by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jul 7, 2014 | Appalachian, Family, Food, Miracles, Waiting
Miracle in a Dry Season officially launches four weeks from tomorrow. When I first got the release date all those months ago, I imagined a sort of mass “unveiling” on Tuesday, August 5. Turns out that’s not quite how it works. I already have a copy...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jul 3, 2014 | Appalachian, Church, Family, Food, Friends, Love
Back home in West Virginia there was always a bean supper at Lucille’s for the Fourth of July. George and Lucille were first cousins to my dad and they had a little, white house up on the ridge above the church. Each year, Lucille would organize the event with a...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jun 23, 2014 | Appalachian, Family
When I went to visit the Bethany House offices in Minnesota I had a chance to record an interview about my novel. It’s hard not to feel self-conscious when you’re sitting at a table with a camera pointed at you, but the staff did a great job of putting me...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jun 19, 2014 | Appalachian, Family
Tomorrow is West Virginia Day–the state’s 151st birthday. Once part of Virginia, western Virginia became its own state in 1863. Many residents of Virginia who lived west of the Allegheny Mountains weren’t happy when the state seceded from the Union in 1861....
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jun 9, 2014 | Appalachian, Love, Miracles, Reading
You may have heard that my novella released last Tuesday. It was a bit of a surprise–I thought it would release later in the month, but I was happy to jump on the promotions bandwagon to get the word out. And the word got out! When I first admired the post on...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jun 5, 2014 | Appalachian, Food, Reading
I had a pretty good idea that my novella would release sometime in June, but I didn’t know when. On Tuesday afternoon it appeared on Amazon and on Wednesday folks could start reading it! How exciting and scary all at once! Normally, I get to sort of string a...
