one be the writer and the other(s) be editors with change suggestions? DEPENDS ON YOUR ARRANGEMENT. MY COAUTHOR AND I DIVIDED IT UP RANDOMLY AT FIRST AND TALKED ON THE PHONE A LOT BEFORE REALIZING IT WAS HOPELESS AND PAUSING TO CREATE AN OUTLINE, WHICH WE THEN DIVIDED UP BY CHAPTERS OR, IN SOME CASES, SCENES. THE KEY HERE IS TO DO ENOUGH REWRITING AND EDITING TO WHERE YOU CAN NO LONGER TELL WHERE ONE WRITER BEGINS AND THE OTHER ENDS. IN MY CASE, I HANDLED THE REWRITES AND MY COAUTHOR HANDLED EDITORIAL INPUT. AGAIN, WHATEVER WORKS. (c) Legal issues? Contracts? Payment(s)? (assuming book would be published) IM ME AND I CAN SEND YOU A SAMPLE COAUTHOR AGREEMENT. THIS MUST BE SPELLED OUT IN ADVANCE AND MODIFIED IF NEED BE. REMEMBER, AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS IS A BUSINESS LIKE ANY OTHER. (d) How hard is it when the people can sit together as opposed to using only the internet? Or telephone? NO REAL DIFFERENCE. IN FACT, I THINK DISTANCE IS A GOOD THING SO YOU DON'T SPEND ALL YOUR TIME GABBING INSTEAD OF PRODUCING. (e) Anyone know of any examples of successful collaborations? WWW.SARCHA.COM - CHECK OUT THE SAMPLES OF FORWARD UNTO YESTERDAY AND STORM OVER EDEN BY CLICKING THE BOOKS LINK IN THE MAIN MENU. NOTE THESE HAVE NOT YET BEEN THROUGH FINAL PUBLISHER EDITS JUST YET, BUT I THINK YOU'LL LIKE WHAT YOU SEE!