by SMThornton | May 10, 2010 | Uncategorized
In honor of this being the second to last week of school before summer break (and the fact that this week I will grade 50 projects, 75 final exams, and 100 essays), I am unplugging. Must. Stay. Sane. However, I wanted to leave you with an encore presentation of...
by SMThornton | May 7, 2010 | Uncategorized
In case you haven’t heard, three amazing ladies have organized an auction of all sorts of writerly goodies at Do the Write Thing for Nashville. There are agent critiques, signed books, and even phone calls with your favorite agents. All the proceeds go to...
by SMThornton | May 6, 2010 | Uncategorized
Today I’m posting over at Secret Archives of the Alliterati regarding change and questions in your manuscript. Got change? No? Then you might have a problem. A big problem! So I thought I would leave you with a list of some of the books I’ve read recently....
by SMThornton | May 5, 2010 | Uncategorized
My daughter really likes Tinkerbell. Why? 1. Tinkerbell can fly. 2. Tinkerbell can “pixie” anyone and then they can fly. 3. Tinkerbell can go to Neverland. I’ve been told that I can’t be Tinkerbell; I’m only Wendy’s mom. I get to...
by SMThornton | May 3, 2010 | Uncategorized
Today we are celebrating authors who’ve made it, those with books on the shelves at your favorite bookstore. You all know I’m a history nerd so I decided to focus on the best historical fiction novel I’ve read in a long, long time. Mistress of Rome...