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Mermaids, Microsoft and Radio Tees - my writing week

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It's been another busy week and I've made good headway writing my novel, of which I can't reveal details. I'm waiting for a big announcement to be made by my publisher Headline via The Bookseller magazine.  Until then, I have to keep quiet about what I'm working on and what else is in the pipeline. It's killing me holding all this good news inside, I'm bursting to tell. But until you see it here,  I can't say.  Another episode of my weekly soap opera, Riverside, was published in The People's Friend magazine. Regular readers will know that Riverside is the writing highlight of my week, I adore it as it's a lot of fun. In this week's episode, deli owner Mike comes face to face with his pop idol of the 1960s. In other new this week, away from novels and soap opera, I made time to write a flash fiction piece called Finding my Feet, for @SeaSunderland . I even filmed myself reading it on Seaburn beach and you can watch it here , it's just over...

Coronation Street Weekly Update, Nov 28 2020

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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

BBC Tees Radio Interview: How Coronation Street changed my life

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With Coroantion Street gearing up for its 60th anniversary on December 9th, I was interviewed by BBC Tees this week chatting about my favourite telly show. I talked about how 60 years of Coronation Street inspired me to give up the day job and become a full-time novelist and whether I think Corrie can last another 60 years. If you'd like to listen to me chat on about all things Corrie, my bit begins at 3hrs, 55 mins at  https://bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p08xzktb    __ Glenda Young Author of historical novels with Headline Twitter: @Flaming_Nora Facebook: GlendaYoungAuthor

Seaside, silence and The Sunderland Echo - My writing week

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It's not every day I'm mentioned in a news article alongside the Venerable Bede and MP Chris Mullin. I'm delighted to have been included in a list of Mackem writers in The Sunderland Echo this week.  You can read all about it here. And so to the sea, for this week I've been writing flash fiction for Sea Sunderland and you can find out more about that here.    I've written a piece I'm quite happy with, but not happy enough to submit just yet. It needs tweaking and then recording on the beach.  In other writing news this week there's been a lot of silence.  I've got writing news that I'm bursting to share, have been bursting for months if truth be told, but I can't say a word just yet. And so it's been another week of silence from me on this front. But as soon as my news is announced publicly, you can bet I'll be making a song and dance about it.  __ Glenda Young Author of historical novels with Headline Twitter: @Flaming_Nora Faceb...

Coronation Street Weekly Update, Nov 21 2020

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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

Find out all about my weekly soap opera, Riverside

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Each week on social media I post a teasing snippet of what's in store for readers of my weekly soap opera, Riverside. It's published each week in The People's Friend magazine and has been running since October 2016. Each week, another episode of the soap opera runs in the magazine and keeps readers entertained.  I love writing Riverside , it's the writing highlight of my week. Now, you may be thinking that The People's Friend magazine is a magazine that your gran used to read and it couldn't possibly have any relevance now.  Well, think again. The People’s Friend is the longest running woman's weekly magazine in the world . It's famous for its fiction and every issue is packed with short stories, exclusive serial instalments, cookery, craft, travel, health, puzzles, gardening and more.  The average age of its readers is just 59, but don't just take my word for it, have a look at the stats in their media pack. My weekly soap opera Riverside is writ...

Coronation Street Weekly Update, Nov 14 2020

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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

Hashtags and Hellos - my writing week

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It's been quite the week. My new novel The Paper Mill Girl   was released this week in ebook, hardback and audiobook by Headline. The paperback is due out in March 2021. A beautiful bouquet arrived from my publisher along with a card and I've been floating on air all week.  The novel was reviewed in The People's Friend magazine and given a glowing review, which made me even happier. I joined new online bookshop Bookshop.org as a way for readers to buy my books online without using Amazon.  And I did something I thought I'd never do in a million years, but it's something I've taken to during lockdown - I made another YouTube. I've been uploading these short videos weekly, talking about the heroines in each of my books.  I signed up for the #SignForOurBookshops initiative, which means you can buy one of my books and I'll sign it for you. Find out more here. I was also longlisted for the Exeter Story Prize. And there's more exciting news to come very ...

The Paper Mill Girl - released today in ebook, hardback and audio

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Very happy to announce that my next novel The Paper Mill Girl  is released today in hardback, ebook and audiobook. It's a cracker of a book with a real class warrior young woman at its heart and set in one of the old papermill of Sunderland. If you'd like to know more, all details are here . __ Glenda Young Author of historical novels with Headline Twitter: @Flaming_Nora Facebook: GlendaYoungAuthor

The Girl with the Scarlet Ribbon review in The People's Friend magazine

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My latest novel The Girl with the Scarlet Ribbon  gets a glowing review in this week's The People's Friend magazine, which is in the shops now.   My thanks to freelance writer and book blogger Karen Byrom and to the magazine for all of their support. __ Glenda Young Author of historical novels with Headline Twitter: @Flaming_Nora Facebook: GlendaYoungAuthor

#SignForOurBookshops - I'm here to help UK bookshops survive lockdown

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Let’s help UK bookshops survive lockdown! Author Holly Bourne has come up with a way to help UK bookshops during the second lockdown – the #SignForOurBookshops campaign. And I’m really happy to be involved along with hundreds of authors, many of them much more famous than I. #SignForOurBookshops is a national show of support from UK authors, urging people to keep buying through bookshops by offering exclusive signed bookplates to stores and customers  How it works If you buy any of my books from a UK bookshop – either an independent bookshop or a high street retailer such as Waterstones or WHSmiths  – I will send you a signed, personalised bookplate. Not only that, but I'll pop one of my gorgeous bookmarks in with the bookplate for you, too. What’s a bookplate?  Well, it’s like a label you can stick in the front of your book which makes it very personal to you or the person you're buying it for. It's just like having a signed copy.  The special #SignForOurBookshops ...

Coronation Street Weekly Update, Nov 7 2020

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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

Longlisted in the Exeter Story Prize

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Just received some rather wonderful news. I've been longlisted in the Exeter Story Prize.   I can't say yet which is my story as they're keeping it confidential for now. __ Glenda Young Author of historical novels with Headline Twitter: @Flaming_Nora Facebook: GlendaYoungAuthor

Wonderful women

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This week I kicked off a video project called Wednesday Women.  Each Wednesday, I'm releasing a very short YouTube video all about each of the women I write about in my novels set in the coalmining village of Ryhope where I was born and bred.  The first Wednesday Woman is my heroine Jess from my latest novel The Girl with the Scarlet Ribbon and if you'd like to watch it, you can do so below. __ Glenda Young Author of historical novels with Headline Twitter: @Flaming_Nora Facebook: GlendaYoungAuthor