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...
by Katherine Villyard | Oct 19, 2023 | history, novels, research
Felix Mendelssohn. Know him? He wrote Elijah, among other things. Like this: He also has the dubious honor of being singled out as proof that Jews are incapable of true music in Wagner’s antisemitic essay on the topic. Fuck Wagner! Mendelssohn’s...
by Katherine Villyard | Oct 10, 2023 | about me, art, writing, writing mysticism
Disclaimer: Any writing process that results in finished writing that you’re proud of is a valid process! It’s also normal that you’ll have to experiment with different processes to see what fits. So, when I was at Dragoncon this year, there was a...
by Katherine Villyard | Oct 5, 2023 | selling fiction
So, uh… I intended to have a giveaway on Kobo, Barnes and Noble, and Apple books… but Amazon price-matched me. Hey, I’m cool with that! As a freebie, my book is pretty popular. Like, #4 in Science Fiction Anthologies (Kindle Store) and #10 in Fantasy...
by Katherine Villyard | Sep 22, 2023 | geekiness, written for nontechnical friends
I’m so glad you asked! 😀 So, of all the Twitter clones–let’s not get into Twitter, shall we?–the current top three are Mastodon, Bluesky, and Threads. I don’t have a Threads account so I can’t speak to whether it’s any good or...