by Katherine Villyard | May 10, 2007 | cats, scripts
Because Brian double-triple-dog-cat dared me. EXT.BALCONY – EVENING DENNYCAT and ALANCAT are sitting on the balcony sniffing catnip and eating tuna. AlanCat is also washing, with a smug air. DENNYCAT That was a great trial. We kicked their mangy asses! ALANCAT...
by Katherine Villyard | May 10, 2007 | scripts
I have bronchitis and have for two weeks, so in lieu of actual content, you get linky goodness. Max Adams is reading for the Nicholl again. She has advice from the trenches that should be obvious (but obviously isn’t) on brads, humor, and action. Also, Script...
by Katherine Villyard | Apr 26, 2007 | writing mysticism
What with all the NaNoEdMo and hurricane story revisions, I must not be doing enough plotting. I’m having really narrative dreams again. Tonight’s was a murder trial, the witness in danger from a serial killer, the people trying to save her life, and...
by Katherine Villyard | Apr 23, 2007 | short fiction
In honor of Jo Walton’s International Pixel-Stained Technopeasant Day, I give you Corporate Oversight. Enjoy! (The nifty graphic is by John Scalzi.)
by Katherine Villyard | Apr 9, 2007 | cons
I’ll be doing the Broad Universe Rapid Fire Reading at Wiscon this year. Saturday, May 26, 4:00-5:15 p.m. People reading: Kristine Smith, Jennifer Pelland, Nancy Jane Moore, Katherine Mankiller, Lyda Morehouse, Sue Lange, Anne Harris, Rina Elson, Jennifer Dunne,...
by Katherine Villyard | Apr 6, 2007 | scripts
Yes, I’m still a slacker. But this is a really good query! Honest! Quality is better than quantity, although in an ideal world there would be both. I’m also considering not bothering with the SASEs in my script queries. It would be different if they...
by Katherine Villyard | Apr 1, 2007 | writing stats
Story sales in March: 0 Story submissions in March: 1 Story rejections in March: 1 Script queries in March: 2 Script requests in March: 0 Script query rejections in March: 1 Script queries with no response written off in March: 11 Script contest entries in March: 0...
by Katherine Villyard | Mar 29, 2007 | writing mysticism
The hurricane story is not the literary equivalent of a Rorschach test. Out of seven Critters critiques, I had four full groks, two partial groks, and an “Oh, God. Your story is so long and it has so many characters and I give up! I’m not even going to...
by Katherine Villyard | Mar 27, 2007 | life, the universe, and everything, picspam
This? This is pollen. On my car. Granted, it’s the one we don’t drive as often, but still. I didn’t think anyone would believe me if I didn’t offer photographic proof.
by Katherine Villyard | Mar 25, 2007 | geekiness
I’ve upgraded the site to MT3.34 with FastCGI. You probably won’t notice unless you comment, but I can tell and that’s what matters! To me, at least! Seriously, it’s cool. Trust me. I also made my URLs prettier, as they were pretty darned ugly....