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Dundee and D C Thomson - My Milestone Writing Week

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This week I hit a milestone when I type THE END on the first draft of The Bakery Girls.  However, there's still a long way to go with weeks of editing ahead, to get the draft into shape to send to my publisher Headline. This week I went out my author newsletter to my growing number of subscribers.  You can read the newsletter online, it contains two competitions to win free goodies.  Read it online here. Also this week I started gearing up to a month full of book launches.  The first one is at Featherbed books on Thursday 21 May, which is the release day in paperback of my third and final saga in the toffee factory trilogy. All events are free, do come if you can. I'm also giving a talk at The Donnison School in Sunderland. This one has a ticket price of £5 and it's a fantastic venue and heritage centre to support.  Buy your ticket here. The full list of all of my book launches and talks this month can be found on my website here. This week I had a short story p...
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Castle, Chocolate, Crime and Competitions - My Writing Week

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This week I've continued to make good progress writing the first draft of  The Bakery Girls .   I aim to finish the book soon and then there's weeks of editing and rewriting to do. My author newsletter for May was sent to subscribers today. It has two competitions and some special news in it.   Read it online here . I started to plan for the book launch of the final book in the Toffee Factory Girls trilogy. It's released on May 21 and is called  Celebrations at the Toffee Factory. I visited a brand new Waterstones store in the Arnison Centre, Durham.  It's wonderful to see new bookshops opening, and great to see my books on the shelves. This week I also gave a talk at Guisborough Library for World Book Night. It was a talk about my Scarborough cosy crimes and I really enjoyed it. I received some wonderful feedback too. Thank you to everyone who came and made the event so special. The winner was announced in my latest competition.  Was it you? Find...
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Winner announced in signed book and chocolates competition

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We have a winner! Congratulations go to Helena Haddock who wins a signed book and bar of Galaxy chocolate. Thank you everyone for entering. Fancy trying to win something else? Enter here to win a mini book case Enter here to win a signed book and toffees __ Glenda Young BlueSky:  @Glenda Young Facebook:  GlendaYoungAuthor Website:  GlendaYoungBooks.com
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Culture House Sunderland, mental health and mini books

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This week I've made more steady progress writing the first draft of  The Bakery Girls  and aim to be finished by end of May.  It's a long process that can't be rushed as each day requires considerable concentration and hard work. I'm loving it a lot!  I've also seen the cover but can't reveal it yet. It's incredible, and could be my favourite yet. Out of working hours, I went to the wonderful city of Durham for a tour of Redhills. This is the Durham Miners Association building known as the Pitmen's Parliament. Researching  The Bakery Girls  means eating cake. A tough job but someone's got to do it. In a cafe in Durham I ate Empire Biscuit, known as German Biscuit before WW1. It could be the inspiration for Sunderland's pink slice, layered shortbread, jam, (white) icing, jelly tot! I went on a tour of Sunderland's new Culture House, set to open this summer. I was overjoyed to see my books on the shelves of the library part of the building.  It...
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Enter to win Mini Bookcase of Glenda Young's books

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Enter to win one of two mini bookcases, with mini books inside! Note: the pound coin is not part of the prize. It's there to show you the scale of the prize.  Also, the books are printed back and front but are not real books, they are for display only. Deadline for entries is Friday 22 May 2026. Good luck, everyone! UK entries only please. Loading… __ Glenda Young BlueSky: @Glenda Young Facebook: GlendaYoungAuthor Website: GlendaYoungBooks.com
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Enter to win signed book and toffees

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Pre-order  Celebrations at the Toffee Factory  in paperback for the chance to win a signed copy, a Toffee Factory bookmark and a bag of Walker's Nonsuch toffees! Enter here:  https://www.headline.co.uk/landing-page/celebrations-at-the-toffee-factory-pre-order-competition/ __ Glenda Young BlueSky:  @Glenda Young Facebook:  GlendaYoungAuthor Website:  GlendaYoungBooks.com
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Oh, Scarborough! - My Holiday and Definitely Not a Writing Week

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This week I took a break from writing my next saga The Bakery Girls  and had a short holiday in Scarborough, my favourite place. While in town, I called into Scarborough Waterstones to sign books. You can see the piles of them on the counter by the till, they sell so quickly they don't even have to go on the shelves! On our route home, we always stop in Guisborough for coffee. While there, I popped into the library where I'm giving a talk on Saturday 25 April. All welcome! Tickets available here. I've also been working through the final proof copy of my next Scarborough cosy crime, Music to Die For at the Seaview Hotel. And I rode the Central Tramway funicular in Scarborough, where my books are advertised inside the car and they sell them at the top station. Thank you Scarborough, for all your support! And my walking tour of Ryhope, with tour guide Ian Mole made the front page of The Sunderland Echo this week. You can read the full story here. There's still time to ente...
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