by SMThornton | May 5, 2014 | Uncategorized
Huzzah! Daughter of the Gods will finally hit the shelves this Tuesday, providing an ecstatic ending for what might have been the tear-filled, depressing conclusion of my dream of getting Hatshepsut’s story published. The early version of Daughter of the...
by SMThornton | Apr 11, 2014 | Uncategorized
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by SMThornton | Mar 31, 2014 | Uncategorized
I love historical fiction. In fact, I love all types of historical fiction, from epic Gone With the Wind-type sagas to historical mysteries like Gary Corby’s The Pericles Commission to read-through-the-night dramas in the style of Kate Quinn’s...
by SMThornton | Nov 12, 2013 | Uncategorized
About five years ago, I started writing my first book, a novel about Hatshepsut. (Read: A novel about Egypt’s kick-ass female pharaoh who I absolutely idolize and would totally stalk if she were still alive.) It took me two years to finish writing the book...
by SMThornton | Feb 25, 2013 | Uncategorized
I’m pretty much up to my eyeballs in ancient Egypt right now so I thought I’d post about my favorite Egyptian mummies, some of whom are familiar, and others not so much. (Also, I showed these to my six-year-old daughter. I think it says something that she...
