Do you ever have AMAZING ideas for a story that you just don’t think you can accomplish on your own? Ever come across someone with whom you can bounce ideas back and forth like pro tennis players? Here’s a thought for you: Collab! It may be the answer to your problems as a writer trying to tackle a seemingly impossible story. There have been some amazing collaborations in history: Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder, Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat, Paul McCartney and John Lennon

Sonya? Sonya Ipsen? Oh yes, we spent time together, but that was more than six years ago when we were all living in SoHo, struggling. Fortunately for Sonya, Marcus Lyttle discovered her, but that was only after she'd shifted mediums. When I knew her, she was still doing watercolors of the bridges along the Hudson. She did good work, as I remember, and made modest sales through Marisa O'Connor's little gallery in Tribeca. Her talent wasn't spectacular, but she'd mastered the t