Kate Spofford, author

Tag: Writing

my first writing retreat!

Last weekend I participated in my very first writing retreat. Here’s what I learned!

February 2, 2019
Wednesday Writing Prompt #2: Image Inspiration

In which images inspire stories

January 23, 2019
Wednesday Writing Prompt #1: Two Characters

In which we will create two characters and put them in a situation!

January 9, 2019
Nanowrimo 2018 Week 2 Update

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

November 14, 2018
when your idea was already someone else’s

I had an idea. And now I’m reading a book with the same idea.

October 18, 2018
i’ve hit the Big Time.

That’s right, folks. I’m Big Enough (or little enough?) to get plagiarized. Someone, and I won’t name names at this moment (because I have already lodged a copyright infringement complaint with Amazon and I’m hoping this plagiarized book will be taken down soon), has taken the entire text of The Madman and thrown it up…

March 12, 2017
11th consecutive nanowrimo win!

I achieved the coveted 50K word count on Monday night, with only 48 words to spare… yikes. My novel is not complete but I feel like it needs quite a bit more editing to get it to a coherent enough place to figure out an ending, therefore The Mist that Falls at Night is now…

November 30, 2016
nanowrimo 2016 progress update

I neglected to post here about my Nanowrimo novel for this year… Lately I’ve found the Mandela Effect rather fascinating, and I wanted to write something that would incorporate it somehow. Yet without a firm idea, I instead decide to create a creep-tastic cover that might inspire me. I scrolled through the sample covers on…

November 6, 2016