by SMThornton | Apr 20, 2011 | Uncategorized
Quarantines have been used since Biblical times to separate the sick from the well (mostly lepers–cool disease to study, but not to have), but the term comes from the Latin word for forty. 14th century Venice required incoming ships to hang out in their harbor...
by SMThornton | Apr 2, 2011 | Uncategorized
Blogging is not high on my to-do list these days. I love the community of writers and wish I had more time to blog, but I’m getting ready to take a group of students to Washington D.C. next week and am slated to finish my current WIP by the end of the month if I...
by SMThornton | Dec 6, 2010 | Uncategorized
I’m not a fan of first drafts. I only have a little snippet of time each night after my daughter goes to bed to write so it’s a long slog from when I open that shiny new Word document until I type “The End.” But you know what? I’m really...
