by Katherine Villyard | May 13, 2006 | geekiness, nanowrimo, novels, scripts
I may be writing a novel. I received some crits for lizardfic today, and one of the critiquers agrees with Brian that the story might work better at novel-length. I suspect they may be right. Of course, I don’t have time right now. I need to finish this script....
by Katherine Villyard | Nov 2, 2005 | life, the universe, and everything, novels, short fiction
I was talking to the SO in the car this morning on the way to work about our respective writing projects. He thinks that the problem I’m having with the story formerly for the cliché challenge is that it’s not a short story, it’s a novel....
by Katherine Villyard | Sep 18, 2005 | geekiness, life, the universe, and everything, novels, short fiction
I’m trying to exercise more, mainly so I feel like less of a slug. Lots of people (Orson Scott Card, etc.) recommend exercise for authors on the grounds that it’s hard to force lively prose out of a sluggish, tired body, and it’s true. I may have to...
by Katherine Villyard | Mar 7, 2004 | novels, short fiction
This weekend I’ve been working on my latest story, which is based on a nightmare I was having on August 29, 2003, right before my mother-in-law woke me up to drive her to the doctor for her broken arm. Yes, I know the date, because we went to Dragoncon right...