by SMThornton | Apr 11, 2012 | Uncategorized
I run. I hike. I spin. And, sadistic fool that I am, I love all three. But…Halfway through the run, midway up the mountain, or halfway through the routine with the bass pounding in my ears, I always want to do the same thing. Quit. But I don’t. (Okay,...
by SMThornton | Feb 27, 2012 | Uncategorized
I made a lot of mistakes when querying my first book. We’re talking Mt. Everest-during-monsoon-season sized mistakes.Go big, or go home, right?Of course, if you’d asked me at the time, I would have assured you I knew precisely what I was doing. Because...
by SMThornton | Feb 13, 2012 | Uncategorized
My writing origins started probably ten years ago when I discovered Ancient Sites, an ancient history role play website. People would make up a character from ancient history, real or fictional, and then write short fiction and interact with other writers. I loved it....
by SMThornton | Jan 2, 2012 | Uncategorized
I spent 14 months writing, revising, and editing my last book, researching as I went along. What am I doing now?Nothing.Well, not nothing, but no writing. No revising. No editing. I’m researching. It’s weird to finally be free of a daily word count, but I...
by SMThornton | Dec 13, 2011 | Uncategorized
*blinks*We had a snow day today (more like a blizzard day) and had to dig ourselves out of a virtual snow cave, not to mention cleaning up after three episodes of 100mph hurricane force winds. But you know what’s even better than a snow day?I. AM. DONE. WITH....
