Flaming Nora: Heritage, Toffee, Football and Rain

Friday, July 18, 2025

Heritage, Toffee, Football and Rain - my writing week

This week I've had my head down and have been doing some serious writing. I've locked myself away and done almost nothing but write. I'm almost finished writing the first draft of cosy crime number five, which will be called Music to Die For at the Seaview Hotel.

And in other news...

There's a competition to enter with a deadline of Friday 18 July at 5pm, Enter here.

Received some great news about the Italian and Spanish versions of my Scarborough cosy crimes. They are being used by a Scarborough languages school called Languages for Fun to teach students foreign languages. This makes me very happy indeed.

This was the view from my writing desk for one full day this week, looking out of the library window at Sunderland University as rain hit the river. It was oddly romantic, and put me in the perfect frame of mind for writing my crime novel.

Also this week I'm now the proud (but minor) sponsor of Ryhope Colliery Welfare Football Club. It's a grassroots club that's close to my heart.

In other news this week I am featured in Sunderland's Love Heritage Festival brochure. You can find out the full details online here.

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.