by SMThornton | Nov 12, 2009 | Uncategorized
Ahem. Yes, I am standing on a soapbox. It’s not a big soapbox, but still. Let’s talk about art. Writers are artists, right? *insert nod here* Writers are some of the biggest risk-taking, kick-butt artists around. Now, I’m not an artist in the...
by SMThornton | Nov 11, 2009 | Uncategorized
First of all, a big thanks to Steph Damore for the Honest Scrap award! You should all check out Steph’s blog if you haven’t already- it’s awesome! So here’s a present for all my followers! If your purty little mugshot is on the right of my...
by SMThornton | Nov 10, 2009 | Uncategorized
Okay, so I whined about this on a couple other blogs today (sorry!) and then thought, no- this particular topic deserves its very own blog post!*drum roll*I hate it, absolutely hate it when historical fiction writers get sloppy. I also hate it in Hollywood, but I take...
by SMThornton | Nov 9, 2009 | Uncategorized
Yahoo! Natalie Murphy AND Stephanie McGee both gave me the One Lovely Blog Award!Rules are as follows:1.Pass the award to 15 other blogs that you’ve newly discovered.2. Contact the bloggers to let them know they’ve been chosen.Numbers have never been my strong...
by SMThornton | Nov 8, 2009 | Uncategorized
Oh yeah! I totally bought Playmobil’s Egyptian pyramid for my daughter for Christmas. I’m indoctrinating her early into Egyptomania. I gave her life and one day she’s going to have to sit through Liz Taylor’s Cleopatra with me, all 192 minutes...
by SMThornton | Nov 6, 2009 | Uncategorized
What I like in a good author is not what he says, but what he whispers. ~Logan Pearsall Smith, “All Trivia,” Afterthoughts, 1931Whisper to your readers, dear friends. That is all. My brain is soaked in a sugar induced fog from too much ice cream birthday...
