by SMThornton | Mar 3, 2013 | Uncategorized
A rather large and exciting package was delivered yesterday while I was running on the treadmill. (And what a good excuse to stop running like a rat on a wheel!) The ARC’s of THE SECRET HISTORY! Let there be much rejoicing throughout the kingdom! (Or at least my...
by SMThornton | Feb 25, 2013 | Uncategorized
I’m pretty much up to my eyeballs in ancient Egypt right now so I thought I’d post about my favorite Egyptian mummies, some of whom are familiar, and others not so much. (Also, I showed these to my six-year-old daughter. I think it says something that she...
by SMThornton | Feb 22, 2013 | Uncategorized
After Adam fell, God made Eve to protect the world… I’m thrilled to get to show off the stunning new cover of one of my earliest writerly-friends and critique partners, Amalia Dillin. Yay! After Adam fell, God made Eve to protect the world. — Adam has...
by SMThornton | Feb 12, 2013 | Uncategorized
I just received the proof pages for THE SECRET HISTORY in the mail today. This is my last chance to make any changes before the book goes to print, which is a little intimidating. Also intimidating? That extremely large stack of paper sitting on my table....
by SMThornton | Feb 4, 2013 | Uncategorized
I haven’t had much time for reading this month, (colossal understatement: NO time whatsoever), what with two looming writing deadlines and a grant proposal that needs to be written (not to mention jury duty and other torture fun stuff). So I thought I’d...
by SMThornton | Jan 22, 2013 | Uncategorized
A woman should never learn to sew, and if she can she should never admit to it. –Katherine Clifton, The English Patient I despise sewing. And in the midst of editing DAUGHTER OF THE GODS, I realized something else. All my female protagonists...
