by SMThornton | Aug 20, 2012 | Uncategorized
I love the Hagia Sophia. I might have cried both times I’ve seen it. The Hagia Sophia (also known as the Church of Holy Wisdom or the Aya Sophia) is one of the most breathtaking structures in the entire world. However, the current building is actually the...
by SMThornton | Jun 20, 2012 | Uncategorized
So I’m back from my trip, having eaten far too much pizza, baklava, and gelato. (And doing my penance now by training for a half-marathon. Ugh.) It was pretty fun to visit Europe this time and just soak up the city without have to run helter-skelter doing a ton...
by SMThornton | Apr 30, 2012 | Uncategorized
I’m currently re-reading Machiavelli’s The Prince and I have to admit, Machiavelli is kind of a genius. (Maybe an evil genius, but that’s beside the point). I particularly like his belief that assassinating one’s enemies are necessities...
by SMThornton | Mar 12, 2012 | Uncategorized
It’s probably a good thing all my favorite people from history are dead. Actually, I know it’s a good thing because it wouldn’t take long for me to be arrested for lurking in the bushes outside their houses. (Or palaces, in the cases of Theodora and...
by SMThornton | Jan 2, 2012 | Uncategorized
I spent 14 months writing, revising, and editing my last book, researching as I went along. What am I doing now?Nothing.Well, not nothing, but no writing. No revising. No editing. I’m researching. It’s weird to finally be free of a daily word count, but I...
