by Sarah Loudin Thomas | May 29, 2014 | Appalachian, Family, Food, Friends
I was thinking about having some friends over to celebrate WV Day (June 20) and wondered what I could make that’s unique to my home state. Fried squirrel probably wouldn’t go over very well, I’m serving beans and cornbread at my launch party, and...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | May 26, 2014 | Friends, Reading, Waiting
Many of you likely read my blog post about the first rating for Miracle in a Dry Season on Goodreads–three stars–and how I was trying to be philosophical about it. So I thought I’d post my first written review which doesn’t require me to be...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | May 19, 2014 | Family, Friends
Once in a while I need to do specific research for my novels. Where did Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show appear and when did they travel to Europe? What were the clothes and hats like in the 1950s? How much did a Plymouth Barracuda cost? Interesting stuff. But...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | May 12, 2014 | Food, Friends, Love, Miracles
I’m blessed to have a lovely group of writing friends here in Western North Carolina. We get together periodically to eat, laugh, and talk all things writing (and men, and children, and LIFE). Not long ago, our fearless leader Yvonne Lehman came to us with the...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Apr 7, 2014 | Church, Friends, Miracles, Waiting
This coming week we’ll celebrate Palm Sunday and then Holy Week leading up to Easter. At which point I can start being afraid again. Right? I mean, that’s how fasts work. You abstain for a time and then you resume. Except, maybe, that’s more to do...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Apr 3, 2014 | Appalachian, Church, Family, Food, Friends, Love, Miracles, Reading, Waiting
Bethany House is running a contest to give away an advanced reader copy of Miracle in a Dry Season. I’m so excited to know I’ll be holding my novel in my hands soon and now someone else can hold it early as well! If you’d like to enter to win a copy,...
