Flaming Nora: The Week before Christmas

Friday, December 20, 2024

The Week before Christmas - My Writing Week

People often say to me, "Oh! I couldn't sit down to write a novel!" Well, neither can I. But I can sit down to write a little, often. This week I hit the half-way mark of my first draft of The Toffee Factory Girls final book in the trilogy.

I was invited into Sunderland Waterstones for a book signing event at their Christmas shopping night. I love it that they call me a "beloved local author!"

Huge thanks to MA Radio Production students Grace and Kaitlyn for inviting me in to Sunderland University's award-winning radio station Spark Sunderland for the "In Her Element" show. It was a recorded interview, to be broadcast very soon.

I went out on my "works Christmas do!" Everyone was there! The author, writer, PR dept, accountant, marketing manager, HR, wellbeing, administrator & secretary (me) plus the driver, bouncer, roadie, chief cook & bottle washer, cleaner, maintenance dept and IT support (my husband).

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.