Best ofs: The Blind Collaborators
Posted: April 28, 2017, 08:39:08 PM
I had no idea Lester had selected this one for his Best of list! If you haven't read it, please do. You'll like it.
I wrote two parts of this story, originally as flash pieces: "Armin Arm," and "Jaga and a Smile." Others wrote other parts. I don't remember which parts came from whom anymore, and I was just a contributor in it anyway.
The whole thing was put together by Gareth D. Jones (whom we affectionately referred to as "The Other Gareth"), and I thought the whole thing was just a hoot. None of us knew what the others were writing. Then Gareth, himself now a successful pro published in more different languages than I could count, added a little connective tissue and, bang!, it became one whole story, almost like we had been working together the whole time.
It was a ton of fun, and a good story. The next time he wonders by here I hope he stops in to take another bow for this one, because it's still just as good as back in '07 when we all wrote it.
I always thought a project like this would work again here.
I wrote two parts of this story, originally as flash pieces: "Armin Arm," and "Jaga and a Smile." Others wrote other parts. I don't remember which parts came from whom anymore, and I was just a contributor in it anyway.
The whole thing was put together by Gareth D. Jones (whom we affectionately referred to as "The Other Gareth"), and I thought the whole thing was just a hoot. None of us knew what the others were writing. Then Gareth, himself now a successful pro published in more different languages than I could count, added a little connective tissue and, bang!, it became one whole story, almost like we had been working together the whole time.
It was a ton of fun, and a good story. The next time he wonders by here I hope he stops in to take another bow for this one, because it's still just as good as back in '07 when we all wrote it.
I always thought a project like this would work again here.