Kate Spofford, author

Category: Writing

  • I win!!

    I win!!

    Crossed the finish line last night!  And the story is “complete” – there was no skipping to the end and writing an epilogue.  Well, a lot of the last couple of chapters is telling not showing, but I have high hopes for this one and I’m looking forward to editing.  I even kept writing after…

  • Nanowrimo Update: Week 2.5

    Word Count: Above Par (34,484/33,333) Janina is less than 5,000 words away from finishing.  I am consoling myself with the fact that I am keeping my head above water. I am having a little too much fun with my deadly circus.  Since all the characters are dead, they can die over and over again in…

  • Nanowrimo 2012: Week 1 Update

    Word Count: slightly ahead of target Janina’s word count prowess has her in the lead, but we’ll see if she has the longevity! I have already hit one point where I wasn’t sure where the hell my story was going and even contemplated scrapping what I had so far (roughly 5-8,000 words at that point)…

  • the countdown begins

    So I’m already thinking about November and Nanowrimo… already stressing about when I’ll have enough time to write!  My first week in November is pretty much booked up and that makes me nervous because it’s usually in the first week that I get the momentum to carry me through the rest of the month.  I…

  • I’m not sure, but…

    …is one hour of writing in the middle of a 3-hour “American Horror Story” marathon good? Still working on Dreamwalkers, and I wrote about 1,000 words.  Janina was on a roll so I had to keep writing (instead of immediately turning on the next episode, my remote control finger was getting itchy) a little past…

  • I was so proud of myself, and then…

    the rest of the week happened.  I did some writing on Sunday night (Dreamwalkers), feeling like, Yeah, I can finish this sequel (never finished a sequel before…), I’ll finish it and if I haven’t gotten Hitchhikers published by the time I finish it, I’m going to self-publish as an ebook.  I’m 26,000 words in, I’m…

  • Television as inspiration

    Most of the time, TV is a huge distraction for my writing.  But other times, television can inspire action. I usually end up sitting at my sewing machine when I watch “Project Runway.”  It’s something about those designers sewing an entire outfit in a matter of hours that makes me feel guilty about that dress…

  • i actually wrote a little today!!

    Wow, really?  That’s right, folks.  I wrote, like, two pages more on Dreamwalkers! But what I’d really like to talk about today is how freaking excited I am for the new season of American Horror Story. While I am disappointed that many of the major characters from Season One are not returning, nor will the…

  • Six Sentence Sunday: excerpt from Hitchhikers

    You have to come back. With a start I wake up. Sunlight is burning through the lilacs in a purple haze. Though I’m sweating, the stray is right there, where Kayla was lying just moments before. My hand remembers her warm skin. Did I just dream about my cousin being naked? Six Sentence Sunday is…

  • My Secret Diary is now live

    So, I made the blog I was talking about in my previous post.  You can read more about it under the works-in-progress tab, or just visit it: http://www.mollyssecretdiary.wordpress.com Just make sure you ask “Molly” what’s going on in her life if she hasn’t posted in a while 🙂