March Giveaway

Carole TowrissAncient Egypt, Ancient Israel, By the Waters of Kadesh, In the Shadow of Sinai, The Walls of Arad, Writing Leave a Comment

I’m going to be hosting a giveaway each month this year. They will start on a Monday at 10 am EST and end the following Friday at 10 am. Winner will be announced the next Monday at 10 am. This month I’m giving away an paperback set of the “Journey to Canaan” trilogy: In the Shadow of Sinai, By the …

In the Shadow of Sinai on Audiobook!

Carole TowrissAncient Egypt, Ancient Israel, In the Shadow of Sinai, Writing 2 Comments

In the Shadow of Sinai is now available as an audiobook!  It’s on audible.com for $24.95, Amazon for $21,83, and iTunes for $21.95. Unfortunately, I have no control over the prices (neither does the publisher), and I have no free copies to give away. Daniel Koehn narrated for us. He is a voice instructor at Asbury University in Kentucky. He …

By the Waters of Kadesh in Kindle

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  By the Waters of Kadesh is now in Kindle! In celebration, I’ve uploaded the first three chapters on my website. Read without risk! Kadesh is the sequel to In the Shadow of Sinai, but you don’t have to have read Sinai to enjoy Kadesh. It starts just after the Israelites have escaped Egypt and spent the first year of …

Join Me on a New Adventure!

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This year I’m embarking on a new adventure with some very dear friends, and a couple new ones. Tanya and Jennifer are fellow writers for Christ to the World Ministries, a group that writes dramas that are then translated and broadcast to 32 countries around the world. Eileen, Diana and Delia are friends of friends! Together we are starting a …

A Forever Family for Ahmose

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Enjoy this excerpt from In the Shadow of Sinai when Bezalel takes Ahmose home from the palace after he has been beaten. Ahmose was asleep by the time Bezalel stepped inside his house. He hated to wake him up, but he knew his back must be tended to. Imma came out to the main room from the kitchen beyond it, …

Help me, Mama!

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Mutter (German). Mère (French). Majka (Serbian). Mat’ (Russian). Madre (Spanish). And in Hebrew: Imma. In any language, mothers are special. They are who we run to whenever we are in trouble. Even Bezalel. Bezalel considered his choices as he hiked home. He knew severe punishment awaited any slave who ran away, but he could not leave Ahmose behind. A seven-year-old …

Meri – from Captive to Cherished

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This is the first scene where Bezalel actually is able to speak to Meri in In  the Shadow of Sinai. Meri was forced to be a concubine in Ramses’s harem. He took in a sharp breath. She was even more beautiful than he remembered her. Without her heavy kohl makeup, her deep brown eyes seemed to take up her whole …

Meet Ahmose

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This is Ahmose. An orphan-slave in Ramses’s palace, befriended by Bezalel, in Sinai he finds his forever family. He returns in By the Waters of Kadesh. Below are excerpts from some of our first encounters with him in Sinai. It was late in the evening, long past the time he normally went home, but Bezalel had stayed a little later …

Meet Kamose

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This week I’ll introduce you to Kamose—or you can catch up with him if you met him in Sinai. Kamose was the captain of the guard in the palace in Egypt. He escaped with the Israelites in the Exodus. Kamose brushed the dust from his face, dust kicked up by hundreds of thousands of sandaled feet, hooves, and wooden wheels. …

So What’s Next?

Carole TowrissBy the Waters of Kadesh, In the Shadow of Sinai, The Walls of Arad Leave a Comment

I thought I’d take today to let you know what’s happening in my writing life now that Sinai is well on it’s way. First, In the Shadow of Sinai has been nominated for the Christian Small Publisher Association’s Book of the Year Award. Unlike most book awards. this one is decided by voters, not judges.  So I could really use your …