Flaming Nora

Would you like to join an online book group who are reading my novels?  Email: rokerlifeproject@gmail.com and all details are in the picture above, just click on the picture to enlarge it so that you can read it properly.     __ Glenda Young Author of Sagas & Cosy Crime novels, published by Headline Twitter: @Flaming_Nora Facebook: GlendaYoungAuthor

The best kind of post arrived this week, my author copies of the hardback version of my next northeast saga, The Miner's Lass . It's out in hardback, ebook and audiobook on May 11th and you can order it here.   I send my author copies of the book to friends and family who I know would like one, and I also gift them to those who have helped me with research. It's a cracker of a book! I was very touched and moved this week to see one of the creative embroidery designs inspired by one of my books.   A local book club have been reading my northeast saga novels.  They're currently reading   The Paper Mill Girl  and as well as the book club, have started a sewing group which meets online.   The sewing group is called   United Together Book Club Sewing Group .   The image below shows a design by Anita Byron-Foster of the group, it's Ruth, Edie & Jane on the cliffs at Hendon beach.  (Shared with permission).  I absolutely adore it!...

A local book club have been reading my northeast saga novels.  They're now reading The Paper Mill Girl  and as well as the book club, have started a sewing group up too. The sewing group is called United Together Book Club Sewing Group    and they are creating designs inspired by  The Paper Mill Girl .   The image above shows a design by Anita Byron-Foster of the group, it's Ruth, Edie & Jane on the cliffs at Hendon beach.  (Shared with permission). I absolutely adore it!  __ Glenda Young Author of Sagas & Cosy Crime novels, published by Headline Twitter: @Flaming_Nora Facebook: GlendaYoungAuthor

My northeast saga The Paper Mill Girl   has been given a glowing review in this month's Living North magazine.   Really made me happy to read this! Thank you. __ Glenda Young Author of Sagas & Cosy Crime novels, published by Headline Twitter: @Flaming_Nora Facebook: GlendaYoungAuthor

I still can't quite believe this, but there it is below, in black and white (and pink and yellow, courtesy of me!).   This is the page taken from this week's edition of The Bookseller magazine, printing the official UK top 50 bestselling books this week.  And there I am, with my novel   The Paper Mill Girl  in at number 49.  It's the first time I've ever been in the bestselling chart and I'm over the moon. The news was picked up by my local newspaper, The Sunderland Echo .  You can read the whole story here . The amazing news was also picked up and reported in the MyNews magazine in Hertforshire, which is the area where I did a lot of the research for the book at Frogmore Mill, the world's first mechanised paper mill.  You can read the full story here . This week included World Book Night and in honour of the occasion I'm running a competition for you to win two signed copies of  The Paper Mill Girl  - one for you and one for a friend....

A little video I've made to whet your appetite for my next historical saga, The Miner's Lass. It's out in May in hardback, Kindle, ebook and audiobook >  http://bit.ly/TheMinersLass __ Glenda Young Author of Sagas & Cosy Crime novels, published by Headline Twitter:  @Flaming_Nora Facebook:  GlendaYoungAuthor

A little video I've made to whet your appetite for my cosy crime debut, Murder at the Seaview Hotel. Put your sound on, shake your hip and set your top lip to full quiver before you watch it. It's out in August in hardback, Kindle, ebook and audiobook > http://bit.ly/MurderAtTheSeaviewHotel __ Glenda Young Author of Sagas & Cosy Crime novels, published by Headline Twitter: @Flaming_Nora Facebook: GlendaYoungAuthor

Very pleased indeed to reveal the cover of my debut cosy crime, Murder at the Seaview Hotel. It's on sale in ebook, hardback and audiobook in August this year and in paperback in November.  It's about a group of 12 Elvis impersonators (Twelvis) and one of them is murdered and his blue suede shoes stolen. Hotel landlady Helen Dexter and her rescue greyhound Suki are on the case to solve the murder! Buy it here. __ Glenda Young Author of Sagas & Cosy Crime novels, published by Headline Twitter: @Flaming_Nora Facebook: GlendaYoungAuthor

News of my novel The Paper Mill Girl   breaking into the official UK top 50 bestsellers chart has made its way south to Hertfordshire.   This is the area where I researched a lot of the book, in the world's first mechanised paper mill, Frogmore Mill.   You can find out all about my visit to the wonderful Frogmore Mill here. If you'd like to, you can read the full article in MyNews magazine here. __ Glenda Young Author of Sagas & Cosy Crime novels, published by Headline Twitter: @Flaming_Nora Facebook: GlendaYoungAuthor

I'm eternally grateful to the Sunderland Echo, my local newspaper, for all their support.  They've picked up on the news that my latest novel The Paper Mill Girl  has made its way into the official UK Top 50 bestsellers chart.  You can read the whole story here . Thank you, Sunderland Echo. __ Glenda Young Author of Sagas & Cosy Crime novels, published by Headline Twitter: @Flaming_Nora Facebook: GlendaYoungAuthor

I still can't quite believe this, but there it is, in black and white (and pink and yellow, courtesy of me!).  This is the page taken from this week's edition of The Bookseller magazine, printing the official UK top 50 bestselling books this week.   And there I am, with my novel The Paper Mill Girl  in at number 49. It's the first time I've ever been in the bestselling chart and I'm over the moon. __ Glenda Young Author of Sagas & Cosy Crime novels, published by Headline Twitter: @Flaming_Nora Facebook: GlendaYoungAuthor

The big - nay, huge! - news this week is that my novel The Paper Mill Girl  made it into the official UK top 50 bestseller list.  She's only just in there, debuting at number 49, but it's a huge milestone for me and my writing, the first time I've ever been in the main bestseller list. What an achievement for my little book! Elsewhere this week I've been putting the final touches to the preparation for my second cosy crime set in Scarborough.  I've tested all of my research, character profiles, story arcs and plot against this great book called Wired for Story . I use it each time I write and before I begin planning my chapters. That's the next job which I'll do next week before I start writing at the end of this month. It's going to be a fun summer of writing my second cosy crime. The second cosy crime will be called Set for Murder at the Seaview Hotel  and features sleuth Helen Dexter, landlady of the Seaview hotel, with her trusty rescue greyhound Suk...

I've a fun short story called Wishful Thinking, in The People's Friend magazine, in the shops today.  It's a modern twist on a fairytale where a working, single mum is granted three wishes by her best friend.  __ Glenda Young Author of Sagas & Cosy Crime novels, published by Headline Twitter: @Flaming_Nora Facebook: GlendaYoungAuthor