by SMThornton | Oct 16, 2009 | Uncategorized
Yesterday, L.T. Host asked how many beta readers I have. Starting today, four fabulous humans are slogging their way through my WIP- my husband and three fellow teachers. Strangely enough, none are history teachers, but I begged an English teacher, science teacher,...
by SMThornton | Oct 15, 2009 | Uncategorized
This afternoon is going to be pretty exciting. After work I’m going to Kinko’s to pick up my printed and bound WIP. *squeals* There’s just something about holding that pile of paper in your hands and looking at all those paragraphs you wrote...
by SMThornton | Oct 14, 2009 | Uncategorized
MattDel had a pretty nifty blog post today about positive waves and what makes him happy. I’m all about sending out happy vibes so I thought I’d post what makes me happy, in no particular order.1. Sunshine. The days are getting shorter and Alaska is about...
by SMThornton | Oct 13, 2009 | Uncategorized
Today I was inspired by Natalie Whipple over at Between Fact and Fiction to write a new paragraph to start my first chapter. My intro starts with dialogue and I never really liked that. Plus that meant I couldn’t really enter Nathan’s contest! So...
by SMThornton | Oct 12, 2009 | Uncategorized
I hate passive voice. I must have missed that lesson in high school. I managed to skip all English classes in college except for Ancient Literature so I missed it there too.So lots of karma points to Judith for pointing it out in my sample pages!Just in case anyone...
by SMThornton | Oct 10, 2009 | Uncategorized
These are the first two pages of Chapter 1. There used to be a prologue, but I cut it in an attempt to get to the heart of the story quicker (Hatshepsut meeting with her father). Please critique to your hearts’ content!...
