by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Mar 7, 2016 | Love, Reading
I’ve had cause to read some mainstream romances lately–a genre I haven’t dipped into for years. Back in high school and college I couldn’t get enough of them, but they just haven’t been in my reading pile for quite some time. I’d...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Nov 9, 2015 | Appalachian, Reading, Speaking
The only thing better than holding one of my very own books in my hands is meeting someone who actually took the time to READ one of those books. I mean, that’s kind of the whole reason I write them. So people can read them and hopefully be touched by my...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Oct 26, 2015 | Reading
Okay, he didn’t actually sit down and give ME advice. Not intentionally, anyway. Sunday a week ago I volunteered at a book signing for Nicholas Sparks in Greenville, SC. Fiction Addiction is a fabulous, independent bookstore that has been gracious enough to host...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Oct 15, 2015 | Appalachian, Family, Reading, Waiting
My Mom was kind of sad when she found out she could only ready my novella, Appalachian Serenade, digitally. My mother-in-law has yet to read it since she wouldn’t know how to read something on a screen. But soon, the whole world will be able to hold Appalachian...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jun 8, 2015 | Love, Miracles, Reading, Waiting
Last week on SouthernBelleView I asked readers to share true love stories in order to be entered to win a copy of Until the Harvest. Just let me say, after reading the comments I realized this was a brilliant idea (which means the credit for it lies elsewhere!). I...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Apr 27, 2015 | Miracles, Reading
Saying that God wrote your book is something of a joke in Christian publishing. Because while really, hopefully, He did have an awful lot to do with it, you still want to walk that fine line between being inspired and sounding, um, nutty. While I certainly give God...