As well as having 29 short stories published in women's magazines including My Weekly, Take a Break's Fiction Feast, The People's Friend and The People's Friend Fiction Special...
... plus 50 episodes of my weekly soap opera Riverside each week in The People's Friend magazine, here's a quick recap of some of the major milestones in my writing life this year.
Click on the links beneath each picture to find out more.
January
I'm invited to talk to pupils at my old junior school and to officially open the school library. One little girl was so taken by my talk about my debut novel set in Ryhope, Belle of the Back Streets, that she dressed up as the main character of the book, Meg Sutcliffe, for World Book Day at the school.
Invited to The People's Friend magazine's 150th anniversary party.
March
My first gritty novel set in Ryhope, Sunderland in 1919, Belle of the Back Streets, is released in paperback.
Frost magazine interview: A day in the life of Glenda Young
Belle of the Back Streets goes on a blog tour
BBC Radio Newcastle: Interview
A full house for the Belle of the Back Streets book launch at the Albion Inn, Ryhope.
Women Writers interview, from Soaps to Saga
Mslexia Magazine: For the Love of It
April
A talk on Old Ryhope for Fulwell Community Centre - a packed house!
Two short story collections available from Amazon
May
Butterflies - a short story published in My Weekly magazine and a first for UK's women's magazine fiction.
My second novel The Tuppenny Child released in hardback. Goes straight to No. 2 in Waterstones Sunderland store chart and stays there for 6 months!
June
People's Friend magazine 150th anniversary weekend: Invited to be a guest speaker at Alvaston Hall.
Interview on the Romantic Novelists' Association website: Are sagas a feminist issue? (Answer: Hell, yeah!)
August
Sunderland Short Story Award: two stories longlisted
September
Sunderland Short Story Award: One short story shortlisted
A second three-book deal with Headline announced.
Invited to give the welcome speech at the official opening of the Tyne and Wear Heritage Open Days.
A huge honour.
Tyne and Wear Heritage Open Days: Hosted two events, a talk about Ryhope and a guided walk around Ryhope.
My second gritty novel set in Sunderland in 1919, The Tuppenny Child, is released in paperback.
October
Live interview on BBC Radio Newcastle with DJ Lisa Shaw
Sunderland Libraries Literature Festival: Two author talks
The Tuppenny Child breaks into The Bookseller Heatseekers Chart of bestselling books.
One of six finalists in the Sketch for Sammy / Ian La Frenais and Dick Clement Comedy Award 2019. My sketch The Interview was performed at The Exchange Theatre in North Shields.
Won third prize (regional) in the Sunderland Short Story Award 2019.
November
My third gritty saga novel set in Sunderland, Pearl of Pit Lane, is published in hardback, audiobook and ebook.
I'm included in a mural of Sunderland authors on show in Sunderland civic centre. More on that here.
Twiggy's on the front cover and I'm on page 179 in Platinum Magazine. The article's called Hitting my Stride at 55 and I reveal all about my writing career to date. More on that here.
December
Invited in to the National Glass Centre for Museum Shop Sunday.
Article published in winter newsletter of Sunderland and South Tyneside Campaign for Real Ale. More on that here.
Article published in Cheers North East beer magazine. Read it here.
Here's to 2020 and all it may bring! You can see some of the events I'm already signed up for here.
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Glenda Young
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