Apparently, the world won't end in December of this year after all. Or if it does, the Mayans won't have predicted it. According to this article, archaeologists have found a Mayan calendar that dates beyond this year. So, big sigh of relief there, right? The article is fascinating... and gives me ideas for another story... but no, enough, I have too many books going on at once as it is. I need to be like one of those Renaissance master painters and have a studio of people who work on my books, and I just give the idea, get it started, and maybe do some of the tricky bits. That way I might get it all done in one lifetime. Or maybe I can have collaborators, like on a film. I need a "pre-production" researcher, and a "2nd Assistant Director/chapter writer", and a "Post-Production" copyeditor/query sender...
Actually, if I just had someone to do the work of researching agents and editors and sending the queries out, that would be great. Yeah, I know you can pay for that kind of service, but it's part of learning the business. Though it's not as much fun as the writing, it's a necessary piece.
