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...
by Katherine Villyard | Jan 24, 2004 | short fiction
I just emailed “Women’s Work”–the current title of the time dilation story–to a friend for comments. I always have to resist the urge to hit “check mail” every ten seconds when I do that. 🙂 Of course, Brian’s seen it...
by Katherine Villyard | Jan 21, 2004 | life, the universe, and everything
My writing rejection for my script was not my first writing rejection. When I was in elementary school, there was a magazine called Bananarama–at least, I think that was the name–that the school gave us for free, and they had a weekly cartoon series called...
by Katherine Villyard | Jan 19, 2004 | life, the universe, and everything, reading
My mother-in-law had a copy of Neuromancer, so I picked it up and read it while I was hennaing my hair today. The beginning really suffers from all of the people imitating it over the years, but it picks up. Pretty cool. 20 paws and an ethernet cable up. 😉 Tonight the...
by Katherine Villyard | Jan 18, 2004 | short fiction
And they’re good words, according to the S.O. Much, much progress on the time dilation story. All the chunky bits of exposition worked in non-chunkily, and mainly the denoument to go, I think. Heh. He still wants to kill the antagonist. Hopefully she’s...
by Katherine Villyard | Jan 16, 2004 | procrastination
Download and install Microsoft.net framework. Install Slug, a client for Movable Type. Play with Naturally Speaking. Read Meet Me at Infinity. Take bath. Pet cats. Drink too much diet Coke. Put feet up. Maybe I should just take the night...
by Katherine Villyard | Jan 15, 2004 | reading
Racoona Sheldon, The Screwfly Solution James Tiptree, Jr., The Women Men Don’t See Joanna Russ, When it Changed Tim Pratt, Little Gods Okay, I actually read Joanna Russ’ story in a college science fiction course and reread it recently. I still enjoy it as...
by Katherine Villyard | Jan 15, 2004 | life, the universe, and everything
The new job is definitely of the good. I go forth, I restore order to the computing universe, and I leave happy people in my wake. Best of all, I’m not trapped at my desk forbidden to go to lunch or dinner or home for 72 hours at a time. I walk around campus....
by Katherine Villyard | Jan 11, 2004 | life, the universe, and everything, procrastination, scripts, short fiction
Several months ago, I got a cheap copy of Dragon Naturally Speaking, but then my computer died. I installed it today. In fact, I’m using it now. I thought it would be fun to use with Final Draft to write scripts, but it doesn’t really recognize my voice...