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The week the snow came…
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
Posted in books, Life in Switzerland, My books, The Writing Life
Tagged Death Wish, publishing, Snow, Stolen Sister, Switzerland, The Cold Cold Sea, Writing
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The Writing Life…
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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Tagged Cornwall, psychological suspense, suspense novels, The Cold Cold Sea, Writing
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Cornwall…
…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! (Purchase info HERE) I … Continue reading
Posted in books, My books, The Writing Life, travel
Tagged Amazon, blog tour, Carbis Bay, Cornwall, cream tea, Love Books Group, Newquay, psychological suspense, St Ives, The Cold Cold Sea, the cover collection, Writing
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The Cold Cold Sea – a book with many covers…
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
Doctor! Doctor!
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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Tagged doctor jokes, hospital jokes, kindle deal, paperback publication, The Cold Cold Sea, Ward Zero
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Let’s go to sunny Wales…
…and visit Susanna Bavin. But before we do, I’d like to say a big ‘thank you’ to everyone who supported me yesterday when The Cold Cold Sea was Kindle Daily Deal in the UK. We reached no.16 in the Kindle … Continue reading
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Tagged kindle daily deal, Llandudno, Susanna Bavin, The Cold Cold Sea, writing rules
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Cold Sophie… and new book
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
Posted in Life in Switzerland, My books
Tagged Eisheiligen, France Loisirs, Ice Saints, Swiss traditions, Switzerland, The Cold Cold Sea, Un Mer Si Froide
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Numbers, and £££, and an auction…
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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Tagged Amazon, Amazon Kindle, auction, Bloodwise, Chosen Child, crime writer, Facebook, self-publishing, social media, The Cold Cold Sea, Writing
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2015 – The best of times and the worst of times… (a mimimalist’s version)
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