by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jul 13, 2015 | Uncategorized
I’m over on SouthernBelleView.com today, revisiting my most popular post from THIS blog. Yup, the one about SEX in Christian fiction. Somehow, almost four years after I wrote it, that piece continues to get hits. Pretty much every week. So if you’d like a...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jul 9, 2015 | Appalachian, Family, Memories, Nature
Growing up on the farm, we pretty much took our shoes off on the last day of school and didn’t put them on again (except for church) until summer ended. I ran through the yard without a thought for bees. Walked across the rocky driveway without flinching. Hopped from...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jul 6, 2015 | Friends
I have a confession to make. I’m a fraud. Oh sure, I’ve had a couple of books published and have been contracted for a third. Yes, people have read those books and even liked them. There have been some good reviews and a couple of awards. But it’s only because no one...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jul 2, 2015 | Uncategorized
On July 1, 1897, Edward Shue was convicted of murdering his wife Zona “Elva” Heaster Shue–thanks to HER testimony. The story out of Greenbrier County, WV, actually rates a state historic marker. And it goes something like this: On January 23, 1897,...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jun 29, 2015 | Uncategorized
I try not to care too much about winning awards. Really I do. But I’m the girl who made straight A’s in school. The one who liked taking the SAT and becoming a National Merit Scholar . . . more . . . Come on over and join me at SouthernBelleView so I can...