Flaming Nora

I've been writing Coronation Street weekly updates since 1995 and this week's Coronation Street update has just gone live here . And if you'd like to support the Coronation Street weekly updates to keep them going (please), you can donate here __ Glenda Young Author of historical novels with Headline Twitter: @Flaming_Nora Facebook: GlendaYoungAuthor

Very proud and happy to report I've a short story in the My Weekly Annual 2021. The story is a cosy crime with a wickedly satisfying ending.  The annual is on sale now in all good book shops and online and at the DC Thomson shop. __ Glenda Young Author of historical novels with Headline Twitter: @Flaming_Nora Facebook: GlendaYoungAuthor

I made it through to the final of the Mind of the Month Quiz with Distinct Nostalgia. But did I win?  Listen it to find out! It's here . __ Glenda Young Author of historical novels with Headline Twitter: @Flaming_Nora Facebook: GlendaYoungAuthor

I've been writing Coronation Street weekly updates since 1995 and this week's  Coronation Street update has just gone live here.   And if you'd like to support the Coronation Street weekly updates to keep them going (please),  you can donate here __ Glenda Young Author of historical novels with Headline Twitter: @Flaming_Nora Facebook: GlendaYoungAuthor

Really chuffed with myself. Just made a little video all about my books. Take a look below, it's only 1 minute long __ Glenda Young Author of historical novels with Headline Twitter: @Flaming_Nora Facebook: GlendaYoungAuthor

I've been writing Coronation Street weekly updates since 1995 and this week's  Coronation Street update has just gone live here.   And if you'd like to support the Coronation Street weekly updates to keep them going (please),  you can donate here __ Glenda Young Author of historical novels with Headline Twitter: @Flaming_Nora Facebook: GlendaYoungAuthor

Half of a year is a milestone and time to look back at my writing year so far.  It's important to me to write these blog posts as a reminder of what I've done as I tend to take my skills for granted. And also, if I don't make a song and dance about my achievements, no-one else will. Have trumpet, will blow! And so, here we go.  As well as all of the achievements listed below, each week I write my  soap opera  Riverside   for  The People's Friend magazine . I've also regularly written  short stories which have been published in women's magazines including The People's Friend and The People's Friend Fiction Special, My Weekly and Take a Break's Fiction Feast. I also blog  daily for the  Coronation Street Blog  where I edit a team of 16 bloggers and during lockdown have been engaging with fans more than ever. I s et up a twice-daily quiz for Corrie fans to join in with at the  Coronation Street Blog  Twitter  @CoroStreet...

I'm this month's Author in the Spotlight with Evesham Festival of Words. If you'd like to find out about my love of going up - and down - in a funicular all around the world, you can read it all here. __ Glenda Young Author of historical novels with Headline Twitter: @Flaming_Nora Facebook: GlendaYoungAuthor

Would you like to know more about the locations I use in my novels? I hope that if you read the book, or if you've read it already, that these pictures might give some context and background and add a bit of depth to the locations I've written about. Belle of the Back Streets  is available now in paperback, hardback, e-book and audiobook and  you can buy it here  Here we go with my top 5 favourite locations in    Albion Inn The Albion Inn is where Sally Sutcliffe works in  Belle of the Back Streets .  Sally is Meg's mam and Meg is the heroine of this book, our belle of Ryhope's streets. I created fictional Hetty and Jack Burdon to run the Albion Inn and loved the character of Hetty so much that I brought her back for almost all of my other novels where she appears as a background character. My books aren't a series, they're stand alone and can be read in any order, but some background characters like Hetty Burdon and local gossip Lil Mahone, we...

Would you like to know more about the locations I use in my novels? I hope that if you read the book, or if you've read it already, that these pictures might give some context and background and add a bit of depth to the locations I've written about. The Tuppenny Child is available now in paperback, hardback, e-book and audiobook and  you can buy it here Here we go with my top 5 favourite locations in  The Tuppenny Child      Ryhope East Railway Station Ryhope used to have two railway stations; Ryhope and Ryhope East. And it's the railway that brings the heroine of  The Tuppenny Child  to Ryhope. Sadie Linthorpe escapes a violent life in Hartlepool and arrives at Ryhope East train station alone, with no money. She knows no-one in the village. It's pouring down with rain when she arrives... and her new life and adventure begins. The Railway Inn The Railway Inn is one of two Ryhope pubs that feature in  The Tuppenny Child . ...

Would you like to know more about the locations I use in my novels? I hope that if you read the book, or if you've read it already, that these pictures might give some context and background and add a bit of depth to the locations I've written about. Pearl of Pit Lane is available now in paperback, hardback, e-book and audiobook and  you can buy it here  or if you'd like a signed copy and some free bookmarks, you can order  direct from me here . Here we go with my top 5 favourite locations in  Pearl of Pit Lane. The Colliery Inn The Colliery Inn is a Ryhope pub that always used to be the last pub on the colliery bank before Ryhope turned into Tunstall Bank and then Silksworth. And because the pub was at the top of the bank, it was nicknamed The Top House, the name by which it's now known.  The Colliery Inn plays a pivotal role in  Pearl of Pit Lane   for the main character Pearl and her aunt Annie. It is where landlord Bobby Mac grieves the d...

Would you like to know more about the locations I use in my novels? I hope that if you read the book, or if you've read it already, that these pictures might give some context and background and add a bit of depth to the locations I've written about. Here we go with my top 5 favourite locations in The Girl with the Scarlet Ribbon .  The book is available now in e-book and audiobook. The paperback is out on October 1st 2020. During July 2020 the e-book is available for just 99p, download it here. The Uplands The Uplands is the family home of the ruthless McNally family.  I based the Uplands on a beautiful building in Ryhope called the Wilderness. It's a gorgeous building in Ryhope village, tucked away in Church Ward.  The picture at the top of this blog post shows the front door of the Uplands where a baby is left in a basket. A scarlet ribbon is tied to the basket's handle. And so begins the adventure of The Girl with the Scarlet Ribbon! Grand Hotel, ...