by Katherine Villyard | Apr 29, 2006 | life, the universe, and everything, scripts, short fiction
Things I need to do this weekend: Work on script. Critters critique. Work on script some more. Buy groceries. Pay bills. Register for Dragoncon and Ann Crispin writing workshop. Work on script even more. Mow lawn. Thing I might do for fun this weekend: Buy yarn for...
by Katherine Villyard | Apr 9, 2006 | short fiction
I’m doing revisions on Lizardfic right now. Back in November, I posted that I thought the universe in this story was underdeveloped. Well, I’m starting to really feel like that’s no longer the case. I’m starting to feel like there could be a...
by Katherine Villyard | Apr 6, 2006 | life, the universe, and everything, short fiction
I’m so tired I keep opening the word document with my story in it, staring at it, and closing it again. I think maybe I should just go with it and go to bed early. After all, I was sick last week, and maybe Daylight Savings Time wasn’t the best time to...
by Katherine Villyard | Apr 2, 2006 | short fiction
I just finished the first draft of Lizardfic. Hooray! It’s hard SF (biology). I have no idea if Analog wants it. They might. I still need to flesh out the protagonist’s emotional arc and the like, but the first draft is done. It was like grinding out...
by Katherine Villyard | Mar 29, 2006 | short fiction
I think I’ve got it! I’ve been slogging painfully through Lizardfic–it has a lot of world-building, and it’s all very complicated and I’ve been trying to work it in smoothly–and I just realized that… My protagonist isn’t...
by Katherine Villyard | Mar 17, 2006 | scripts, short fiction
I wrote as far as I had in my script, which was basically setting up the premise. Page 13 is a good page to introduce the villains, right? Need an outline, STAT! On the other hand, I’m hearing character voices quip, which is a good sign, script-wise. And the...
by Katherine Villyard | Mar 12, 2006 | short fiction
Hi, my name is Katherine, and I’m a self-censor. (“Hi, Katherine!”) It really slows me down, because I get bogged down in resisting what happens in a story. The first draft is not the time to decide whether something is kitsch, or too unpleasant, or...
by Katherine Villyard | Feb 24, 2006 | cats, short fiction, writing mysticism
I had two stories in progress when my cat got sick in December, and I hadn’t touched either of them since until today. Well, I just worked on one a little, and I really like it. It’s also 2700 words so far and I don’t think it’s even...
by Katherine Villyard | Dec 19, 2005 | short fiction
I’ve finally come up with a title that I don’t hate with the fiery hate of a thousand suns for the Just Not Right story, so it will be hitting the mailbox tonight. Woohoo!
by Katherine Villyard | Nov 24, 2005 | short fiction
My “just not right” story is up at Critters and has already received three critiques. Unsurprisingly, the critiques suggest that I’ve again fallen prey to my most common uncritiqued story problem. I try not to spoon feed readers and let them figure...