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 | Feb 22, 2021 | Reading
Some friends and I are doing giveaways this week to inject a little joy into winter (which always seems interminable at the end of February!). Check ’em all out and enter to win some outstanding stories. You’ll find these on Instagram, all you need to do...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Feb 8, 2021 | Reading, Writing
My next novel has a title AND a cover! I ran a contest on Facebook over the weekend to guess the missing word in the title . . . The Finder of FORGOTTEN Things. The guesses were great! And interestingly, the number one guess was LOST (8 guesses)–which was almost...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Dec 3, 2020 | Appalachian, books, Reading, West Virginia
I’ve made it a point NOT to read Hillbilly Elegy and I don’t plan to watch the movie, either. Initially, I thought I should read the book. I’m an Appalachian author. I aim to read widely in the literature of these mountains. But the whole idea of...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Nov 16, 2020 | books, Reading
I love listening to audio books when I’m traveling. I’ve even had those moments when I started driving slower or opted to take the “long” way home so I could keep listening to a compelling story. Which makes it such fun to have my own stories...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Nov 12, 2020 | books, Reading, Writing
In this wacky year of limited in-person ANYTHING, I’m partnering with the Black Mountain Library and Sassafras on Sutton bookstore to launch The Right Kind of Fool virtually. I’ll also be joined by special guest Lisa Wingate (bestselling author of Before We Were...
