Flaming Nora: Making Toffee in Halifax

Friday, November 22, 2024

Making Toffee in Halifax - My Writing Week

This week I've been unwell and had to cancel a book signing at Sunderland Waterstones on their first Christmas shopping night. It's the first time I've ever had to cancel an author event and I desperately wanted to be there However, there have been a lot of other things going on in the background this week.

I'm making good progress on writing the third in the trilogy of The Toffee Factory Girls books. People say to me "How do you sit down and write a novel?" and the answer is - "You do a little, often and stick with it."

The Crafty Gift Shop inside Saint Cuthbert's Mall in Chester-le-Street sells my books and I'll be going in to do a book signing in December. The lady who runs the shop, Debbie, is very creative and such a great support to my books. Here are some of the pictures of my books from her shop this week.

I've also got a new competition for you to WIN! 60 Years of Jackie magazine - 3 copies to be won! Enter at http://dlvr.it/TGDQq0

I had THE BEST day at Calderdale Industrial Museum in Halifax researching their Mackintosh toffee wrapping machine for my final Toffee Factory Girls novel. While in the museum, I signed their stock of Toffee Factory Girls books for the shop too. It's an amazing museum, I LOVED it and if you haven't been there before, please go. It's just around the corner from The Piece Hall.

And here I am in the museum turning my hand to "making" toffee.

Also this week, the 99p offer on A Mother's Christmas Wish is still running, download it now at bit.ly/AMothersChristmasWish

And finally, coming in 2025, the second book in the trilogy, Secrets of The Toffee Factory Girls. Inspired by Horner's toffee factory and Dainty Dinah toffee of Chester-le-Street. See > https://bit.ly/SecretsToffeeGirls

I crafted another episode of my weekly soap opera Riverside for The People's Friend magazine. I've been writing Riverside weekly since 2016 and you can find out all about it here.