Kate Spofford, author

Tag: writer’s block

  • book sale, author event, and all the other things going on!

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

    writing’s been slow, but life has not!

  • finding a breakthrough

    finding a breakthrough

    I’ve been struggling to write my WIP for the past three months. Read on to find out how I broke through!

  • getting unstuck

    getting unstuck

    Every writer gets stuck at some point. These sticky points can develop into major writer’s block. Before that happens, give these options a try! I’ve amassed some advice seen and heard around the interwebs for those moments when the words don’t want to flow. These are all methods I’ve tried that have worked for me…

  • recharging the creative batteries

    recharging the creative batteries

    The circadian flow of writing

  • 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…

  • Camp Nanowrimo, here I come! (again…)

    So I’m off to camp again.  Last year was not a very successful venture, although I did get several thousand words written in Dreamwalkers. Since I’ve been having some difficulty getting myself writing as of late, I figured this is something I might need.  Plus, I am going to offer this as part of the…

  • 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)…

  • The Hunger Games: distraction or inspiration?

    I went to the midnight showing of “The Hunger Games” Thursday/Friday… then on Friday night, Janina was going to see the movie again so I was left to my own devices, none of which included writing.  I shouldn’t be so harsh on myself; I did do some research on literary agents, etc.  Put together some…

  • distractions

    I really want to work on my Steampunk Cthulhu story.  I really do.  On Friday night I was on a roll, but Janina was feeling uninspired so we packed it in a little early.  And all weekend I’ve been distracted…  Vh1 with their marathon of “Pop-Up Video: Jersey Shore,” catching up on past episodes of…

  • inspiration!

    Recently I read the novel Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs, which is just such a cool book that I’ve been telling everyone about it.  Basically, the author took a bunch of weird old photographs and wrote a story around them.  He certainly had some really, really weird photos, from people who…