Tag Archives: The Cold Cold Sea

The week the snow came…

Posted on January 13, 2019 by lindahuber

At 430m above sea, my home here in the north-east is in one of the lowest areas in Switzerland. In winter, it regularly happens that while everywhere else is being sprinkled with scenic whiteness from above, we get rain. And … Continue reading →

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The Writing Life…

Posted on September 2, 2018 by lindahuber

Lots of people say it, and it’s true – writing is one third actual writing, and two thirds all the other ‘stuff’ – editing, arranging promotions, thinking and plotting, editing, organising cover images, learning how to do things with your … Continue reading →

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Cornwall…

Posted on August 21, 2018 by lindahuber

…is the setting for my second novel. Which, as of today, is also my seventh novel… The Cold Cold Sea was re-released today with a fab new cover by The Cover Collection – I love it! I have lovely memories … Continue reading →

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The Cold Cold Sea – a book with many covers…

Posted on July 1, 2018 by lindahuber

During the writing process, I’m not sure what I was expecting to see on the cover of my second book. It had various working titles along the way, until The Cold Cold Sea came to mind while I was looking … Continue reading →

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Doctor! Doctor!

Posted on October 16, 2016 by lindahuber

Like most people who have ever taught English as a foreign language, I have a large collection of jokes. If you give your students a page of text to read as homework, they may or may not do it. If, … Continue reading →

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Cold Sophie… and new book

Posted on May 15, 2016 by lindahuber

It’s that time of year again. The Ice Saints, or Eisheiligen as they’re known in German. Each day of the year has its own saint, and the ice ones start on May 11th with Mamertus, and continue with Pancras, Servatius, … Continue reading →

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Numbers, and £££, and an auction…

Posted on May 8, 2016 by lindahuber

Writers work with words. That’s a fact, but numbers play a part too. Not only do we have sales figures and the dreaded Amazon rankings to contend with, we have to think about price and profit and tax returns and … Continue reading →

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2015 – The best of times and the worst of times… (a mimimalist’s version)

Posted on December 31, 2015 by lindahuber

This time tomorrow, 2015 will be a thing of the past and we’ll all be watching the New Year’s Concert from Vienna. It’s been a year of ups and downs… Best moment: Holding The Attic Room for the first time. … Continue reading →

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Close Encounters of the Malware Kind, or: How to Kill your Computer…

Posted on December 5, 2015 by lindahuber

Tuesday morning started off like any other Tuesday morning here in N.E. Switzerland. By eight o’clock I was at my desk overlooking the woods, sorting through the new emails, deleting the junk ones, saving those that had to be answered. … Continue reading →

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The Name Game – or, what (not) to call your characters…

Posted on August 2, 2015 by lindahuber

We’ve talked before about the problems people face finding the right name for their children and animals. But for writers, name-finding problems don’t stop there; they carry straight on into the tricky task of finding good names for our characters. … Continue reading →

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