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Showing posts with label Cordoba. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cordoba. Show all posts

Monday, July 27, 2020

Cover Reveal and Mark Your Calendars! Seven Noble Knights is Back!

I believe we tell stories about the past in order to make sense of the present. In these uncertain times, telling stories has never been more important.

As you know, my medieval epic of family, betrayal, and revenge, Seven Noble Knights, has found a new home in wonderful, New England-based Encircle Publications. I couldn't be more pleased to be working with this group of professionals.

I recently had a strong sign that I've made the right choice in signing with Encircle. They surprised me last week with a proposal for the cover design.

I love it. My newsletter subscribers were the first to see it, and now I'm thrilled to share it with everyone.


The colors are attractive, the fonts subtle and easy to read, and the sword-and-shield graphic lend the right hint of medieval battles to be fought. I hope this cover will attract all the right readers.

Interior of the Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba
2009 Jessica Knauss 
The cover's red-and-white arches, so lovely and fantastical, can be visited in the real world in my beloved Córdoba, Spain, which is the stage for some of the most dramatic and vivid chapters in the book. I think this cover will make the novel an attractive souvenir for people visiting the Mosque-Cathedral or the Medina Azahara archaeological complex.

Encircle also let me know that the release date has been set for December 11, 2020.

Mark your calendars! Blog tours and giveaways are coming up soon!

Stay safe and well out there.


Monday, February 10, 2020

Can You Help Seven Noble Knights Take a Trip to a Movie Studio?

2020 is shaping up to be the year of Seven Noble Knights, with tons of great news.

First and foremost, the search for a new home that started in mid-2018 is over. Medieval masterpiece Seven Noble Knights will be re-released in December 2020. You can delve into the rich tapestry of romance, revenge, war, and adventure at the end of this year! The wonderful team at Encircle Publications is getting a new cover and spruced-up edition ready as we speak.

As if that weren't wonderful enough, Seven Noble Knights is also set to appear in December 2020 in Italian! The translation is already under way. Expect to hear more about this unexpected literary gift soon.

And most exciting news right now: Have you ever wanted to see your favorite actor get hit with a bloody cucumber while wearing medieval underpants? Now that long-awaited possibility is within your grasp!

Seven Noble Knights has been selected to compete in the TaleFlick Discovery contest. With your help, this epic of medieval Spain can win a chance at being optioned for a movie or series!

Voting takes place now through February 14 at 4 p.m. Pacific/ 7 p.m. Eastern/ 1 a.m. on February 15 Central European Time. Be sure to get your vote in before time's up!

To vote, go to TaleFlick.com and click off any pop-ups. You don't have to subscribe to anything in order to vote. Near the top of the page, you will see something like this:


If Seven Noble Knights is not on the first page, it needs your help even more! You can search for it by typing "Seven Noble Knights" into the bar circled above and clicking the magnifying glass.

Seven Noble Knights appears with its original cover.

When you have Seven Noble Knights in your sights, you can expand the description using the white arrows at the center bottom, share the contest, or comment using the square speech balloon under the book cover, which is linked up to Facebook comments.


Or, just vote, clicking the upward arrow button on the right, which I have circled in the picture above. As I mentioned, you don't have to sign in or sign up for anything to vote, so you can help Seven Noble Knights with no commitment! The whole process takes all of five seconds with a good internet connection.

The page accepts one vote per IP address. So two people using the same wifi only get one vote, but say you have a tablet at home, a dinosaur desktop you use at work, and a phone you can hook up in a cafe--each of those could be a vote!

So please click away as you are able and tell everyone you know who loves medieval epics, Spain, or great movies based on exciting legends to vote for Seven Noble Knights at TaleFlick.com!

You will have a say in what actors get which roles when casting starts!

Thanks for reading. I'm so grateful for your help in making Seven Noble Knights a movie or series!