by SMThornton | Oct 29, 2011 | Uncategorized
I’ve got a mountain of books taller than me I desperately want to read. Half of a manuscript to give a final polish. (I’m loving this one, guys. Seriously loving it.)A pumpkin to carve with my daughter. (How did Halloween sneak up so fast?)A Rapunzel...
by SMThornton | Sep 26, 2011 | Uncategorized
I’m almost done with this edit. That doesn’t sound like a huge accomplishment, but I started back in May. (Yes, you read that right). In my defense, this isn’t really one edit–by the time I finish, each page will have been gone over at least 4...
by SMThornton | Aug 29, 2011 | Uncategorized
The first sentence. The first chapter. These are hooks that must latch into your readers eyeballs and force them to keep reading. We know that. But guess what? You have to keep sprinkling little barbs through your prose to keep those pages turning. There’s still...
by SMThornton | Aug 12, 2011 | Uncategorized
This is the pile of notes that have accumulated on my bedside table since I’ve been back from my research trip. Can you tell I’m having a hard time sleeping lately? I feel like a mad scientist, jotting down random snippets of prose or plot ideas. I swear...
by SMThornton | Jun 3, 2011 | Uncategorized
I am revising. I LOVE revising!Revising means the long slog of writing that dreaded first draft is over. This time my initial draft took almost seven months, small potatoes compared to my first book’s 21 months. However, this time around I wrote over half the...
