Kate Spofford, author

Category: Writing

  • Camp Nanowrimo Fail, or What I’m Finally Writing After Not Writing for a Month

    I had such high hopes for Camp.  I had a story I wanted to write, two writing buddies, it was going to be glorious!  Unfortunately, I only lasted 10 days at Camp Nanowrimo.  June is not a good writing month for me.  My birthday is during this month, for one, and I was still doing…

  • Dreamwalkers cover fun

    The Camp Nanowrimo novel pages are now allowing covers, so of course I had to make one for Dreamwalkers.  Here’s my first attempt: This looks a little…. 50 Shades of Grey?  I suppose I could tint it a different color.  I liked the idea of the rumpled blanket looking like a landscape and you don’t…

  • camp nanowrimo, here i come!

    With no luck getting much writing done on my own, I’m heading out to participate in Camp Nanowrimo during June!  I think this might be the kick in the pants I need to finish Dreamwalkers.  I know, it’s sort of cheating, but I don’t plan on counting the words I’ve already written.  I have about…

  • dropping the f-bomb

    Recently I read this article about how “YA novels are rife with profanity.”  The study showed that the average YA book had about 38 swears within its pages.  So, out of curiosity, I decided to do a “find” on my most current full YA manuscript, Hitchhikers, to see how many swears it contained.  Admittedly, when…

  • I’ll Never Go Away print edition on sale now!

    You can buy the print version of I’ll Never Go Away now on Amazon!  The Kindle format is also available. I’ll hopefully be receiving my contributor’s copy soon so I can read it 🙂 In other news, I’m thinking of posting some of my old short stories, the really embarrassing ones I wrote back in…

  • “inspiration”

    When I was a teenager I had a file that I labelled “inspiration.”  It contained articles about authors who had been published as teens.  And as I grew older and I added more articles to the folder, I hoped that my competitive streak would flare up and get me writing. The first article I put…

  • I’ll Never Go Away anthology on sale now!

    I received word today (Happy Easter!) that the anthology I’ll Never Go Away, featuring my short story “His Type of Girl,” is now on sale in Kindle format over at Amazon!  It’s a deal at only $3.99!  My mom immediately bought it for her Kindle Fire even though she hates horror movies/stories about stalkers. I’ve…

  • sweet dreams are made of dread

    I had a dream last night that was not scary.  Yet I woke up, heart pounding, everything in my body certain that something terrible was going on – maybe someone was in my apartment.  It took a good half hour for me to feel like it was safe enough for me to roll over, turning…

  • The Hunger Games: distraction or inspiration?

    I went to the midnight showing of “The Hunger Games” Thursday/Friday… then on Friday night, Janina was going to see the movie again so I was left to my own devices, none of which included writing.  I shouldn’t be so harsh on myself; I did do some research on literary agents, etc.  Put together some…

  • distractions

    I really want to work on my Steampunk Cthulhu story.  I really do.  On Friday night I was on a roll, but Janina was feeling uninspired so we packed it in a little early.  And all weekend I’ve been distracted…  Vh1 with their marathon of “Pop-Up Video: Jersey Shore,” catching up on past episodes of…