When it came down to the question of which would survive, the marriage or the writing partnership, it was a pretty easy decision. But I remember that it was a challenge convincing the powers that be that we had been successful writers individually and would be again. We were hyphenated in people's minds: Fay-and-Michael Kanin.
Determining whether to prioritize marriage over a writing partnership was simple, yet convincing others of our continued success as individual writers was tough. We were often viewed as a combined unit in the public mind: Fay-and-Michael Kanin.