by SMThornton | May 19, 2011 | Uncategorized
I’ve entered my students the last two years in the National History Day competition (it’s like a nationwide science fair, only for history- so cool!) and this year I had two projects selected to go to the National competition in Washington D.C. this...
by SMThornton | May 18, 2011 | Uncategorized
I felt like poisoning a monk. -Umberto Eco on why he wrote the novel The Name of the RoseI wrote Hatshepsut because the poor woman was going to drive me insane if I didn’t get her voice out of my head (and because I’ve always wanted to time travel to...
by SMThornton | May 16, 2011 | Uncategorized
Pop the champagne and throw a shrimp on the barbie! I just finished the first draft of my WIP! Wait, I don’t eat shrimp and I’d rather have a glass of wine. Whatever–all I know is that it’s DONE!*breaks into an Egyptian Byzantine happy...
by SMThornton | May 9, 2011 | Uncategorized
*gasps for breath*Must make it to the finish line. Side cramps are killing me. Feet are burning. Brain is about to explode. So close… and yet, so far!I have three scenes left to write. Three! Work is bedlam as we finish the last two weeks of school, but I can...
by SMThornton | Apr 25, 2011 | Uncategorized
My current WIP feels like a whirlwind compared to my first finished novel. This has been a huge undertaking, basically because I knew next to nothing about the Byzantine Empire when I started. Yeah, okay, I’ve taught about it, but my school’s 700+ page...
by SMThornton | Apr 21, 2011 | Uncategorized
Pompeii is flashy when it comes to ancient Roman sites, but I’ve always liked Herculaneum more. I went there two years ago and enjoyed the quiet streets of the former seaside town, also destroyed when Mt. Vesuvius erupted in 79AD. According to The History Blog,...
