by SMThornton | Aug 24, 2014 | Uncategorized
I apparently like to torture myself by never writing the same style of book more than once. While all four of my novels focus on history’s forgotten women, the way I’ve told those stories has differed from book to book. The Secret History told...
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 21, 2014 | Uncategorized
That meme up there is absolutely true, and the same goes for a writer… The most difficult word a writer writes is often the first. Butt in the chair, right? But there’s something more. Nobody tells you when you’re first starting to run that it...
by SMThornton | Apr 14, 2014 | Uncategorized
Let’s start this with a confession: I’m jealous of other writers. Specifically those authors who get to stay at home and write all day. Those writers post their daily word counts on Facebook and Twitter and I cringe a little, knowing that mine...
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...