by SMThornton | May 7, 2010 | Uncategorized
In case you haven’t heard, three amazing ladies have organized an auction of all sorts of writerly goodies at Do the Write Thing for Nashville. There are agent critiques, signed books, and even phone calls with your favorite agents. All the proceeds go to...
by SMThornton | May 6, 2010 | Uncategorized
Today I’m posting over at Secret Archives of the Alliterati regarding change and questions in your manuscript. Got change? No? Then you might have a problem. A big problem! So I thought I would leave you with a list of some of the books I’ve read recently....
by SMThornton | May 5, 2010 | Uncategorized
My daughter really likes Tinkerbell. Why? 1. Tinkerbell can fly. 2. Tinkerbell can “pixie” anyone and then they can fly. 3. Tinkerbell can go to Neverland. I’ve been told that I can’t be Tinkerbell; I’m only Wendy’s mom. I get to...
by SMThornton | May 3, 2010 | Uncategorized
Today we are celebrating authors who’ve made it, those with books on the shelves at your favorite bookstore. You all know I’m a history nerd so I decided to focus on the best historical fiction novel I’ve read in a long, long time. Mistress of Rome...
by SMThornton | Apr 30, 2010 | Uncategorized
You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you. ~Ray BradburyI go through spurts where words just pour out of my head onto my laptop screen. Granted, I don’t have a lot of writing time every day, but sometimes things just flow. At the same time, my...
by SMThornton | Apr 28, 2010 | Uncategorized
I don’t write mysteries, but I loved this video Janet Reid posted on her blog the other day.I’ve killed off characters before, to the extent that if I really were my protagonists, I’d be a serial killer. However, I’ve never actually had a...
