by SMThornton | Jan 7, 2010 | Uncategorized
“There is much to be said for failure. It is much more interesting than success.” So said Sir Max Beerbohm, English essayist, parodist and caricaturist. I read his bio on Wikipedia and it didn’t sound to me like he hit too many bumps along the way to success. Of...
by SMThornton | Jan 6, 2010 | Uncategorized
A woman is like a tea bag. You never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water. -Eleanor Roosevelt This was my quote of the day in my classroom today. It’s definitely in my top three quotes of all time. If Hatshepsut had a quote it would be- Well...
by SMThornton | Jan 5, 2010 | Uncategorized
I like squirrels. So sue me. These little guys seem to be doing a good job of something, be it slicing each other into squirrel ribbons or making people at the part stop and giggle. Either way, I don’t care. They’re cute. All of us do something really well...
by SMThornton | Jan 4, 2010 | Uncategorized
I suppose this is in the spirit of New Years, but today we’re going to talk about where we, as writers, have room to improve. And then tomorrow, after we’ve all bemoaned our writers’ Achilles heels, we’re going to strut our stuff and rave about...
by SMThornton | Dec 30, 2009 | Uncategorized
We’ve been having a lot of fun playing around- who knew the thirties could feel so great? It’s supposed to be down to single digits when we get back to Alaska. Sigh. I’m anticipating finishing Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson series tomorrow on the...
