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...
by Katherine Villyard | Oct 31, 2007 | geekiness
You can learn things about a grrl from what’s in her purse. Here’s some of what’s in mine: Two Epi-Pens. Two inhalers. Puppy linux CD Knoppix S-T-D CD Cellphone. PDA. Screwdriver. Thumb drive. Pens. Titanium spork from Think Geek. What do you carry...
by Katherine Villyard | Oct 26, 2007 | novels, short fiction
I’ve been collapsing characters in the hurricane story. It’s done some cool things to the minor characters that have been combined. I still haven’t tackled the plot stuff. I think I’m a little intimidated by it. I have a pretty good idea of how...
by Katherine Villyard | Oct 21, 2007 | writing mysticism
My writer’s group is made of win. That is all.
by Katherine Villyard | Oct 21, 2007 | novels, short fiction, writing mysticism
I’m getting lots of things done today. I just don’t have any new prose to show for it. Critiques! Edits on the hurricane story. I’m pondering the outline for the new improved Lizardfic. The outlining in particular feels productive. I’m pretty...
by Katherine Villyard | Oct 20, 2007 | workshops
A small Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror writer’s group in Northeast Atlanta is looking to possibly add new members. We occasionally send adult content through the group, so potential new members would need to be over 18 and not easily offended. Current member...