by SMThornton | Jun 20, 2011 | Uncategorized
Last week my daughter and I had a picnic on our back porch, one that almost made us late to her soccer game. On our way down the hill I thought, “Huh, I didn’t close the window. I should turn around and make sure the door was shut too.”Too late....
by SMThornton | Jun 14, 2011 | Uncategorized
The other day I was distracted researching ancient swearing and came across a nifty post on classical swearing which Gary Corby then blogged about.I’m having far too much fun with this, especially the Byzantine habit of stringing together obscenely long epithets...
by SMThornton | Jun 10, 2011 | Uncategorized
Just a reminder–don’t forget to sign up to win a copy of either Mistress of Rome or Daughters of Rome by Kate Quinn. Leave a comment on this post or the original post to enter. The lucky winner will be announced this Monday!And now I’m back to...
by SMThornton | Jun 3, 2011 | Uncategorized
I’m beyond thrilled to have Kate Quinn, author of Mistress of Rome and Daughters of Rome, here to talk about ancient birth control, the Red Sox, and questionable Roman food. (And maybe some writing too). Quinn’s novels are like being plunked into the middle of Forum...
by SMThornton | Jun 3, 2011 | Uncategorized
I am revising. I LOVE revising!Revising means the long slog of writing that dreaded first draft is over. This time my initial draft took almost seven months, small potatoes compared to my first book’s 21 months. However, this time around I wrote over half the...
by SMThornton | May 28, 2011 | Uncategorized
Egypt is one giant playground for archaeologists–there’s so much stuff hidden they’ll likely still be digging there when places like Las Vegas and Disneyland are being excavated. (Which would be totally cool, by the way).Today, ABC News announced a...
