by SMThornton | Feb 12, 2013 | Uncategorized
I just received the proof pages for THE SECRET HISTORY in the mail today. This is my last chance to make any changes before the book goes to print, which is a little intimidating. Also intimidating? That extremely large stack of paper sitting on my table....
by SMThornton | Jan 22, 2013 | Uncategorized
A woman should never learn to sew, and if she can she should never admit to it. –Katherine Clifton, The English Patient I despise sewing. And in the midst of editing DAUGHTER OF THE GODS, I realized something else. All my female protagonists...
by SMThornton | May 17, 2012 | Uncategorized
Here’s the official announcement, straight from Publisher’s Marketplace: Debut Stephanie Thornton’s THE SECRET HISTORY, in which a theater tart-turned-Constantinople’s premier courtesan must decide what’s more important: pleasing...
by SMThornton | May 7, 2012 | Uncategorized
This winter was rough. (Why am I talking about winter in May, you ask? Because I still have snow in my yard and it snowed again two days ago.) Begone winter! The monkey in the back yard a couple weeks ago. Anchorage did break the seasonal snow record this year...
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...
