Kate Spofford, author

Category: Writing

  • the horse story formula

    the horse story formula

    With my very first infographic!

  • book aesthetics!

    book aesthetics!

    What they are, how to make them, and some I made!

  • a love letter to scrivener

    a love letter to scrivener

    Recently I decided to download Scrivener, a software program designed for writers.  I’d been getting half-off codes for Scrivener for the past 10 years or so as part of Nanowrimo’s winner prize package.  I figured it could be helpful in writing the last book of the Wolf Point series, to bring together all the information…

  • book birthday, and my birthday!

    book birthday, and my birthday!

    It’s a day to celebrate! Warriors is out today, you can buy it RIGHT NOW over on Amazon! Today is also MY birthday, and to celebrate, I’m offering up a couple of my other books for free.  Bethany Caleb and The Art Kids are two of my earlier novels.  They are available free for Kindle…

  • t-minus 4 days until Warriors!

    t-minus 4 days until Warriors!

    The final book in the Wolf Point series, Warriors, is almost here!  To celebrate, I’m offering the prequel collection, Wolf Point Origins for free.  The prequel collection contains three novellas with tons of backstory so you’ll be prepared for Warriors. It’s only available for Kindle and only until June 14 – get it now! You can pre-order…

  • what I’ve been up to

    Last month I attended my first SCBWI conference in Springfield, MA.  It was an amazing experience.  I attended workshops facilitated by well-known writers, listened to inspiring keynote speakers, and also had a chance to meet with an agent to critique my query letter and an editor to critique my manuscript.  I was most nervous about…

  • Warriors update & preorder!

    Warriors update & preorder!

    It’s been a long time since I talked about the final book in the Wolf Point series, Warriors, mostly because I’ve been hunkered down, working like crazy on it.  And finally it is almost ready!  That’s right, after pushing back the release date about five times, I have finally set an official date.  (And this…

  • read an ebook week sale!

    From March 4 – March 10, Smashwords will be hosting its 9th annual Read an Ebook Week Sale!  This means that all of my books published via Smashwords (the entire Wolf Point series) will be available for free!  Thousands of other ebooks on Smashwords will be available for sale or free, too.  Smashwords allows users…

  • poll: Wolf Point cover redesign

    poll: Wolf Point cover redesign

    I’ve been struggling with creating a cover for Warriors, the final book in the Wolf Point series.  I’ve also been struggling with writing it, but here’s the thing: I love to have a cover before I start writing. In trying to come up with a cover, I want to keep the covers consistent across the…

  • Hitchhikers is featured on Wattpad!

    Since Amazon changed things, I haven’t been able to list Hitchhikers as free – not a huge problem, since you can download the Kindle format of Hitchhikers for free over on Smashwords.  It isn’t exactly ideal, and because Hitchhikers is not exclusive to Kindle (I want people to be able to download whatever format they need!)…