Kate Spofford, author

Category: Writing

  • wallpaper… and not wallpaper

    Ten rejections into my New Year’s Resolution and an agent asked to see the full manuscript! I had only just started wallpapering with my rejections. I am not deluded; I know that I may yet be rejected again, and this one might hurt more. But at least I know my query letter isn’t a total…

  • first rejection of the new year!

    I’m not sure why I’m excited about this. But I am. The first rejection of the 100 I have resolved to receive this year. It means I can turn around and resubmit immediately. It means I’m actively trying to attain my goal of getting published. So I’m a little teensy bit excited. I even printed…

  • New Year’s Resolutions

    Since my resolution from 2009 didn’t work out (“get published”), I came up with a different – and more attainable – approach for 2010: “Get 100 rejections from agents and publishers.” The number 100 is not random, I went to a book signing for Laurie Faria Stolarz and she said Blue Is For Nightmares got…

  • i’m a nanowrimo winner!

    Well, I did it!  (again).  For the fourth year in a row I have written a novel in 30 days.  Soon I will post up a page for The Nostradamus Project, but for now you can check out the details on my Nanowrimo page.  I have to say, unlike other years when I actually liked…

  • Nanowrimo time!

    T-minus 24 hours until the official start of National Novel Writing Month aka Nanowrimo.  I’ve got my novel planned, the cover made (check it out under the “Novel Info” tab on my Nanowrimo profile).  This week I’ve been working like crazy to finish “Hitchhikers” before November 1.  I made it to just over 30,000 words…

  • word counting

    A few posts ago I mentioned that I was compelled to write longhand as inspiration had dried up and there were too many distractions… but I’ve slid back into my old type-ster ways.  It’s all because of word count. The new Microsoft Word 2007 has a feature that displays the word count as you type…

  • the perks of being a librarian

    It seems to be ARC season (that’s Advanced Reader Copies), between the ARCs I get from frantically emailing on the YALSA listservs and those I trade with a library patron who also works at the local bookstore.  Just one of the perks of being a librarian! These two I read and thought were really great:…

  • sequel

    I’ve had quite a few ideas for series.  The Wolven is meant to be a trilogy, although I’ve rewritten the first novel three times and haven’t gotten around to more than a skeletal idea of the other two books.  So even though I had planned for Seven Minutes to Midnight to be a trilogy as…

  • new cover!

    Made a new cover for The Promise today, you can check it out on the novels page.

  • writer’s block

    Lately I’ve been having a hard time sitting down and writing. I think I’m ready for summer, even if the weather isn’t! I’m also pretty busy at work with the library’s summer reading program, so that might be a contributing factor. I’ve stalled a bit on submitting The Abandoned to agents, as I now have to…