by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jun 7, 2021 | books, Reading
It’s time to get that summer reading list primed and ready for beach days, hammock days, porch-sitting days, or just any old day when you can squeeze in time for a few more pages! And you can jump start your reading plan by entering for a chance to win FIFTY...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jun 3, 2021 | books, Dreams, Writing
I’ve written before about the conundrum that book contests present. To enter or not to enter–THAT is the question! Well, I entered the Selah Awards hosted by the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference. Why? It’s a great conference put on...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | May 24, 2021 | books, History, West Virginia
From the lodge at Hawks Nest Park. At the Hawks Nest Overlook. Heading to the overlook. Breathtaking! The New River runs UNDER Gauley Mountain. The Dries aren’t all THAT dry! The Finder of Forgotten Things–releasing in December–tells the story of a...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Apr 29, 2021 | books, Dreams, holidays, West Virginia
I have ARRIVED as an author. Is it a NY Times bestseller? A movie deal? An endorsement from West Virginian Jennifer Garner (still holding out for that one!)? Nope. It’s seeing my most recent novel included in one of WV Magazine’s Loving Local gift boxes....
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Mar 25, 2021 | books, Memories
One of my favorite things to do when I was a kid was to get out Mom’s button tin. It was a round tin chock full of random buttons. The colors! The textures! Some were plain while others were glossy and glitzy. I remember sparkly jet buttons and big, flat...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Mar 18, 2021 | books, History
Several of my stories have been set in 1930s West Virginia. And there’s LOTS of great history from that era to draw from for ideas. But some history I won’t attempt to spin into one of my tales. And that goes for the Bluebeard of Quiet Dell who was hanged...
