by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Sep 29, 2014 | Appalachian, Food, Friends, Love, Reading, Waiting
There’s nothing like sitting behind a table of your books watching people go by to remind you how important humility is. There’s also nothing like total strangers who have never heard of you or your book getting excited about meeting you to remind you the...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Sep 25, 2014 | Appalachian, Family, Love, Reading
One of my greatest treasures is a collection of letters from my grandmother. She was from a generation that hadn’t quite given up paper and pen for the telephone and certainly not for e-mail. I doubt she ever sat down in front of a computer, although she...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Sep 22, 2014 | Friends, Reading, Waiting
Allison and I met at The Cove in Asheville at a writer’s retreat. We had lunch together in that fabulous dining room overlooking the mountains. She was single then and working on a book to help other single women stay true to God in the midst of their...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Sep 15, 2014 | Love, Reading
In 2011 I had the chance to meet Jan Karon–one of my favorite authors–and she was every bit as delightful as I hoped. Yesterday I had a chance to see her again and although she didn’t grab me and say she remembered me from that one, brief encounter...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Sep 4, 2014 | Appalachian, Friends, Reading
Today I’m hoping you’ll join me over at SouthernBelleView where author Eva Marie Everson has been gracious enough to post an interview with me. She critiqued Miracle in a Dry Season at the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference two and half...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Aug 11, 2014 | Appalachian, Family, Friends, Reading, Waiting
Phew. Launching a book is work, but unlike digging ditches, it’s hard to see exactly what you’ve accomplished. And so, you look at reviews. There are reviews on Amazon, on Barnes & Noble, on Goodreads, on Christianbooks.com. There are reviews on blogs...
