by SMThornton | Feb 17, 2010 | Uncategorized
New findings were just released about the cause of death for King Tut. I used to play with mummies in grad school so I found this totally fascinating and wanted to share. I’ve paraphrased CNN’s article, but you can check out the full text here. I thought the walking...
by SMThornton | Feb 16, 2010 | Uncategorized
In honor of my initiation into the world of querying (and the fact that I always liked those guess-how-many-jellybeans-are-in-the-jar competitions), I’m having my first-ever contest! What do you need to do? Simply guess how many queries I’ll have to send...
by SMThornton | Feb 15, 2010 | Uncategorized
Happy President’s Day!I’m finishing the last few chapters of my final edit (YAY!) and leave you with a squirrelly Presidential pic and some fun trivia about America’s presidents.1. Abraham Lincoln was the last president to visit his troops on a...
by SMThornton | Feb 14, 2010 | Uncategorized
Today’s the Love at First Sight Blogfest! I searched through my manuscripts for a love at first sight scene and realized that I don’t write love at first sight (probably because I don’t believe in it!). Instead, I excel at hate at first sight. And...
by SMThornton | Feb 14, 2010 | Uncategorized
Okay, I’m venting here a little. This past week I entered a critique contest which is cool- I’m all about unbiased feedback. That which doesn’t kill us, makes us stronger, right? But one critiquer made a comment that the first 250 words of my novel...
