by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Aug 8, 2011 | Poetry, Waiting
We had an ice cream social at church Sunday evening and I volunteered to bring some homemade ice cream. When we were kids we often made ice cream in the summer. With our own milk cow we had an abundance of cream and it was probably a good way to keep us busy for 30...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Aug 1, 2011 | Waiting
At the writer’s conference I attended someone asked me what name I want to write under. As you can see from the title of this blog, I’m attached to all my names. I’ve also published my poetry under all four names. BUT I understand that it’s...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jul 29, 2011 | Reading, Waiting
One of the sessions offered last weekend discussed things to avoid in writing. It’s an excellent primer on how to never get published. Here’s where I come clean. Give too much back story in the beginning. Okay, I definitely did this in my first draft. Tons...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jul 25, 2011 | Waiting
My weekend conference was wonderful. Exhausting, overwhelming, intimidating and wonderful. Here are a few of the highlights: In Rachelle Gardner’s class on writing book proposals that sell, I learned that I’ve been doing a pretty good job of technically...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jul 20, 2011 | Waiting
Yesterday afternoon Thistle was out in the front yard when she started barking. She rarely barks and there’s usually a good reason. We walked out on the front porch and looked. She was sitting, looking toward the road, apparently barking at nothing. I walked out...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jul 18, 2011 | Waiting
I follow a blog written by agent Rachelle Gardner. Over the weekend she talked about having a day of rest–Sabbath or otherwise. The responses from her readers got me thinking about how “rest” looks different to different people. For some it might...
