by Sarah Loudin Thomas | May 23, 2016 | Uncategorized
I think if you ask just about any writer why they write, you’d get some version of, “I can’t not write.” We’re the sort of people who live for story, who want to tell the rest of the world what we’ve seen and experienced....
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | May 19, 2016 | Uncategorized
CROCK POT BEANS & CAST IRON CORNBREAD Back in Miracle in a Dry Season, beans and cornbread is the first meal Perla makes for the town of Wise, WV, that somehow feeds them all . . . with a little left over. Growing up, beans and cornbread was a standby meal for...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | May 16, 2016 | Appalachian, Family, Memories
One of the nicest compliments I’ve gotten about my books is that the characters seem real. Well thank goodness, because sometimes I forget and think they are! One of the most common pieces of advice writers hear is: Write what you know. That works great for me....
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | May 12, 2016 | Uncategorized
I guess it was John Denver who started the whole “almost heaven, West Virginia” business with his “Take Me Home, Country Roads.” A very good song, in my opinion. And an accurate sentiment for the most part. Goodness knows, when I step foot on...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | May 9, 2016 | Uncategorized
I think we all come to that moment when we open our mouths and utter words that we suddenly, unexpectedly recognize as . . . our mother’s. They’re the phrases she used over and over until we really didn’t hear them anymore. Except they’re...
