I suppose that Will Shakespeare had the right of it in: "Silence is the perfectest herald of joy: I were but little happy, if I could say how much." -Much Ado about Nothing. Act ii. Sc. 1. A particularly daunting thought for a writer. What I have always loved about Mary Balogh's book have been that sentiment - she makes me feel the love in the silences between her characters (I almost wrote 'people'.)
I wonder how you found a wrting partner to begin with. I wrote a non-fiction booke with a collegue I work with so it was easy to find a co-author. How do fiction writer's work? Jane Halsall