by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Sep 24, 2018 | Appalachian, Friends, Writing
I’ve just returned from the ACFW Conference (American Christian Fiction Writers). It’s always fun to hang out with other writers not to mention my agent and editor. But there’s a certain question folks ask each other over and over again . . ....
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Sep 20, 2018 | Appalachian, Food, History, Writing
My friend Valerie recently gave me a treasure. It’s a copy of the 8th edition of Old Timey Recipes from 1975 as collected by Phyllis Connor. Inside the front cover someone wrote, “West Virginia, August 1976.” Since I would have been five years old...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Sep 17, 2018 | Uncategorized
I’ve been sharing about the upcoming release of The Christmas Heirloom. It’s a novella collection with four generations of stories from Kristi Ann Hunter, Karen Witemeyer, me, and Becky Wade. We each wrote stand-alone stories tied together by a Luckenbooth...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Sep 13, 2018 | Appalachian, History, Nature
Having lived on the coast of South Carolina I’ve had more experience with hurricanes than I like. We actually moved to the mountains of western North Carolina in large part because of flooding from Hurricane Floyd in 1999. But the mountains are not immune from...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Sep 10, 2018 | Appalachian, Reading, Waiting, Writing
Leading up to the release of The Christmas Heirloom on October 2, my publisher has put some of my books on sale. You can currently get the digital editions of Miracle in a Dry Season for $0.99, Until the Harvest for $1.99, and A Tapestry of Secrets for $2.99 (or...
