by Katherine Villyard | Oct 8, 2022 | giveaways, novels, writing stats
Okay, honestly? I don’t consider myself an Excel guru. That said, I’ve shared versions of this spreadsheet with other writers and they agree that it is SUPER MOTIVATING. This spreadsheet works by being both the carrot and the stick simultaneously. 😉 It...
by Katherine Villyard | Oct 6, 2022 | novels, writing stats
I have a large swath of text with characters, plot, setting, and a beginning, middle, and end. It’s currently 52,489 words, which is (as you know, Bob,) too short. My writer’s group warned me repeatedly that it would be too short, but I’m not that...
by Katherine Villyard | Sep 21, 2022 | giveaways, short fiction
If you would like to read an advance copy of the collection, you can do it at Booksprout, Story Origin, or Book Sirens. If you just want a free copy, there’s a Goodreads Giveaway going on now! That is all....
by Katherine Villyard | Sep 20, 2022 | novels
Creating my characters in the Sims 4? Rolling them up as Dungeons and Dragons characters? RESEARCH. 😉 (Sadly, I’m not actually PLAYING them.)
by Katherine Villyard | Sep 6, 2022 | short fiction
Love Stories, a collection of seven previously published and five previously unpublished short stories. Expected date of publication: October 31. Pre-order your copy here: https://books2read.com/kvlovestories
by Katherine Villyard | Sep 5, 2022 | Silliness
by Katherine Villyard | Sep 2, 2022 | novels
I have a Pinterest where I’m putting up visual references/inspirations. <3 I admit I got the idea from my sister, who has a board for each individual character. I have an overall board with sub-boards for characters. I don’t think there are any...
by Katherine Villyard | Sep 1, 2022 | short fiction
I have a book cover, which will be revealed soon. I mean, I haven’t officially paid yet, but I’ve approved it, so I don’t know if They™ want me to show it to you yet, but…
by Katherine Villyard | Aug 19, 2022 | life, the universe, and everything
This is how I celebrated my birthday two years ago, at the height of the pandemic. Yes, in the Sims. Yeah. It was a whole thing. (That’s the Goth family, Summer Holiday from the BFF household, and some of my real life friends, Simified.) This year, I…...
by Katherine Villyard | Aug 17, 2022 | novels, short fiction
I have a slew of stories that I haven’t been sending out. Seriously, one is from 2006 and I sent it various places for over a decade and got a lot of “I like this but it’s not for us” rejections. So I’m gathering up my sold stories and my...