Did one of you write the historical passages and the other the modern ones, or did you fully cross-collaborate on the novel?

Dori: I wrote most of the historical passages, and Ashley did most of the present-day scenes. Of course, we each wrote bits in each other's sections; for instance, that wonderful bit from the party in Fool For Love was Ashley, and the stairwell scene with Spike and Willow was me.

But we had talked extensively about how the two plots would intertwine, how they influenced each other.

Ashley: There are places where we know Dori did some things and I did some things, and there are some passages in there where neither one of us can figure out for the life of us who wrote it. Which is kinda neat.