by SMThornton | Nov 30, 2009 | Uncategorized
So I didn’t plan on taking a break from blogging over this splendiferously long weekend, but I have to tell you- I got a lot done this weekend writing-wise. I also cleaned the house, cooked a whole lot, and painted half of my living room. And I met with my beta...
by SMThornton | Nov 25, 2009 | Uncategorized
This has been a rough week complete with migraines shared by many (yes, Wendy and L.T., I’m looking at you), I thought I’d share something a student passed on to me. It’s a list of extracts from actual high school essays in which students were asked...
by SMThornton | Nov 24, 2009 | Uncategorized
Today I was talking to one of my beta readers, getting some pre-discussion feedback before the whole group meets on Saturday. She admitted that historical fiction on ancient Egypt isn’t something she’d normally pick up, but then made my day telling me she...
by SMThornton | Nov 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
I’ve been putting off writing a blog bio of Hatshepsut for a long time. Since I started blogging actually. Why? Because I wanted to wait until people would actually read the post! Imagine your hero, the one person in the world you’ve on a pedestal, one so...
by SMThornton | Nov 21, 2009 | Uncategorized
First, I have a thank you that’s long overdue. Julie Dao passed along this pretty little bouquet to me- I love Picasso and I love awards! So guess, what? If you love Picasso you too can swipe the award!So, I have some words of wisdom to pass along from my...
by SMThornton | Nov 20, 2009 | Uncategorized
My brain is a mush of short-circuiting synapses right now so I’m not going to blog about writing tonight. Or ancient Egypt. Those of you visiting in the hopes of finding either of those topics are going to be sorely disappointed. I’d apologize, but...
