by SMThornton | Aug 9, 2009 | Uncategorized
Blood Red Pencil would be proud of me. Yesterday I killed one of my darlings, a beautiful scene set at the foot of the pyramids. “But you just went to the pyramids,” you say. “Why would you cut a scene like that?”It was a plot-killer with no...
by SMThornton | Aug 3, 2009 | Uncategorized
I’m back!The trip was truly fantastic and I picked up a lot of gritty fodder for the sensory details for Hatshepsut. I’m still kind of bummed that I didn’t get to go to Luxor, but just being in Egypt reminded me of so much of the little stuff- the...
by SMThornton | Jul 9, 2009 | Uncategorized
I’m going on a Mediterranean cruise in a couple weeks which is incredibly exciting. There are a whole slew of wonderful ports we’ll be stopping at- Athens, Rhodes, and Ephesus to name just a few. But the real reason I chose this particular itinerary is...