by SMThornton | Nov 21, 2009 | Uncategorized
First, I have a thank you that’s long overdue. Julie Dao passed along this pretty little bouquet to me- I love Picasso and I love awards! So guess, what? If you love Picasso you too can swipe the award!So, I have some words of wisdom to pass along from my...
by SMThornton | Nov 14, 2009 | Uncategorized
I’m counting down- only two more weeks until I meet with my beta readers for HATSHEPSUT: FEMALE PHARAOH and then I get to go to town revising. I’m kind of a nerd (you knew that already), but I’m pretty excited to get back to work!My goals for this...
by SMThornton | Nov 9, 2009 | Uncategorized
Yahoo! Natalie Murphy AND Stephanie McGee both gave me the One Lovely Blog Award!Rules are as follows:1.Pass the award to 15 other blogs that you’ve newly discovered.2. Contact the bloggers to let them know they’ve been chosen.Numbers have never been my strong...
by SMThornton | Oct 31, 2009 | Uncategorized
Hear ye, hear ye! We have a new weekend feature! I love words. I especially love the ones that are a mouthful, ones you can really chew on. And when they’re done right, I get a little thrill seeing them worked into a novel I’m reading. On the flip side,...
by SMThornton | Aug 29, 2009 | Uncategorized
There are words I love. And phrases I adore. Lackadaisical and phantasmagoric are two of the best words in the English language. Some of you may quibble (another great word!) with phantasmagoric actually being a word, but I’ve seen it used in print and speech...
