by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Feb 11, 2021 | books, Family, History
West Virginia has produced some amazing characters. And while I typically write Twentieth Century historical fiction, that doesn’t keep me from chasing rabbit trails further into the past. Like reading about Betty Zane . . . When she was very young, her family...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Feb 8, 2021 | Reading, Writing
My next novel has a title AND a cover! I ran a contest on Facebook over the weekend to guess the missing word in the title . . . The Finder of FORGOTTEN Things. The guesses were great! And interestingly, the number one guess was LOST (8 guesses)–which was almost...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Feb 4, 2021 | Church, Speaking
While I’m REALLY hoping we’ll get back to in-person events before the year is out, in the meantime I appreciate that virtual events make it possible to reach a wider audience. And I’m fortunate to even have folks inviting me to put on virtual events!...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Feb 1, 2021 | Hiking, holidays, Nature
I bet you thought tomorrow (Feb. 2) is Groundhog Day. Well, I suppose it is, but it’s also Candlemas. One of the lesser known holidays Hallmark has yet to embrace. In case you’re wondering, Candlemas is a Christian holiday celebrating the day Jesus was...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jan 28, 2021 | Appalachian, West Virginia
One thing about roads in Appalachia–they’re not boring. They’re often curvy, rutted, precipitous, narrow, and dirt. When giving directions to someone in Appalachia, we often include the phrase, “turn off the paved road.” At our farm, we...
