New Book

New Book
The House On Sunflower Road

A Writer's Prayer

As writers, we put ourselves out there for all to see, and the only dressing we finally get is in the comments coming our way; comments that layer our nakedness piece by piece until we are dressed. And when we are fully dressed we do the process all over again. For what worth is a work if no one touches it with their eyes, if no mind falls into the story, and in the leaving no weight of connection propels a response? Elizabeth
March 2, 2010

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The 'walks' of my mind!

Many things walk through my mind; it changes with the choice of time. For instance, during the day, I tend to write with a conscious eye, with a temperance toward word choices, almost as if I've an invisible watcher editing my thoughts before they find print; now, night time offers a different stage for my writing, I feel the mellowing of my words, my fingers fly across the keyboard with the courage of a Delilah, and thoughts sing a purer truth as the cover of darkness cheers me on. It seems most problems find an answer with only the light of the monitor in front of me. The darkness of the room lets my imagination have a free hand, no censoring of ideas, or judgment sitting on my shoulder.

The 'Memory Chair' -

"This...sitting around the fire," Wa`si said, "reminds me of my father and his friends. They would sit around the campfire gathering up its energy and before long there would be sharing time. The one designated to talk held the 'memory chair' until his story ended." He paused, as though his story mimicked the moment as the fire's strength entered into him, giving his words newly found power. "When I reached manhood, at sixteen, I was allowed to sit with the group. It was from these stories passed around from the one in the 'memory chair' that I learned the meaning of honor, and the importance of everything relative to what's around us. Best of all, I was taught that a strong man can show meekness without being weak...and shed tears without feeling shame....

Cherokee Proverb

Don't let yesterday use up too much of today!

Sunday, August 21, 2016

The Long Night Moon




Darcie has grown up in a wealthy home in a big city, indulged and out of control. Wasi, a Cherokee Indian, lives a quiet tribal life in the mountains of North Carolina. He lost his wife and child in an accident and believes that such joy will never light his life again. Their paths cross when Darcie is moved to the family’s mountain home for the term of her unexpected and unwanted pregnancy. Thus begins the growth and transformation for two souls who need each other but have to face their failings in order to move on.

Friday, June 24, 2016

NEW BOOK: THE LONG NIGHT MOON

I have a new book release for The Long Night Moon from Hartwood Publishing. It is an edited copy that reads more fluidly. The story line is the same, the conflicts are the same and my characters continue to pull the reader into all the growth and transformation issues that Darcie and Wasi have to deal with before they can face a future together.
The Long Night Moon is now available on Amazon for pre-orders in digital format with a release date of July 7th. The print format will be available later on in the month.
The beauty of the North Carolina mountains are also illuminated, almost making them an additional character of the story.
Elizabeth Towles

Friday, May 6, 2016

Book Signing for The House On Sunflower Road

On May 19th, Thursday, (2016), I will have a book signing event for my book, The House On Sunflower Road, at Our Place, 6700 Fairview Road, Suite 104, Charlotte, NC 28210, tel#: 704-554-7748, hours: 2 o'clock pm - 5 pm.
I will be offering a promo gift certificate of $50.00 from Our Place. Anyone who purchases a book will be eligible to sign an entry form. A drawing will be held after the event and the winner will be notified by mail or phone whichever is the choice when filling out the entry form. 
I hope to introduce my book characters to many of my present friends as well as to new friends. When I finish a book, I feel connected to my book characters, they inhabit a place in my mind for time unending.  I hope their story captures hearts as they have mine.
Thank you.
Elizabeth Towles

Thursday, February 25, 2016

Book Purchase:Infomation

This book is published by Hartwood Publishing (www.hartwoodpublishing.com). and is listed with Amazon

She can't see what's ahead, but she has to follow the road.


The House On Sunflower Road

I have a new book, The House On Sunflower Road, being released by Hartwood Publishing. It is now listed with Amazon for pre-orders in digital format, Kindle, and others, (in stock March 3rd). It will also be released a few days later in print.  
A blurb for the book is below:
 Three years to the day after her beloved papa died, Odella Jumaane discovers the past nineteen years of her life have been a lie. She is not who she thought she was. A young man, Luc Sweetwater, has come to Reedy Creek to fulfill a promise he made to his mother--who had recently passed away--by safeguarding Yesu Jumaane's beautiful daughter. When he was a young child, Yesu had helped him and his mother when no one else would. Luc finds that the young child of his memories has grown up to be a lovely young woman. He brings letters that were written by Yesu to his mother and to him, and also a letter she'd written and never mailed.
Odella is given the letters to read, and they distance her further from who she thought she was. When at Lincoln Bank in Reedy Creek, she is given access to a safe deposit box that holds items and records, and a croker sack of money. She asks herself who is she...really? Her ultimate challenge surfaces when she comes face to face with a man who claims to be her father.

This book is published by Hartwood Publishing (www.hartwoodpublishing.com).
It is listed on Amazon. It is in digital format, Kindle and others, and also in print form.
www.amazon.com/Elizabeth Towles/The House On Sunflower Road


Sunday, December 4, 2011