by Katherine Villyard | Feb 26, 2024 | sql
My company recently moved to AWS, so I’ve been looking for more information specific to SQL Server performance tuning in AWS. Unfortunately, a lot of what I’m finding is marketing copy devoid of technical detail. Apparently, moving my data to the cloud is great for...
by Katherine Villyard | Feb 21, 2024 | drabble
It’s almost the full moon, and I’m out of sick time. I’m tired, and itchy, and I shaved this morning and have a five o’clock shadow at noon. I just want to curl up under the conference table and take a nap. Instead, I go to the lunch line in the cafeteria downstairs....
by Katherine Villyard | Feb 19, 2024 | sql
Mostly so I can link it to a post that’s getting traffic… Declare @DBname varchar(255), @SQL nvarchar(max), @today nvarchar(50), @servername nvarchar(50) set @today = convert(nvarchar,GETDATE(),12) set @servername =...
by Katherine Villyard | Feb 15, 2024 | novels
Short answer: Probably not. Long answer: The book is set in 18th century Prussia (mostly Bavaria), 19th Century Prussia (Berlin) and Britain (London), 20th century Berlin and New York, and 21st century Greater New York Metro Area. The only reference to China is where...
by Katherine Villyard | Feb 14, 2024 | free fiction, short fiction
This story was originally published in Electric Velocipede on December 30, 2013, and reprinted in Love Stories. She knew the signs of drowning; she’d seen it many times. Mouth below the waterline, arms pressing the body up out of the water for a breath. He didn’t cry...
by Katherine Villyard | Feb 9, 2024 | novels
So, content warnings. A.S. Akkalon was talking about them over here and included a link to a Trigger Warning database. What I’ve been sending in my queries (yeah, #amquerying): “Content warnings: Pet death, partner death, child death, reference to torture,...
by Katherine Villyard | Feb 1, 2024 | giveaways
In order to celebrate my hardcover of Love Stories, I’m giving away a signed paperback! (Click the image, alas, it borks my layout otherwise…) NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Sponsor: Katherine Villyard Eligibility: Sorry, US only, Postage. You know. Also, you must...
by Katherine Villyard | Dec 29, 2023 | art, novels
Hey! Check it out! ART!!! Aren’t they great? They’re by the amazing JLuvsWicked. If you’d like to commission some art, you can reach him at Instagram, Twitter, or Bluesky.
by Katherine Villyard | Dec 27, 2023 | novels, writing stats
My novel started the year at 65,000 words (draft 1.5), increased to 120,000 words (draft 2) to address developmental concerns, and decreased to the current 96,000 words. I feel like it’s structurally there and am just looking for things like how many times...
by Katherine Villyard | Nov 5, 2023 | about me, life, the universe, and everything, writing
42, of course! Eat well, try to get exercise, make some friends. Something else? You know. The unanswerable question. Fun for the whole family! It’s something that I’ve always been interested in. In college, I signed up for a freshman English course called...