Kate Spofford, author

Tag: word count

  • Nanowrimo 2018 Week 2 Update

    Nanowrimo 2018 Week 2 Update

    Whoa, I’m halfway there… Whoa-oh, livin’ on a prayer!

  • Nanowrimo 2018 Week 1 Update

    Nanowrimo 2018 Week 1 Update

    15K and climbing!

  • goals and not meeting them

    *sigh* I figured I’d update my word count over on the Dreamwalkers page, just to keep track of how well I’m doing on my resolution of writing 500 words a day.  Unfortunately, this forces me to acknowledge that I’ve only written 1,679 words this year when I should be up around 6,000.  I managed to…

  • catching up

    (and also a reminder: my two novels, Bethany Caleb and The Art Kids, are both free on Amazon all weekend!) After the July 4th holiday kicked my ass, word-count-wise, I’m sorta back on track with Camp Nanowrimo.  At least, I wrote almost twice the daily recommended word count on Sunday, and have been able to…

  • freebie weekend, and hello from camp!

    My two companions novels, Bethany Caleb and The Art Kids, will both be available for free this weekend, July 13-14!  (Of course, these are both always free for Amazon Prime members).  Also available are the print editions of both books. So the long holiday weekend totally decimated my word count, but I am still writing…

  • I win!!

    I win!!

    Crossed the finish line last night!  And the story is “complete” – there was no skipping to the end and writing an epilogue.  Well, a lot of the last couple of chapters is telling not showing, but I have high hopes for this one and I’m looking forward to editing.  I even kept writing after…

  • Nanowrimo Update: Week 2.5

    Word Count: Above Par (34,484/33,333) Janina is less than 5,000 words away from finishing.  I am consoling myself with the fact that I am keeping my head above water. I am having a little too much fun with my deadly circus.  Since all the characters are dead, they can die over and over again in…

  • Nanowrimo 2012: Week 1 Update

    Word Count: slightly ahead of target Janina’s word count prowess has her in the lead, but we’ll see if she has the longevity! I have already hit one point where I wasn’t sure where the hell my story was going and even contemplated scrapping what I had so far (roughly 5-8,000 words at that point)…

  • and so it begins…

    It’s November 2nd, which means Nanowrimo has started again!  Yesterday I managed over 1,900 words and my goal for tonight is to get to 3,500 before American Horror Story comes on. My novel this November is called “Cabin Fever.”  Up until about Oct. 25th I had no idea what I was going to write about, so I went over…

  • word count jealousy

    For the past couple of weeks, my writing buddy and I have engaged in word count wars during out writing group sessions.  Both times, Janina won.  This past week it was by a much narrower margin but I don’t like losing.  Especially when I’ve won Nanowrimo for the past 4 years and consider myself good…