by Katherine Villyard | Nov 5, 2023 | life, the universe, and everything, writing
42, of course! Eat well, try to get exercise, make some friends. Something else? You know. The unanswerable question. Fun for the whole family! It’s something that I’ve always been interested in. In college, I signed up for a freshman English course called...
by Katherine Villyard | Oct 19, 2023 | novels, research
Felix Mendelssohn. Know him? He wrote Elijah, among other things. Like this: He also has the dubious honor of being singled out as proof that Jews are incapable of true music in Wagner’s antisemitic essay on the topic. Fuck Wagner! Mendelssohn’s...
by Katherine Villyard | Oct 10, 2023 | art, writing, writing mysticism
Disclaimer: Any writing process that results in finished writing that you’re proud of is a valid process! It’s also normal that you’ll have to experiment with different processes to see what fits. So, when I was at Dragoncon this year, there was a...
by Katherine Villyard | Oct 5, 2023 | selling fiction
So, uh… I intended to have a giveaway on Kobo, Barnes and Noble, and Apple books… but Amazon price-matched me. Hey, I’m cool with that! As a freebie, my book is pretty popular. Like, #4 in Science Fiction Anthologies (Kindle Store) and #10 in Fantasy...
by Katherine Villyard | Sep 22, 2023 | geekiness, written for nontechnical friends
I’m so glad you asked! 😀 So, of all the Twitter clones–let’s not get into Twitter, shall we?–the current top three are Mastodon, Bluesky, and Threads. I don’t have a Threads account so I can’t speak to whether it’s any good or...
by Katherine Villyard | Sep 18, 2023 | sale
Do you want a copy of my short story collection for a very low price? Love Stories will be on sale until the end of the month. Grab it while it’s cheap!
by Katherine Villyard | Sep 9, 2023 | novels
Hilariously, there is a part of my author brain that insists that my book is AMAZEBALLS and will be deeply beloved by anyone who reads it. It is clearly untrue that my book is for everyone and this is okay. (So far, my book seems to be for people over 30 who love cats...
by Katherine Villyard | Aug 4, 2023 | novels
Vampires are interesting! They’re the most “human” monster, and they usually represent what society fears. Look at the OG: Dracula. (He’s not the first vampire in English literature–Polidori’s The Vampyre, our lesbian queen...
by Katherine Villyard | Aug 1, 2023 | giveaways
Do you want a free paperback of Love Stories? If you’re on Goodreads, you can enter the giveaway here. And if you’re not on Goodreads, why not? 😀 You can follow me on Goodreads, and I really do hang out there… There are only five copies available...
by Katherine Villyard | Jul 26, 2023 | reading
In light of continued fun and games with social media, well. You know. BTW, still open to social media suggestions. Tell me where you hang out! But I digress. Some of my favorite authors! People ask me about my favorite authors a lot, and I usually have the same...