#Review & #Guestpost -The Saturday Secret by Linda Huber
Linda Huber is best known for her psychological thrillers, of which I am an enormous fan! "Ward Zero" was published at the end of 2016 and her other titles include "The Cold Cold Sea", "Chosen Child", "The Attic Room" and "The Paradise Trees". So I was intrigued when Linda approached me and asked if I would be interested in reading something completely different......
THE SATURDAY SECRET
The Saturday Secret is a collection of 15 very short, feel good tales of love and family life. They are all stories that have been previously published in UK national magazines and they are appearing here together for the first time. I saved them until I wanted a quick break from whatever else I was doing or reading and they were the perfect tonic to go alongside a cup of tea or when you have those spare five minutes in between appointments or meetings.
Unlike Huber's other books, these stories are very light, humorous, very feel good and very easy to read. They are full of happy endings and moments of coincidences that give you a wry smile. Like all Huber's other books, her writing is good and her story structure satisfying and rewarding.
If you are looking for something very gentle then this is perfect for you! And not only do the stories make you feel good, the profits are going to charity so this really is a feel good book in every sense of the phrase!
All profits from ebook and paperback sales of this collection will be donated to charity.
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TODAY I AM ALSO LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE A GUEST POST FROM LINDA HUBER!!
So without further a do, I shall hand you over to her!
What’s in a Name?
I’ve said it before, but names just aren’t my thing. Despite
doing my absolute and honest best to give my characters a good selection of
names, I’ve still ended up with a Jenny in one book and a Jennifer in another.
Not to mention Frank and Frankie – also in different books, thank goodness. And
I very nearly had two Colins, too. And two Pauls – you’d think there was a
shortage of names out there. After that, I started a list, and thought I was
more or less on top of things as far as naming characters was concerned.
Then I abandoned my suspense novels for a while, and started
to put The Saturday Secret together…
The first name problem here wasn’t anything to do with the
characters – it was what to call the book itself. Finding a title for a
collection of feel-good short stories was quite a different task to finding one
for a psychological suspense novel. A quick search round the internet told me
that other people seemed to call their collections either ‘Tea Break Tales’ or
the like, or they used the title of one of the stories. I decided to go with
the latter – but which story should I choose?
At this point I didn’t have a cover image either, so I went
on a cover hunt in the romance section of my cover designer’s website. This made
a refreshing change, as I’m usually to be found poking around in the horror
section. Romance covers are much prettier… And lo and behold, there was a cover
which – with a few tweaks – was an exact fit for one of my stories. And so The Saturday Secret was born.
The next task was to put my individual stories onto one word
doc. This involved a lot of copy and pasting, and then I settled down to read
through the entire document, checking for spelling mistakes etc.
It was at around story six that I found myself frowning.
Davie… wasn’t there a Davie in an earlier story? Heck, yes, better change that.
And then I found Brian and Bryan. And Phillip and Philip. And Marion and
Marion. Cold sweat broke out as I scrolled up and down, changing names and
trying to make sure I’d found all the variations like ‘Davie’s’ and ‘Davie’ll’.
It took hours. I was sick of the sight of my feel-good short stories by the
time I was finished, but we only had to correct two names at the pdf stage, and
fortunately, my formatter is a very patient woman.
The final name problem was me. Should I stick with Linda
Huber as my author name for this different genre? L.E. Huber? Or use my old
short story-writing pen name, Rosalind Farr? In the end, I decided I’d changed
enough names in this book. So I’m Linda Huber here too. It’s always simplest to
tell the truth…
And after all that, name-finding for my next suspense novel
is going to feel like a walk in the park!
Here's a glance at the some of the stories in The Saturday Secret:
The Party Partners Belinda and Phillip have fun at weddings, engagement parties and all sorts of celebrations. But anything more personal was out of the question – or was it?
Family Matters Gary shares Sharon’s dream of having children – but as far as he’s concerned, it’s something for the future.
Corinna’s Big Day It was the most important day in baby Corinna’s life, but for Madge, it was one of the saddest…
Lucky for Some You might say drawing number 13 in the cycle rally was bad luck. You might say falling off was bad luck, too. But Hilary knew better!
Patiently Waiting Mike woke up after his operation and saw the girl of his dreams. The problem was the engagement ring she wore on a chain round her neck…
The Saturday Secret What was she up to? The whole family wanted to know! But Gran wasn’t telling…
Corinna’s Big Day It was the most important day in baby Corinna’s life, but for Madge, it was one of the saddest…
Lucky for Some You might say drawing number 13 in the cycle rally was bad luck. You might say falling off was bad luck, too. But Hilary knew better!
Patiently Waiting Mike woke up after his operation and saw the girl of his dreams. The problem was the engagement ring she wore on a chain round her neck…
The Saturday Secret What was she up to? The whole family wanted to know! But Gran wasn’t telling…
And many more…
LINDA HUBER
Linda’s writing career began in the nineties, and since then she’s had over fifty short stories and articles published, as well as five psychological suspense novels. Her books are set in places she knows well – Cornwall (childhood holidays), The Isle of Arran (teenage summers), Yorkshire (visiting family), as well as Bedford and Manchester (visiting friends).
After spending large chunks of the current decade moving house, she has now settled in a beautiful flat on the banks of Lake Constance in north-east Switzerland, where she’s working on another suspense novel.
Linda Huber has written over fifty short stories for magazines. She is also the author of psychological suspense novels Chosen Child, Ward Zero, and others.
Find out more about Linda here:
Amazon UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Linda-Huber/e/B00CN7BB0Q/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1
Thank you so much, Katherine! It's lovely to be back on your blog! :-)
ReplyDeleteSo lovely to have you back! Hope the book does really well!
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