by Katherine Villyard | Mar 23, 2004 | short fiction
I’ve figured out why the nightmare-based story is proceeding so slowly. I don’t have the rules set for the story universe. It looks like our universe, but any world in which (that would be telling!) is not our world. 🙂 Some time rule-building for the...
by Katherine Villyard | Mar 20, 2004 | life, the universe, and everything, short fiction
Inspiration struck Wednesday for a twisted tale I’m calling “The Grandfather Paradox.” Yes, for those of you who recognize the reference, there is time travel in this story. Right now I’m trying to figure out the time-travel rules. I...
by Katherine Villyard | Mar 11, 2004 | life, the universe, and everything, procrastination, short fiction
So, the story loosely based on a nightmare proceeds slowly, because, well, dream. Not very logically consistent. That, and I feel very lazy. My job just got a lot busier. No, my laptop isn’t back from the shop. They did “final testing” on it this...
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...
by Katherine Villyard | Feb 9, 2004 | short fiction
Based on the comments I got back from the fresh pair of eyes and my other friend, “Women’s Work” is officially in circulation. Woohoo! And I’d like to know–why is a SASE such a bizarre concept? The counterpeople always look at me like...
by Katherine Villyard | Feb 7, 2004 | short fiction
I made my significant otter read my latest version. Then I sent it to someone I caught over IM who is working. That was an hour ago. Is work more important than my fiction? Feed me fe3d m3 feed mme feeD my EGO fEEd me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!~~~ I’d IM her to ask if she...
by Katherine Villyard | Feb 4, 2004 | short fiction
I received an email saying that “Varmints” had just passed round one of the reading process for that particular publication. Woohoo! *crosses fingers, happy dances* Alas, I wasn’t able to do much editing on “Women’s Work” last...
by Katherine Villyard | Feb 1, 2004 | short fiction
Jen found much to fix in the time dilation story. Curses, foiled again! 🙂 As far as I can tell the biggest problem is the technology level in the story not being unclear. Well, okay, probably a better way to phrase it would be unclarity in general, which is often my...
by Katherine Villyard | Jan 29, 2004 | life, the universe, and everything, short fiction
I just incorporated Misha’s comments into “Women’s Work.” Misha rocks. 🙂 In other news, I think my Palm III is dead. Yes, I know I always say that, but this time I mean it. Switching it on produces a flashing effect followed by a black screen...
by Katherine Villyard | Jan 27, 2004 | short fiction
I sent “Varmints” out to what I thought was a gloriously inappropriate market with a quick turnaround, and yet they have not seen fit to reject me yet. Which goes to show what I know. 😉 I’m trying to decide if “Women’s Work” is...