Kate Spofford, author

Category: Writing

  • my Nanowrimo cover story

    I haven’t posted in a while, mostly due to Halloween costume crunch time (pics coming soon!  I promise!), and most recently because of Nanowrimo.  But I want to share what I’m doing for Nanowrimo, because it’s slightly different than what I’ve done in past years. This year, one of my favorite blogs, Forever Young Adult,…

  • Kindle Matchbook

    Thanks to Kindle’s new Matchbook program, if you buy a print copy of The Art Kids or Bethany Caleb, you can get a free download of the ebook editions!  From what I’ve read this is retroactive so if you have previously bought print editions you’ll be able to get the free download now.  Also, until October 5th,…

  • reviews! and a comparison of KDP & Smashwords

    A couple reviews of The Art Kids can be found on the blogs Offbeat YA and Joana in the Sky with Books!  If you are a big fan of Christopher Pike, definitely check out Offbeat YA – she’s reviewed a bunch of his books. You may have noticed that I finally got Hitchhikers up on…

  • 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.…

  • a letter to the character I just killed off

    Dear Ryan, The events of last night caught me by surprise.  I was on a roll, writing far more than the expected 1,667 daily word count.  I was feeling positive that I might be able to catch up (I’m still 7,000 words behind).  And there it was: the halfway mark, right within my reach –…

  • catching up

    (and also a reminder: my two novels, Bethany Caleb and The Art Kids, are both free on Amazon all weekend!) After the July 4th holiday kicked my ass, word-count-wise, I’m sorta back on track with Camp Nanowrimo.  At least, I wrote almost twice the daily recommended word count on Sunday, and have been able to…

  • freebie weekend, and hello from camp!

    My two companions novels, Bethany Caleb and The Art Kids, will both be available for free this weekend, July 13-14!  (Of course, these are both always free for Amazon Prime members).  Also available are the print editions of both books. So the long holiday weekend totally decimated my word count, but I am still writing…

  • look what i got in the mail today!

  • Camp Nanowrimo, here I come! (again…)

    So I’m off to camp again.  Last year was not a very successful venture, although I did get several thousand words written in Dreamwalkers. Since I’ve been having some difficulty getting myself writing as of late, I figured this is something I might need.  Plus, I am going to offer this as part of the…

  • freebies!

    Today only (June 1st), my two novels are free on Amazon: If you do download & read, I would love if you could post a review on Amazon or Goodreads!