Kate Spofford, author

Tag: writing process

  • progress check

    progress check

    I have accomplished a lot already this year. Unfortunately, none of the progress lies in completed projects.

  • 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…

  • to share or not to share

    to share or not to share

    that is the question… whether tis nobler in the mind to write alone and suffer an anonymous fortune, Or to share said writing against a sea of criticism

  • resolutions for the new year

    resolutions for the new year

    Because I can’t just have one…

  • Nanowrimo 2018 Week 3 – oops, Week 4 Update

    Nanowrimo 2018 Week 3 – oops, Week 4 Update

    The struggle is real.

  • Nanowrimo 2018 Week 2 Update

    Nanowrimo 2018 Week 2 Update

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

  • recharging the creative batteries

    recharging the creative batteries

    The circadian flow of writing

  • 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…

  • writing music

    Like most writers, I enjoy listening to music while I write.  But you gotta have music that fits your writing mood!  I often also prefer music without lyrics – pop music makes me want to sing and dance so it really doesn’t help me when I write.  This Nanowrimo I already have a few go-to artists…

  • a week of writing and revising

    As April winds to an end, I find myself in the midst of two things: finishing up my story for Camp Nanowrimo, and preparing Scavengers for release later this week! Currently I’m at around 18,500 words in “The Madman,” which will be a second Wolf Point prequel novella.  I only need to write about 500…