 Unfortunately this came right at the time of an almost seven-year writing drought.He eventually negotiated an agreement with the IRS, that encouraged him to return to writing, and, in the late 1990s and early 2000s, he wrote several novels in collaboration with authors Peter Heck, Jody Lynn Nye, and Linda Evans.These novels included continuations of the "Myth" series and the "Phule" series as well as works in new series.