by Katherine Villyard | Nov 30, 2007 | life, the universe, and everything
Pity me, for I am a World of Warcrack widow.
by Katherine Villyard | Nov 27, 2007 | writing mysticism
Amount of actual words on paper I’m getting down: Almost none. Amount of figuring out what this story needs to work: Ginormous. That’s not what I sat down to do tonight, but I’ll take it. I’ll definitely take...
by Katherine Villyard | Nov 27, 2007 | life, the universe, and everything
Dear Jerk in the Red Pickup, I admit it. I’m unsettled. Not so much by the fact that you tailgated us for over five miles, but that you did so ranting and huddling up in the corner of the cab with your fist over your forehead, hunching and swaying. If you really...
by Katherine Villyard | Nov 24, 2007 | short fiction
The hurricane story is a short story, not a novel. Scenes that aren’t about the sisters probably need to go. *wibbles lower lip, throws some cut scenes into a separate file* Highest word count: 11,000 words. Current word count: 6348 words....
by Katherine Villyard | Nov 22, 2007 | life, the universe, and everything
What I did for Thanksgiving: Tofurkey with brother-in-common-law et al. Alice’s Restaurant. Addams Family Values, with cheering during Wednesday’s speech. Too. Much. Food! Roll me to the car, I’m...
by Katherine Villyard | Nov 22, 2007 | life, the universe, and everything
Happy “The Indians bailed the settlers’ asses out, and all they got was this lousy smallpox!” day. I don’t really hate Thanksgiving, even though I sometimes feel like I should. I mean, it’s basically a holiday to celebrate gluttony. Just...
by Katherine Villyard | Nov 15, 2007 | novels, writing mysticism
I generally think of myself as bad at plot. Maybe I think this because I sometimes end up writing a first draft in which I follow a character around a setting and nothing happens to him or her. (This is generally what’s wrong with the hurricane story, by the...
by Katherine Villyard | Nov 10, 2007 | geekiness
Check it out! It’s a teeny tiny laptop that runs linux. I could even carry it in my purse if I bought a bigger purse. I fondled one at the store today. People kept asking me if I needed help. No! Go away or I will replace you with a very small shell script! I...
by Katherine Villyard | Nov 9, 2007 | novels, reading, writing mysticism
My outline for the novel codenamed Lizardfic is currently 5008 words. That’s longer than most of my short stories. This is more outlining than I’ve ever done for any project, ever. On the other hand, stalled novel, yo. Horrible feeling. Must unstall novel....
by Katherine Villyard | Nov 3, 2007 | writing mysticism
Outlining is hard. Let’s do hard-core coding instead! Seriously. I’d ask y’all to tell me that it was only this bad because I’m a complete pantser and usually pull shorter stories out of my ass out of my subconscious like Athena leaping from...