Kate Spofford, author

Tag: Waiting Room

my top LGBTQIA+ reads for pride month

In a shameless plug for my own LGBTQ novels, I’m sharing some of my favorite rainbow books!

June 11, 2023
book sale, author event, and all the other things going on!

writing’s been slow, but life has not!

July 23, 2022
what’s my process? part 2

In this installment of the series, I’ll be talking about first lines and how important they are to starting the writing process.

March 23, 2021
what’s my process? part 1

I may be a pantser, but I still have a process. This first part in the series focuses on my starting point: inspiration.

March 16, 2021
Waiting Room updates!

Back in June 2018, I began posting a fanfiction-turned-original story called Waiting Room to Wattpad. Since then, it has reached over 1 million reads and as of today is part of Wattpad’s Paid Stories program!

June 17, 2020
5 ways fanfiction helped my writing (and 2 ways it didn’t)

Here’s how two years of writing fanfiction both helped and hindered my writing.

March 12, 2020
self-care and synopses

Recently I wrote a synopsis, and the whole process reminded me of how much work writing is. It was so much work, no wonder I needed some self-care.

September 13, 2019
progress check 2

It’s been a little while since my last progress check, so let’s see where I’m at with those 2019 goals!

September 8, 2019
crunching the numbers

I’ve gotten back into the swing of submitting recently, and my experiences now have felt a little different than back when I tried for a year of 100 rejections. So I decided to look at the numbers to see – are things different?

June 12, 2019
resolutions for the new year

Because I can’t just have one…

December 31, 2018