by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Aug 8, 2011 | Poetry, Waiting
We had an ice cream social at church Sunday evening and I volunteered to bring some homemade ice cream. When we were kids we often made ice cream in the summer. With our own milk cow we had an abundance of cream and it was probably a good way to keep us busy for 30...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Aug 5, 2011 | Reading
I love Jane Austen’s books. I’ve read them over and over and over. I’ve read spinoffs, modern interpretations and just about anything else Austenesque (except the zombie books–I mean, really). I’ve watched the movies and loved some and...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Aug 3, 2011 | Miracles, Reading
It’s always fun to learn interesting facts about favorite authors. But when my mom sent me a link to Agatha Christie’s Surfing Secret Revealed, I thought it was a joke at first. Agatha Christie–who I think of as Ms. Marple–surfing?!? Yes...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Aug 1, 2011 | Waiting
At the writer’s conference I attended someone asked me what name I want to write under. As you can see from the title of this blog, I’m attached to all my names. I’ve also published my poetry under all four names. BUT I understand that it’s...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jul 29, 2011 | Reading, Waiting
One of the sessions offered last weekend discussed things to avoid in writing. It’s an excellent primer on how to never get published. Here’s where I come clean. Give too much back story in the beginning. Okay, I definitely did this in my first draft. Tons...
