by Katherine Villyard | Sep 24, 2005 | short fiction
I started a second story for Scalzi’s cliché challenge. I’m a lot more enthusiastic about this one, since I get to write aliens, woohoo! Of course, the fact that I have characters and a milieu and a general situation does not mean that I have a...
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 | Sep 17, 2005 | geekiness, selling fiction, short fiction
Thanks to the comments of Jen, Margo, and Lisa, the nightmare story is now in circulation under the name “Book of Shadows.” W00t! I went to go record the information on my Treo–yes, yes, I track these things in mysql and php–and lo, my poor...
by Katherine Villyard | Sep 14, 2005 | scripts, short fiction
Based on the latest crit for the nightmare story, the way my system of magic works was completely unclear. Every single question my reader had was about how the magic worked. And here I was worried that I was being all sledgehammery! Apparently, I needn’t have...
by Katherine Villyard | Aug 29, 2005 | life, the universe, and everything, reading, short fiction
I made even more changes to the nightmare story, but no one’s seen them yet. The S.O. was working on his own novel, damn him! *shakes fist* That, and I’m a little too worried about Hurricane Katrina smacking New Orleans to worry about whether my changes to...
by Katherine Villyard | Aug 11, 2005 | short fiction
John Scalzi is looking for SF clichés. Oh, be still my beating heart! I can’t help it, I still love spaceflight and Amazon women on the moon; I suspect anyone who read SF of a certain period at a certain age or younger can say the same. Heh. *ponders...
by Katherine Villyard | Jul 4, 2005 | short fiction
I was unpacking a box and discovered a piece of my own juvenilia. I was probably about 17 when I wrote that tale of a pompous unreliable narrator on an unsuccessful diplomatic mission. The characterization was what you’d expect from a teenager, the gender...
by Katherine Villyard | Jun 29, 2005 | short fiction
Jen had some suggestions for the nightmare story that I think are really good, but I’ve been busy at work so I’m having trouble convincing myself to do the rewrite/edit. I feel guilty about that, but not guilty enough to actually write. Which may mean that...
by Katherine Villyard | Jun 17, 2005 | short fiction
I finished the first draft of the nightmare story, and I really think I’m on to something. And so does the SO, one small quibble aside. I need to edit, obviously, and editing can wait until tomorrow. But I am pleased. Very pleased. I’m not sure if I need...
by Katherine Villyard | May 31, 2005 | scripts
I think I’m pleased with the revisions to Dot Com; a few sections are much more readable. I think. We’ll see what the boyfriend thinks; I’ve asked him for a sanity check. Where did my three day weekend go? Oh, yeah. I slept through most of it....