by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Oct 7, 2011 | Reading, Waiting
Your social life. Sitting in front of a computer dealing with imaginary people can feel incredibly rich, but it doesn’t get you out of the house much. Your, ahem, backside. Again, sitting in front of a computer does little to enhance your physique. I expected...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Oct 5, 2011 | Miracles, Nature, Waiting
Living in the mountains of Western North Carolina, the fall leaf prediction is heralded with shouts of joy or cries of dismay. Kathy Matthews, an associate professor of biology at Western Carolina University has the dubious honor of predicting fall color for our...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Oct 3, 2011 | Friends, Waiting
I’m pretty busy. Work, writing, church, family, friends–that sweet little dog. Oh, and I try to do the laundry once in a while. Dusting I let slide. But sometimes I have to stop and consider what it is that I’m busy about. And what I might be letting...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Sep 30, 2011 | Reading
I participated in a “Worst Storyline Ever” contest yesterday. It got me thinking about bad books I’ve read. Now, I won’t get into specifics because I don’t want to upset anyone. I may hate a book you love. And hey, if an author got a...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Sep 28, 2011 | Reading
An agent whose blog I follow recently posted on the importance of titles. Writers are often told not to get too attached to their working title since publishers are likely to change it. Some writers take that as a reason to not bother much about the title, which is a...