Have you ever read a book that you subsequently gave copies of as presents to fellow readers? For me, one of these books is The Cold Cold Sea by Linda Huber. It is a novel of psychological suspense that is quite simply superb, not least because it is that very rare thing in the world of fiction - it is unpredictable. It was the first of Linda's books that I read and although I can also recommend the others, The Cold Cold Sea remains my favourite. So I am delighted to welcome Linda to my website this week to talk about her personal writing rules.
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Thank you, Susanna, for inviting me to your website – my first visit to sunny Wales! And I see I’m in great company in your ‘writing rules’ feature. It’s lovely to learn how other authors work.
I think writing is very much a ‘learn as you go’ process, and the person I’ve learned most from since being published is my editor, who I ‘met’ in 2011 when I sent The Cold Cold Sea to the Writer’s Workshop. We’ve now worked together on four books (all except my first), and I’m getting ready to hit her with another later this summer. So I guess that’s my rule number one: Find someone whose input helps you grow in the direction you need to grow in.
A completely different ‘rule’, but it works for me: Have something at hand to suck while you’re writing. h |
Rule four: Love your characters, even the bad guys.
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My first two books are trade published, so my publisher organised the cover images. Then I switched to self-publishing, so my last rule is about this: Find a great cover designer. |
Linda Huber's links:
Linda's website Her Twitter page Her Amazon author page |
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Absolutely love the covers of your indie books. Look forward to reading these.
Best wishes
Jessica
As for exercising my jaws while writing? I eat almonds!