Kate Spofford, author

Category: Writing

  • Scavengers, Chapter 1

    Despite taking a week off to work on Scavengers, I still have to push the pub date back (again).  So, as a thank you for waiting patiently, I give you the first chapter! -1- I was already having a pretty bad couple of days before I got kidnapped. Not that my life was really all…

  • inspirations: wolf point

    I talk a little about my inspiration for the first book in the Wolf Point series over on the Hitchhikers page, but as I continue the series I feel the need to talk about an inspiration that has actually helped me to build the world of the Wolf Point series. One day, I was looking…

  • Scavengers cover reveal!

    Scavengers finally has a cover! This took me a long time… mostly due to issues getting permission to use images.  For both Hitchhikers and Dreamwalkers, I was able to find images over at sxc.hu and Flickr, and the photographers got back to me fairly quickly.  Both of the images I used for this cover were…

  • 9th Nanowrimo win!

    With only a few hours to spare, I made it past 50,000 words to win my 9th Nanowrimo. By win, I just mean that I got to 50K.  I did not actually finish my novel, which is why Wayward Ghosts is still up under Works In Progress.  But I am pleased with its progression and…

  • forgot to mention…

    The Beast – a Wolf Point prequel novella – is out! You can find it at Amazon for 99 cents, and free at Barnes & Noble.  Over at Smashwords you can download it in any file type for free. The Beast is the origin story of Geo, the oldest known werewolf.  This is the first of…

  • writing playlists

    I’ve posted a few of my own writing playlists over on 8tracks for your listening pleasure.  Music is something I need to get me in the right headspace for writing.  The playlists so far: Hitchhikers Dreamwalkers Ghosts of Circus Past Coming soon: Bethany Caleb, The Art Kids, and a playlist for when I write historical…

  • i’ve been such a slacker…

    Since I proudly completed my Camp Nanowrimo goal back at the end of May, I’ve written maybe 5 sentences? Summer really makes me a slacker.  There’s so much to do!  It’s too nice out to be inside!  I keep opening up my “Beast of Gevaudan” word document and staring at where I left it at…

  • Memorial Day weekend giveaways

    Since the upcoming holiday weekend is the 1-year anniversary of the publication of both Bethany Caleb and The Art Kids, both titles will be free on Amazon all weekend!   Hitchhikers is always free, you can get it on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or pretty much any other format over at Smashwords.

  • editing

    editing

    Look, see, I’m editing Dreamwalkers!  The TV is even off!  (Made possible due to the completion of my “Parks & Rec” marathon). My goal is to complete editing by the end of this week.  Only 13 chapters to go!  And then another read-through!  And probably another round of editing… Editing is a lot more work…

  • I am not very nice to my characters

    I’m nearing the end of Camp Nanowrimo and last night I ended up writing the most in one day that I have all month (a whopping 1,300 words), and once again my main character ended up giving himself stitches (this also happens in Hitchhikers).  For some reason I feel the need to break my characters…