Flaming Nora

It's almost release date for my novel  The Paper Mill Girl .   It comes out in paperback at Amazon and Waterstones online on March 11 and everywhere else, including Asda, Morrisons and Tesco on March 18.   I'm having an online book launch via Zoom hosted by The Word in South Shields, please come -  all details here ! The book was given a mention in New Writing North's February 2021 newsletter. I'm on page 4, under the People and publishers tab here. __ Glenda Young Author of historical novels with Headline Twitter: @Flaming_Nora Facebook: GlendaYoungAuthor

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It's almost release date for my novel The Paper Mill Girl .   It comes out in paperback at Amazon and Waterstones online on March 11 and everywhere else, including Asda, Morrisons and Tesco on March 18.   I'm having an online book launch via Zoom hosted by The Word in South Shields, please come - all details here ! My local newspaper The Sunderland Echo are running a competition to win one of five copies of the novel.  Enter it here and good luck! __ Glenda Young Author of historical novels with Headline Twitter: @Flaming_Nora Facebook: GlendaYoungAuthor

It's been quite the week.  I s ubmitted my current novel to my publisher Headline and bought a bottle of prosecco from ALDI to celebrate tonight. It's a wonderful book, a saga set in 1924 in the northeast coalmining village of Ryhope where I was born and bred. It stars my most wayward heroine of all, to date, and she's wonderful. Also this week, as one novel winged its way from me to my publisher, another arrived in the post. My copies of The Paper Mill Girl  arrived and to hold the book, finally, in my hands, was a dream come true. The Paper Mill Girl  was given a lovely preview in MyNews magazine. Read more on that here . As one book goes off to my publisher Headline, and another comes in, I'm juggling a third book too. My debut cosy crime Murder at the Seaview Hotel is out in hardback, ebook and audiobook in August and in paperback in November. This week I received the copy edits on the book which I'll work through next week. It's pretty much the final bit of...

My new novel The Paper Mill Girl  is released in paperback on March 11th at Waterstones online and Amazon, for Mother's Day.  And then the official launch date for all other outlets including supermarkets, is March 18th. The book receives a wonderful mention here in MyNews magazine, about my time researching paper mills at Frogmore Mill in Apsley, the first mechanised paper mill in the world.  You can read all about my time at Frogmore Mill and see pictures here . And if you'd like to order the book, 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

This week I've been concentrating on editing the second draft of my current novel. It's hard going and I've been fully immersed. Once the second draft is done, I'll print it out again, read it through once more and polish it up before it goes off to the publisher.  Writing isn't easy, it really takes it out of me mentally, and physically too. Sitting at my PC for hours on end when I lose myself in concentration makes my back ache. I've been doing stretching exercises after each writing session, moving to music that uplifts and inspires me. It's proved quite the tonic, and I had this favourite song on repeat last week. Elsewhere this week, I was very proud to be invited by History of Consett Steelworks to contribute to their schedule of online talks for International Women's Day on Monday March 8th. More on that here. I sold a short story to Take a Break's Fiction Feast magazine. And if you're wondering where on earth I get the time to write sho...

The ladies of Roker Life book group invited me to join them by zoom to discuss my novel  The Girl with the Scarlet Ribbon   which was chosen as their first book to read. We all wore our scarlet ribbons too! (Photograph shared with permission).  The book club really enjoyed the novel and will be reading another of my novels, Pearl of Pit Lane next. What an honour!   __ Glenda Young Author of historical novels with Headline Twitter: @Flaming_Nora Facebook: GlendaYoungAuthor

VERY proud to be speaking at this online event to mark international Women's Day! The History of Consett Steelworks is proud to present a programme of talks highlighting the impact and input of women in the workforce, with particular relevance to the social and economic history of the north east. There will also be a dedicated page of film links and images to celebrate the day on the History of Consett Steelworks website. Find out more here. My talk will be "Tough Women in Tough Times: writing about the north east’s women at the end of WW1" All are welcome, hope to see you there! __ Glenda Young Author of historical novels with Headline Twitter: @Flaming_Nora Facebook: GlendaYoungAuthor

 I'm exhausted, done in, mentally beaten up and worn down.  I've loved every minute of writing my novels over the last few years - every single minute.  I'm about to turn in my current novel to my publisher at the end of this month, well ahead of schedule, due to having more time than usual on my hands due to lockdown.  My next novel - my second cosy crime - isn't due with them until the end of this year. And so this gives me space to breathe, to think, and I've decided to take the whole of the month of March off.  Or, more correctly, I should say I'm taking the whole of the month of March "off." For I'll still be working, you see.  There's the paperback launch of my novel The Paper Mill Girl taking place in March.  There's an online launch at the Word, the national centre for the written word. Want to come? It's free and all details are here .  There's lots of publicity arranged too and a wonderful competition in conjunction with ...

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

The big news this week is that I finished writing the first draft of saga number 7 set in Ryhope in 1924. There's still a long way to go before I can send to the publisher but what a feeling of accomplishment and relief. Plus it made me cry as I wrote it, which is always a good sign. I can't give anything away about this book yet, but it's very special indeed. This week I received three free copies of my novel Pearl of Pit Lane and The Girl with the Scarlet Ribbon from Ulverscroft Ltd who publishes my novels in large print. I'll be donating my copies to two local community libraries in Sunderland - Fulwell Community Library and Back on the Map library at Hendon. Last week I donated book 40 copies of my novel The Girl with the Scarlet Ribbon to Ryhope Community Centre. This week the books were delivered around Ryhope to elderly and those self-isolating, along with afternoon teas by the amazing people at Ryhope Community Centre. All details here. I've been planning ...

With thanks to large print publisher Ulverscroft, this week I received author copies of two of my novels in large print - The Girl with the Scarlet Ribbon and Pearl of Pit Lane .  I'll be donating the large print books to two local community libraries, Back on the Map at Hendon and Fulwell Community Library in Sunderland.   Libraries such as these struggle to buy large print books as they are so expensive for them, and yet a lot of readers rely on such books in order to read.  If you'd like to order large print copies of any of my books, all details are 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