by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jan 27, 2014 | Appalachian, Miracles, Reading, Waiting
I don’t really know what step I’m on along this path to publication–I just know it’s a good ways down the road from the day I wrote CHAPTER 1 for the first time. Last summer I did the BIG edits for Miracle in a Dry Season. That would be the big...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jan 17, 2014 | Appalachian, Family, Friends, Miracles, Reading, Waiting
In just over six months my novel will be on store shelves. People will read it (I hope) and they’ll have opinions about it. I’ve known for a while that this was the plan. But in the past week it’s begun to feel very much REAL. The Baker Publishing...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jan 15, 2014 | Appalachian, Miracles, Nature, Waiting
This year we’ve had some of the coldest weather I’ve known since I was a kid. Snow in the forecast for today and Friday. I know it’s winter, but this business of having actual winter weather is making me long for signs of spring. So today I’m...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jan 8, 2014 | Appalachian, Family, Food, Nature, Waiting
Our power was out for 14 hours yesterday. That would be on a day that went from -1 to a balmy high of 23. When the power was finally restored it was 47 degrees INSIDE the house. Not fun. But somehow, when I think back to power outages when I was a kid–they were...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jan 6, 2014 | Waiting
Back in December the radio program “A Way With Words” came out with a list of the top words of 2013. While I’m charmed by a couple of them, they mostly make me feel old and cranky. Here’s hoping the pendulum swings back toward using ACTUAL...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jan 3, 2014 | Family, Friends, Miracles, Waiting
Moms make the world go round. When I reviewed my blog posts for 2013 I thought announcing my publishing contract would be the most popular. So many of you commented and traffic spiked. And hey, I’m cool with reliving that moment! But that wasn’t what...
