by SMThornton | Oct 26, 2009 | Uncategorized
A while back as I was writing Hatshepsut, I wondered what handful of words would best describe her. The list?Temperamental, dutiful, loyal, passionate. Oh. My. God. Hatshepsut is a Klingon! (Yes, I am a nerd. Like you didn’t know that already.) She’s Worf...
by SMThornton | Oct 24, 2009 | Uncategorized
Yesterday I started my second book. *cue evil laughter*It’s kind of intimidating to be back on page 1, but I think it’s going to be good!
by SMThornton | Oct 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
Yesterday, amid my wishing for an HBO series on Hatshepsut, Amalia wrote that she wanted people to think when they read her book. Okay, so that’s much more noble than an HBO miniseries. :)In Stephen King’s book, On Writing, he mentions that one should...
by SMThornton | Oct 22, 2009 | Uncategorized
All of us want to walk into Barnes and Noble one day and see our books sitting on the shelves, hopefully with a display to rival that of Twilight and New Moon. One of my motivating factors for a lot in life is that I just want to make an impact. I quit my job slaving...
by SMThornton | Oct 21, 2009 | Uncategorized
Yesterday I mentioned my self-imposed deadline for HATSHEPSUT: FEMALE PHARAOH so today I thought I’d elaborate a bit. When I first set out to write this book I gave myself three years just to finish it. I’m not sure if that meant to write it through the...
