by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Mar 8, 2021 | Appalachian, books, Reading
I’ve written before about my mixed feelings regarding novel contests. And yet, here we are again, with awards season kicking off and yes, I have entered a few contests. Including the Selah Awards at the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference. I like...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Mar 4, 2021 | books, History, West Virginia
The cover of my new story (releasing December 2021) is out and about! Whatcha think? Here are a few highlights that make this cover special for me: The button. Sulley is a water dowser (or so he claims). And when he finds a long lost button, people start to think...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Mar 1, 2021 | books
If you subscribe to my newsletter, you had an opportunity to win one of two early copies of The Finder of Forgotten Things releasing in December. I revealed the new cover to subscribers and asked them to come up with a single word to describe how the image made them...
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 | Dec 17, 2020 | books, Friends
If you read Monday’s post about my fabulous bookcase you may have noticed an extra special shelf at the top right. That would be my Appalachian novels shelf. Yup, a whole shelf just for books I’ve written! This is astonishing to me. I mean, there’s...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Dec 14, 2020 | books, holidays, Love
I have a December birthday. Everyone who has a December birthday knows what that means . . . combo birthday/Christmas presents. Normally, this is NOT something to be preferred. My niece’s birthday is one week before Christmas and she fully expects to celebrate...
