by SMThornton | Feb 2, 2010 | Uncategorized
On my last edit I combed through HATSHEPSUT looking for modern expressions. I pay attention to this when I write (there was one scene where I really wanted to describe a servant nodding like a Dwight Schrute bobble head), but oftentimes those suckers slip right past...
by SMThornton | Feb 1, 2010 | Uncategorized
Here’s the final installment of 20 Questions! (I know you were waiting all weekend for this.)L.T. Host asked, “If you had a time machine and could only go one place in time for an hour, where, when, and why would you go?”Since I’ve been barred...
by SMThornton | Jan 29, 2010 | Uncategorized
I thought I was done revising for a couple weeks. Wrong!There is a character in HATSHEPSUT that has been giving me grief. A LOT of grief. So much that today I decided the manuscript would never be queryable (take that, spellcheck!) and I may as well scrap it. I just...
by SMThornton | Jan 28, 2010 | Uncategorized
Here comes another installment of 20 Questions!1. Sara Tribble wants to know, “If you could go back in time to see Egypt in its glory–would you? And what would you wanna do first?”Of course I would want to go! I’d head straight to 1475BC (ish)...
by SMThornton | Jan 27, 2010 | Uncategorized
Mwahahahaha!Full Revision #5 (or 6 or 7- I’ve lost count) on HATSHEPSUT is DONE! I’m not sure whether to burn the darn thing or frame it. I love it and I hate it. If I have to go through the manuscript one more time…Oh, wait. I do. *groans* One....