January 2013 - February 2013 - March 2013


I know! I've gone from once a month to bi-monthly and now I'm down to quarterly. I really do apologize for not keeping up to date on this site. Most of my activity is on Facebook. You can find all the links to me at: www.BlueHonor.com

I have been plugging along in my Masters program. Still getting A's, which has become really important to me. Back in the day (not your grandma's back in the day, but close), I was happy getting high B's. A's were pleasant surprises. It's like, you just don't think about it or really care, because you have no idea what it means in the greater scope of things. In this program, I have to prove myself against all the other writers struggling for their voice. I have mine now, but I have standards to maintain. It's a lot of pressure going from dabbler to apprentice and so on to Professional. That still sounds
so very weird. Professional. It loses all meaning once you say it profoundly 20 times.

This term, I am working on the Psychology of Film Noir and also a class in adapting Novels for film, examining the process on two specific cases. Since my final project is the screenplay version of my 2nd book, this will be quite useful. Oddly, I have great faith in myself for accomplishing that. I have read time and again how novelists don't make good screenwriters, but I don't appear to have the issue they talk about. Brevity is not my fine suit while writing novels. I can be a little wordy. However, I don't have that issue in screenwriting. I don't feel the pressure to talk. As for adapting my own work, I feel I can make mostly unbiased decisions in what stays and what goes. After all, there are time constraints and ways of working around things. I find screenwriting to be a lot of fun (probably because I haven't had a director blame me for his movie failing yet, or been screamed at by producers, actors and directors that something is wrong in the text--who can't wait for those days? ).

I have watched so many films this term, my head is spinning. It's amazing though, because I still love reading, watching and writing. Speaking of which, back to my writing...I just received my box of book marks. They're double sided, a book to a side. They're gorgeous. If you order a book directly from me, you'll get one while supplies last. So that is fun.

I am currently working on my trilogy. I will be adapting Faith Fallen into three novels. It currently is a screenplay, which you can take a gander at here: [ http://kwilliamsauthor.deviantart.com... ]. I have made substantial changes to the text. This summer, I will be working on Book 2 (Burning Down - working title). So far, I know I want to deal with the topic of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault. The tide is changing and we're no longer tolerant of women being cast to lesser roles and having to accept the abuse of their partners. It's something that I have cared about for a long time, having friends and family who have suffered at the hands of an abusive family member or partner. I am also a survivor. I don't usually talk about my own experience, preferring to leave it in the past. That said, I am not entirely silent on the issue, and I don't believe that in this era we should be. So this work will be highly personal and very poignant to some. Here's hoping that I do it some justice and shine the light in the dark spaces.

Other than that, it looks like I will provide the body model for one of the covers. It's odd, but it will save money. I can't afford a model right now and with the equipment to do the photos myself and someone to do the photo-manipulation (that's the guy I have to pay), things should be well in hand. Now, I just need to take the summer to think out these covers. There will be three, and I am excited to learn what they'll be in the future. Ideas are bubbling around my brain...

Have a fabulous Spring!
K.Williams