by Katherine Villyard | Apr 13, 2006 | geekiness, procrastination
I was stressed out after work last night, so I decided to unwind by converting my site from XHTML Traditional to XHTML Strict. *facepalm* The most obnoxious part was going back and finding invalid markup in old entries and changing it. I think I’ve found it all....
by Katherine Villyard | Apr 9, 2006 | short fiction
I’m doing revisions on Lizardfic right now. Back in November, I posted that I thought the universe in this story was underdeveloped. Well, I’m starting to really feel like that’s no longer the case. I’m starting to feel like there could be a...
by Katherine Villyard | Apr 7, 2006 | geekiness
I updated the Bibliography page to make it shinier. Now with scripts and excerpts/loglines! Of course, making it display all purty and still validate over at W3.org was exciting. I’m still not sure I like the italics, but I want to offset the excerpts from the...
by Katherine Villyard | Apr 6, 2006 | life, the universe, and everything, short fiction
I’m so tired I keep opening the word document with my story in it, staring at it, and closing it again. I think maybe I should just go with it and go to bed early. After all, I was sick last week, and maybe Daylight Savings Time wasn’t the best time to...
by Katherine Villyard | Apr 3, 2006 | scripts
I’m now working completely out of sequence on “Double Feature.” I wrote in the major beats of the end, because they were clear in my mind. I also tweaked the beginning to lay the foundation for the climax. I think the beginning is pretty much done,...
by Katherine Villyard | Apr 2, 2006 | short fiction
I just finished the first draft of Lizardfic. Hooray! It’s hard SF (biology). I have no idea if Analog wants it. They might. I still need to flesh out the protagonist’s emotional arc and the like, but the first draft is done. It was like grinding out...
by Katherine Villyard | Mar 31, 2006 | scripts
I realized something about my script this morning. That scene on page 13, that I intended to be the initial incident? That’s a very good scene. It’s exactly the way it should play out. I should be very pleased with it. There’s only one problem. It...
by Katherine Villyard | Mar 29, 2006 | short fiction
I think I’ve got it! I’ve been slogging painfully through Lizardfic–it has a lot of world-building, and it’s all very complicated and I’ve been trying to work it in smoothly–and I just realized that… My protagonist isn’t...
by Katherine Villyard | Mar 28, 2006 | life, the universe, and everything
Of course, when I’m wanting to finish a bunch of writing, I get sick. Isn’t that how it always goes? Or is that just me? I also haven’t had any caffeine since Friday, and am thinking of making that permanent. I enjoy caffeine, but it’s bad for...
by Katherine Villyard | Mar 19, 2006 | procrastination
And, a few paragraphs in, my laptop BSODed and rebooted. Or, more accurately, failed to reboot until the third try. I did backups yesterday; should I write or back up? I’m current. Write. Back up after writing....