by SMThornton | Oct 29, 2011 | Uncategorized
I’ve got a mountain of books taller than me I desperately want to read. Half of a manuscript to give a final polish. (I’m loving this one, guys. Seriously loving it.)A pumpkin to carve with my daughter. (How did Halloween sneak up so fast?)A Rapunzel...
by SMThornton | Oct 10, 2011 | Uncategorized
Pssst…I just finished the third Harry Potter book. For the first time. Gasp!I know, it’s like I’ve broken some sort of rule never having read the books until now. But I sort of enjoy breaking rules, so whatever. I had an unofficial boycott of the...
by SMThornton | Sep 26, 2011 | Uncategorized
I’m almost done with this edit. That doesn’t sound like a huge accomplishment, but I started back in May. (Yes, you read that right). In my defense, this isn’t really one edit–by the time I finish, each page will have been gone over at least 4...
by SMThornton | Aug 29, 2011 | Uncategorized
The first sentence. The first chapter. These are hooks that must latch into your readers eyeballs and force them to keep reading. We know that. But guess what? You have to keep sprinkling little barbs through your prose to keep those pages turning. There’s still...
by SMThornton | Aug 12, 2011 | Uncategorized
This is the pile of notes that have accumulated on my bedside table since I’ve been back from my research trip. Can you tell I’m having a hard time sleeping lately? I feel like a mad scientist, jotting down random snippets of prose or plot ideas. I swear...
by SMThornton | Jul 12, 2011 | Uncategorized
I’ve been a neglectful blogger, and it’s about to get worse. But I wanted to pop in to say hi before I fall off the radar again. My summer so far: revising, playing at the park, baking, revising, working out, revising. And I ran my first 5K! 26 minutes, 20...
