by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Nov 13, 2010 | Uncategorized
Well I’ve been shaping and polishing my novel the past several weeks. The Lotus Leaf Effect is now The Memory of Drowning and I think it’s getting much better. It’s tighter, less nostalgic and there’s more conflict. I’m typically not a...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Nov 8, 2010 | Uncategorized
Over the weekend we watched “City Slickers,” a movie from 1991 starring Billy Crystal as a city dweller named Mitch who goes with some friends on a cattle drive. I think it’s really just an average movie, but it’s kind of fun and it was COLD...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Oct 31, 2010 | Reading, Uncategorized
I still don’t have an e-reader, but I did get my mother a Kindle for her birthday (today–Happy Birthday, mom!). I have, like many book lovers, hesitated over this mechanized take on reading. But I will now confess, after loading books on mom’s and...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Oct 28, 2010 | Uncategorized
The latest revision is done! Now I need to reread the whole thing and make sure the changes work within the flow. I’m also applying some of the things Sol Stein is teaching me. Deleted about 150 “verys” last night and now I’m hunting down and...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Oct 24, 2010 | Uncategorized
The Southern Foodways Alliance has just come out with their first cookbook in the spirit of those old church/junior league/women’s group cookbooks we all have tucked away somewhere. You know the ones–spiral bound and often including comments about the...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Oct 19, 2010 | Uncategorized
It’s been a hectic week! October is our busy month at work and Saturday we put on a major event so writing had to take a back seat. Even so, I edited another three chapter of Lotus Leaf bringing me up to 12 chapters. Next week I’ll have time to really...
