Kate Spofford, author

Category: Random

  • website fixed!

    I’m going to chalk up my website issues to an outdated theme.  Previously I was using WordPress Twenty Ten, and switched to Colinear (mostly because it had a similar style – I’ll be working out some of the differences, but I didn’t have to change my header or my menus).  And voila, all my pages…

  • page not found

    Well, my website is broken and I have no idea how to fix it.  I’ve posted in the WordPress forums (twice) but no response. The problem is that none of my static pages are working, other than my “About Me” page. Every other page gets a “Page not found” error.   I can edit the…

  • Camp Nano & other progress

    After a bit of a rough couple of weeks, I am finally back on track to complete 20,000 words by the end of the month.  I had figured 20K would be so easy, not even half of a regular Nanowrimo, but surprisingly it hasn’t been the free ride I was expecting.  A bit part of…

  • the YA baby name book, part 1

    Over the years, it seems that names in YA books have devolved into strangeness.  There is almost always a moment where I have to stop and wonder, “How do you pronounce this?”  Of course, baby names have been growing stranger and stranger in the real world as well. First up: Let’s see how the character…

  • goals & progress

    A quarterly update on my progress: to finish and publish Dreamwalkers to finalize the print edition of Hitchhikers and offer a giveaway or two (if goal #1 happens) to finish and publish Scavengers and to possibly finish some of my other works-in-progress, including Blood Countess and another new WIP that I haven’t even added to the site yet! be able to…

  • finally – the halloween costume post!

    Inspiration: steampunk circus inspired by The Night Circus.  I based my look off of this Simplicity pattern: Rather than buying the yards and yards of fabric that would be needed make the overcoat, and then having to actually SEW an overcoat, I decided to use what I had on hand: This was my winter coat from…

  • horror movies “based on a true story”: The Amityville Horror

    Ah, horror movies and the oft-used tagline that draws us in over and over: “Based on a true story.” I’ll start with The Amityville Horror because it was probably one of the earliest horror movies to really claim that it was based on true events.  Jay Anson wrote a book about these events and the…

  • horror movie playlists for every occasion!

    When you’re pregnant: Rosemary’s Baby – The classic “my unborn baby is the devil” movie The Eye II (Gin Gwai 2) – This “sequel” about a pregnant woman who attempts suicide and gains the ability to see ghosts can stand on its own. Grace – Her stillborn baby is born alive… and hungry for blood!…

  • what i’ve been up to

    Since the end of Camp Nanowrimo – or, let’s face it, midway through Camp Nanowrimo – I haven’t been doing a whole lot of writing.  I did get a good 28,000+ words written on Scavengers, but I got sidetracked when I realized that my map for Scavengers was way off from my map for Hitchhikers.…

  • recent movies roundup

    Since the 4th of July holiday has derailed my Camp Nanowrimo’ing, why not post about movies? In Theaters The Heat – Hilarious.  If you are a fan of Melissa McCarthy and/or Sandra Bullock, you will not be disappointed.     World War Z – Completely unlike the book, but still pretty great.  Just try to…