by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Oct 28, 2021 | books, holidays
I keep hearing how we’d all better hurry up and do our Christmas shopping early this year because there are supposed to be all sorts of shortages. Sigh. Does it feel like the world is trying to suck the joy out of everything these days?!? Well. On the off chance...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Oct 21, 2021 | Appalachian, Family, Language, West Virginia
Today’s post is a continuation from last week. Sharing more delightful tidbits of our Appalachian way of speaking! NOT AS WRONG AS YOU THINK – Appalachian dialect can be labeled uneducated or backwards. Maybe folks need to rethink that one . . ....
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Oct 14, 2021 | Appalachian, History
Appalachia has a unique and, I think, incredibly special way of speaking. It hearkens back to Elizabethan England with a solid Scottish underpinning and even a dash of Chaucer now and again. I don’t use TOO much dialect in my stories since it can bog readers...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Oct 7, 2021 | books, Waiting
Maybe you weren’t invited to the wedding. Or didn’t get a birthday card. The waiter skipped refilling your glass. Or your friend missed picking you up at the airport. And you felt forgotten. Unseen. Like no one cared. While The Finder of Forgotten Things...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Sep 30, 2021 | books
Like many authors, I have a “day job” in addition to writing. You know, at least until someone makes that blockbuster movie that rockets my books to the top of all the bestseller lists! Of course, I also love my day job, so maybe I’ll do it anyway!...
