The Collaborator Rules: 101 Surefire Ways to Stay Friends with Your Co-Author!

by Sally Shields

What does it take to successfully collaborate on a book or project?

What does it require to be successful in any relationship? In The Collaborator Rules, Sally Shields spells out exactly how to identify the co-author of your dreams.

In this delightful new offering, many nuggets of wisdom will help anyone be a more effective collaborator. Chock full of great advice, The Collaborator Rules can make the difference between your writing partner becoming a trusted friend or mortal foe.

Laced with humor, these strategies combine wisdom with a light-hearted, humorous and entertaining style. Funny, insightful and full of great tips, The Collaborator Rules will make your next collaboration a successful and fun endeavor!

154 pages, Paperback

First published March 8, 2010

About the author

Sally Shields is an award-winning pianist, composer, speaker, and author of, "The Daughter-in-Law Rules: 101 Surefire Ways to Manage (and Make Friends with) Your Mother-in-Law! She graduated with honors from the New England Conservatory and was a recipient of the Boston Jazz Society Award. Winner of the 17th annual Great American Jazz Piano Competition, her articles and transcriptions are featured regularly in Piano Today Magazine and her book, Modern Jazz Piano, is the standard theory manual for several music programs, including Princeton University. Her children’s song “It’s Christmastime, Once Again” was a finalist in the John Lennon Songwriting Contest and her music is currently featured on the ABC TV daytime drama All My Children. When not traveling and performing around the world—most recently with bestselling author and musician James McBride—Sally (a vegetarian) lives in New York City with her husband (not a vegetarian!) and their two children.

Note: Although the relationship with her MIL was rocky at the outset, with the implementation of the devices outlined in The Daughter-in-Law Rules, the two now enjoy a special bond—which got even better, interestingly enough—after her MIL found out she was writing this book!

Reviews

[Jim Bouchard · Rating 4 out of 5]

Writing is personal, intimate and emotional, and Sally knows the importance of rules in relationships. Her "Daughter-In-Law Rules" will keep families together for generations, and now she's done the same for authors, editors and creative writers who want to work together.

Don't even think about collaborating on your next project without first reading "Collaborator Rules!