by Katherine Villyard | Feb 7, 2009 | crit groups
I’m in a writer’s group that is MADE OF AWESOME, but it’s also made up of only three people, and one has to take a hiatus. If we were going to increase our numbers, what would you recommend? I’d really rather have our own writer’s group...
by Katherine Villyard | Feb 1, 2009 | short fiction
Me in Electric Velocipede! I’m so excited!
by Katherine Villyard | Jan 4, 2009 | short fiction
Three short stories in circulation, that is. “Underworld” is printed out, packed in an envelope, and waiting to go out to Asimov’s in the morning. Which is a wonderful thing, because I was feeling guilty about only having two short stories in...
by Katherine Villyard | Jan 3, 2009 | novels, writing mysticism
Woe is me! I’ve decided that Untitled AI is not a story about Julia and Rob, my intrepid reporter and photographer. In fact, Untitled AI is probably two projects, but Julia and Rob have nothing to do with the AI and will need to have a new project just about...
by Katherine Villyard | Jan 1, 2009 | short fiction
Go, me! I think I had this story bubbling in me while I was finishing up the novel–which, dammit, still needs a name. Argh! It’s stylistically odd, but my friend Misha gave it a thumbs up so it’s headed off to crit group. At any rate, I think this is...
by Katherine Villyard | Dec 31, 2008 | writing stats
How did I do this year, writing wise? Short stories completed: 0. Novel drafts completed: 1. Short stories sold: 2. Rejections: 15. Projects in brainstorm mode: 2. Aside from the big short story goose egg, not bad. Well. I finished a short story, just not one...
by Katherine Villyard | Dec 29, 2008 | geekiness
I impulsively went to Microcenter to look for upgrades for my linux desktop, since that was my bribe for myself. It looks like the spare processors I was going to use are old enough that I can’t use them with a new motherboard, so I didn’t think I’d...
by Katherine Villyard | Dec 28, 2008 | novels
I have two projects I’m brainstorming for possible novelization. One is a short story I’m thinking of expanding, and the other is my old script frenzy idea that was never fully fleshed out. The short story is, not surprisingly, in good shape. The script...
by Katherine Villyard | Dec 27, 2008 | novels
Final wordcount: 77,748. I’ve got several dropped threads that need to be added in rewrites, though. D’oh! On the other hand, the basic structure is there. I just need to add in all that stuff that was, you know, why I wrote this thing in the first...
by Katherine Villyard | Dec 26, 2008 | novels, writing stats
Current wordcount: 77,210. Goal wordcount: 80,000. Guesstimated final wordcount: 78,778. Percent of goal complete: 96.51%. Percent of guesstimate complete: 98.01%. Date I would hit 80,000 words: December 31. Date I would hit guesstimate: December 29. I actually...