Okay, possibly stupid idea here.
I listened to a very recent interview with Blaze where he was finally asked about the Infinite Entanglement book he'd been working on. Long story short, it's not done but he bought a new keyboard and would like to get back to it, but the window to capitalize on the IE trilogy by adding a complementary novelization is long gone. Hard to say how much incentive he has to actually get back to it other than to get it done.
So, stupid idea time: I'm an indie author, wrapping up the first draft of my tenth book in the next month or so. I've got seven released, and they're semi-adjacent to the genre IE is in. I sell fairly well at conventions, but suck at marketing myself online. Getting to the point, I was thinking of reaching out to his management to see if Blaze would be interested in me taking a crack at finishing it. It's hard to say how close to done it is or if the manuscript is a mess, but I could probably work with either scenario.
Depending on the state of his draft--if there's a TON of work to be done--I'd at minimum ask for a co-writing credit or a ghostwriting fee if the workload is indeed considerable. That's if I'm, say, completing a significant amount of the book or doing a substantial rewrite on the thing or both. Not looking at it as a moneymaking opportunity. I know he's not super-wealthy. I only bring up the possibility of a ghostwriting fee because I have limited time and don't work for free, unless it's something breezy like a read-through with some little punch-ups. I'd be open to doing that for free and maybe a thank you in the book.
I don't know. Part of me would like to help him get it finished, the other part feels like it might be a can of worms I don't want to open. I'm well past the point of the "every written word is sacred" philosophy. If something doesn't work, I typically throw it out and rewrite it, which sometimes can be huge swaths of a book. I could see myself doing that if the manuscript isn't working, so it might be best to just let it lie. He might not be interested. Might even take offense at the idea. Who knows.
Just something I've been considering for a while now, thought I'd get some opinions on it.