by SMThornton | Oct 22, 2009 | Uncategorized
All of us want to walk into Barnes and Noble one day and see our books sitting on the shelves, hopefully with a display to rival that of Twilight and New Moon. One of my motivating factors for a lot in life is that I just want to make an impact. I quit my job slaving...
by SMThornton | Oct 21, 2009 | Uncategorized
Yesterday I mentioned my self-imposed deadline for HATSHEPSUT: FEMALE PHARAOH so today I thought I’d elaborate a bit. When I first set out to write this book I gave myself three years just to finish it. I’m not sure if that meant to write it through the...
by SMThornton | Oct 20, 2009 | Uncategorized
Have you ever played pinball, watching the shiny metal ball bounce all over the place and hoping it would go up the twirly ramp and earn you a bonus round? This post is like a pinball being played by an amateur, bouncing all over the place with no real target....
by SMThornton | Oct 19, 2009 | Uncategorized
I didn’t even make it a week. *sigh*I was reading through one of my books on ancient Egypt tonight, looking for information for Novel #2, when I discovered several nifty historical tidbits that would fit perfectly in HATSHEPSUT: FEMALE PHARAOH. Now, many of...
by SMThornton | Oct 18, 2009 | Uncategorized
Some of you already know this, but in an attempt to put my six-week editing break to good use I posted my query for HATSHEPSUT: FEMALE PHARAOH over at the Public Query Slushpile. Thank you to everyone who has already commented- you guys ROCK!The more comments, the...
by SMThornton | Oct 17, 2009 | Uncategorized
Bane’s blog post tonight got me thinking about how long it takes each of us to write our novels. I’ve read of some people who can pound out a book in a few months (Stephen King) and others who take years (Sue Monk Kidd) to complete their masterpieces. And...
