by SMThornton | Mar 12, 2012 | Uncategorized
It’s probably a good thing all my favorite people from history are dead. Actually, I know it’s a good thing because it wouldn’t take long for me to be arrested for lurking in the bushes outside their houses. (Or palaces, in the cases of Theodora and...
by SMThornton | Feb 27, 2012 | Uncategorized
I made a lot of mistakes when querying my first book. We’re talking Mt. Everest-during-monsoon-season sized mistakes.Go big, or go home, right?Of course, if you’d asked me at the time, I would have assured you I knew precisely what I was doing. Because...
by SMThornton | Feb 13, 2012 | Uncategorized
My writing origins started probably ten years ago when I discovered Ancient Sites, an ancient history role play website. People would make up a character from ancient history, real or fictional, and then write short fiction and interact with other writers. I loved it....
by SMThornton | Feb 6, 2012 | Uncategorized
Let me just start by saying that my query experience with my second book was night and day from querying my first. (And by night and day, I mean the 20 hour Alaskan Winter Solstice night versus the 20 hour Alaskan Summer Solstice day).What I learned from querying Book...
by SMThornton | Jan 23, 2012 | Uncategorized
It’s beyond surreal to finally be writing this post.I have an agent!!!*breaks into an Egyptian happy dance*And not just any agent!An amazing agent who says my book about Theodora reminds her of her trip to Turkey. And she’s been to Egypt and knows all...
by SMThornton | Jan 13, 2012 | Uncategorized
Most adults look at me like I’m crazy when I admit that I love Disneyland. Like I-would-go-there-ten-times-a-year-if-I-could love. But there’s long lines.And crying kids.And it’s so expensive.All true, but I don’t care one whit. Disneyland...
