by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Dec 5, 2012 | Friends, Poetry
After my post on Monday (which was something of a love letter to my husband) a friend sent me a link to this song by Peter Gabriel. He said it reminded him of my husband and I, which is one of the nicest things anyone has ever said about us. It’s a lovely song...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Sep 7, 2012 | Poetry, Reading
Today and tomorrow I’ll be enjoying the Carolina Mountains Literary Festival in Burnsville, NC. This isn’t a Christian writers event, but even though my focus is on Christian fiction, I think it’s equally important to keep up with secular writing....
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Aug 22, 2012 | Miracles, Poetry, Waiting
In The Memory of Drowning one of the characters is afraid to try for another child after suffering a miscarriage. I’m astonished by the number of women who have faced this tragedy. I talked to friends who had gone through this so that I would have an inkling of...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jul 13, 2012 | Poetry
There is truth in the trailer park and honesty in the car on blocks. Starvin’ Marvin and “as seen on TV” live cheek by jowl with the likes of handmade quilts and apple butter; old-time music and the oral tradition. Some folks say it isn’t True, isn’t the way things...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jul 2, 2012 | Poetry, Reading
I love lists. Top ten lists and favorite things lists and bucket lists and wish lists. THIS is a cool list. It’s not the best books–rather it’s the top 80 books written by Americans that have shaped the nation. There’s fiction and non-fiction....
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | May 14, 2012 | Miracles, Poetry
There are several reasons that I write. 1) I love writing. Even before I knew how to write, I would find blank paper and fill it up with scribbles. I liked how those lines and lines of pretend words looked. Imagine how thrilled I was once I learned the alphabet! 2) I...
