Ask the Author: Katherine Villyard
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Katherine Villyard
My writer's group has writers at all levels, and one was moaning that everything "has been done." I firmly believe that execution is the most important thing, so we had a one-time challenge of "the vampire has a wife, and the story is set within the last two years." As I expected, everyone's story was completely different! One had a lot of world-building about the chosen vampire hunter who decides not to perform her duty because she's touched by the bond between the vampire couple. One had a very rationalist tale in which a man who got an odd virus from a bat messes with a telemarketer (his wife was an elderly, um, snack). One was slapstick humor about a vampire ne'er do well, his nagging wife, and his career difficulties.
And then there was me.
There was this voice that started talking to me, and he kept talking. He talked to me for 52,000 words, and is still super chatty in revisions. I didn't mean to write a vampire novel, but... he talked, and he talked, and I followed him wherever he wanted to go. (This was Abraham, for those of you who've read "Becoming.")
And then there was me.
There was this voice that started talking to me, and he kept talking. He talked to me for 52,000 words, and is still super chatty in revisions. I didn't mean to write a vampire novel, but... he talked, and he talked, and I followed him wherever he wanted to go. (This was Abraham, for those of you who've read "Becoming.")
Katherine Villyard
My novel is in revisions! It's a vampire novel.
What happens if you're permanently the person you were when you were 19, physically? Sounds great! but is it still great if everyone you love, your parents, siblings, wife, adopted children, pets... are all still mortal and all die? Can a vampire live a normal human life, or a semblance of one?
I'm also working on a prequel short story set in the same universe.
What happens if you're permanently the person you were when you were 19, physically? Sounds great! but is it still great if everyone you love, your parents, siblings, wife, adopted children, pets... are all still mortal and all die? Can a vampire live a normal human life, or a semblance of one?
I'm also working on a prequel short story set in the same universe.
Katherine Villyard
Oh, thank you! <3 I'm so glad; it's one of my favorites!
I'm releasing a collection of short stories that includes "Saving Alan Idle" on Halloween, and am working on a novel. (First draft complete!)
I'm releasing a collection of short stories that includes "Saving Alan Idle" on Halloween, and am working on a novel. (First draft complete!)
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