by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Feb 14, 2019 | Appalachian, Reading, Waiting, Writing
Earlier this week I sent out an e-mail with the cover of my next novel. It’s a sweet sort of torture to see the cover and then not be able to share it until the book is available for pre-order. But as of Tuesday this week, readers can add When Silence Sings to...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Feb 11, 2019 | Uncategorized
Just in case you didn’t know . . . Valentine’s Day is this Thursday. I’m generally opposed to the holiday as an adult. It feels to me like a marketing ploy to sell cards, flowers, and candy. That said, I have fond memories of the day when I was a...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Feb 7, 2019 | Appalachian, Family, Friends, Writing
A friend and I were talking recently about our families–mostly the senior ladies in our Appalachian families–and how they can take a single word and communicate a wide range of meanings. The perfect example is the word, “well.” Depending on the...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Feb 4, 2019 | History, holidays, Nature, superstition
You probably know that last Saturday was Groundhog Day. Not exactly one of the big ten holidays, but still, there was a bit of hoorah around Punxsutawney Phil who did NOT see his shadow which means an early spring! Of course, French Creek Freddie, a resident of the...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jan 31, 2019 | Appalachian, History, Writing
In researching my current novel I stumbled across a story about a 1932 murder in West Virginia (ah, rabbit trails, writers love ’em!). A 31-year-old woman named Mamie Thurman was found dead on Trace Mountain in Logan County that June. A deaf-mute boy found her...
