by SMThornton | Jan 15, 2013 | Uncategorized
I was planning to post last night about my favorite books from 2012, but then a nasty cold bug tried to take me down. Today was an ice day (no school!) so I figured some procrastinating work on my latest revision desk organization was in order. Guess what I found?! A...
by SMThornton | Nov 5, 2012 | Uncategorized
I was walking down the hallway behind one of my former students the other day, listening as he talked to his friend about Queen Elizabeth. (Never mind how excited I was to hear students discussing history in the halls when they could be talking about the...
by SMThornton | Feb 13, 2012 | Uncategorized
My writing origins started probably ten years ago when I discovered Ancient Sites, an ancient history role play website. People would make up a character from ancient history, real or fictional, and then write short fiction and interact with other writers. I loved it....
by SMThornton | May 18, 2011 | Uncategorized
I felt like poisoning a monk. -Umberto Eco on why he wrote the novel The Name of the RoseI wrote Hatshepsut because the poor woman was going to drive me insane if I didn’t get her voice out of my head (and because I’ve always wanted to time travel to...
by SMThornton | Mar 3, 2011 | Uncategorized
I won’t do it. You can’t make me. Nope, nuh-uh, not on your life. Not even if you promised me an all-expense paid trip to Egypt.Well… maybe. There is one rule for writing historical fiction.Don’t mess with history.I can’t make Hatshepsut...
