by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Nov 16, 2021 | books, Friends, Reading, Writing
My husband loves my new book. He might have even cried a little at the end. Which is pretty much all the praise I need for this story! And yet . . . I’m deeply grateful to everyone who’s taken the time to read early copies. And more than a little proud of...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Sep 16, 2021 | Family, Memories, Writing
Does anyone write actual letters anymore? I mean the newsy, chatty, keeping-up-with-people-we-love kinds of letters. One of my greatest treasures is a collection of letters from my grandmother. She was from a generation that hadn’t given up paper and pen for the...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Sep 2, 2021 | books, Research, Writing
When I was shaping Eugenia (Gainey) Floyd’s character for The Finder of Forgotten Things, I decided to make her the postmistress of Oak Hill, WV. Since postal counters were often housed in general stores, I put her behind a counter in the back of an imaginary...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Aug 26, 2021 | books, Waiting, Writing
While The Finder of Forgotten Things won’t hit store shelves until early December, reviewers are already previewing this latest story. This is always a nail-biting time for me–hoping readers and reviewers will love my characters as much as I do! And...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Aug 9, 2021 | books, Waiting, Writing
My next story will be unleashed on the world in four short months. These are the days when the book IS what it IS. The final edits have been turned in but the reviews have yet to come out. And readers have yet to flip to Chapter 1 and discover this latest tale. So,...
