by Katherine Villyard | Apr 19, 2004 | life, the universe, and everything, short fiction
That story draft that was so sucktastic? I somehow managed to wrangle a couple of good paragraphs out of it. I thought it was probably “warmer” than the previous draft, and apparently I was right. In other news, I went for a run last night. It was about...
by Katherine Villyard | Apr 18, 2004 | reading, scripts, short fiction
I got several funny pages done on the movie script. Hooray! On the other hand, I read a bit of draft for the nightmare story I wrote last week, and it is the suck. Not first draft suck, either. Worse. Woe. Ah well, this is the whole reason to have multiple projects in...
by Katherine Villyard | Apr 7, 2004 | life, the universe, and everything, short fiction, writing mysticism
This is a very useful link for the nightmare story, even if not all the items apply to the story in question. Also, I think I was writing with the wrong POV character, although I wouldn’t have known that if I hadn’t attempted a draft, since it took me an...
by Katherine Villyard | Mar 27, 2004 | short fiction
That extremely silly story I mentioned is now in circulation under the title, “The Captivity of Princess Sallya.” Goe, lyttel storie! Goe! 🙂
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...