by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Dec 29, 2016 | Appalachian, holidays
As the year draws to a close, I thought I’d ease through this in-between the holidays time by revisiting a previous post about Old Christmas. I mention the holiday in my upcoming novel, The Sound of Rain. It’s a sort of contrarian celebration of Christmas...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Dec 27, 2016 | Uncategorized
Last week I wrote about getting to see the cover for The Sound of Rain releasing in November 2017. While I’m in LOVE with the cover, it did pose a minor problem. The heroine’s hair color wasn’t what I originally imagined. So I changed it. Then I...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Dec 26, 2016 | holidays, Love
I have a day-after-Christmas tradition to fight those post-holiday blues. Good King Wenceslas. Wenceslas was the king of Bohemia during the 10th century. You’ve probably heard his song–a Christmas carol. Except there’s no mention of Christ and the song is about the...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Dec 22, 2016 | Appalachian, Hiking
One of my favorite things about living in the Appalachian Mountains is hiking them. We live near a national forest riddled with trails that offer miles and hours of rambling. And so Thistle and I do just that. A few weeks ago one of the regular trails was blocked when...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Dec 19, 2016 | Uncategorized
I got an early Christmas present this month when my publisher sent me the cover art for The Sound of Rain. As much as I’ve loved my previous covers, this one is hands down my favorite. And I’m itching to show it to you, but I won’t. At least not yet....
