by Katherine Villyard | Feb 27, 2006 | selling fiction
There’s this thing I do, when I get a rejection. 1. Enter the rejection in my submission tracker. 2. Report the rejection to Black Holes. 3. If the next market on the list is electronic, email it immediately. If the next market on the list is snailmail, go and...
by Katherine Villyard | Feb 26, 2006 | life, the universe, and everything
Via Cynthia and Bill comes the sad news of Octavia Butler’s passing. Check out Bill’s post; he has way more than I do. Links: SFWA obit The Book of Martha Amnesty
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 | Feb 19, 2006 | geekiness
I added some stuff to the site, including OpenID authentication, and sporked the popup windows. Let me know if you find any bugs. What I did: Pulled out the only PHP page–the front one–which was only running browser detection to serve up the Netscape 4...
by Katherine Villyard | Feb 6, 2006 | life, the universe, and everything
So, last night, around 1 or 2, my back hurt. I have a little plastic tub where I have various creams and such. There’s one bottle in there that I bought, noticed that the last ingredient was 0.25% Capsaicin, and have avoided ever since. See, I had to go to the...
by Katherine Villyard | Feb 2, 2006 | cats, life, the universe, and everything
What I have left from my best friend for the last 14 years: 1 box of cat ashes 1 cat tooth, pulled by the vet tech on January 8. 5 x-rays: 3 dental, 2 full-body Photos Memories It’s more than I have for my other dead kitties, but it’s not...