by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jun 13, 2012 | Reading, Thistle
It’s summer (well, officially next week) and that means time for all that great summer reading! Except I’m also working full-time. And I need to keep up with my writing. And then there’s home and church and the dog to walk . . . The upshot is, my...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jun 11, 2012 | Reading
I have a weakness for quizzes. Relationship quizzes in magazines. On-line IQ quizzes. Quizzes that tell me what character I would be in a Jane Austen novel. And yes, I kind of enjoyed taking the SAT in high school. Though not so much the GRE in college. Here’s a...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jun 8, 2012 | Miracles, Reading
Sure, I love Jane Austen and Georgette Heyer. Any time Jan Karon and Francine Rivers publish something I hurry out to read it. But even though I’m not usually all that keen on science fiction and fantasy, I love Ray Bradbury, too. When I read Dandelion Wine I...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | May 16, 2012 | Reading, Waiting
Troy Keur is a salesman, a speaker and an evangelist. I stumbled across his 10 questions for measuring daily success a while ago and thought they were fabulous. I don’t remember to ask myself these questions every day, but when I do remember, they’re...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | May 2, 2012 | Reading
Opening lines. No, I’m not talking about lines like, “Do you come here often?” or “Want some fries with that shake? (I know, I should get out more often.) I’m talking about awesome, amazing, make-you-want-to-read-the-whole-book first...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Apr 23, 2012 | Reading
If you’re an editor-type, you probably catch yourself editing signs, magazines, the newspaper–basically anything written. And you probably even edit what people say, if only in your head. (Really, unless it’s a 10-year-old, it’s best to do it...
