Flaming Nora

This week I reached the halfway mark in writing the first draft of my new historical saga set in 1919 set in a northeast coalmining village. I'll continue powering on and doing my job, wearing comfy jeans, eating crumpets and drinking tea for the next few weeks until the first draft is complete and then even more hard work starts - editing! I had a short story published in  The People's Friend Special No. 219  which is in the shops now.  Sixteen-year-old Anna is there to help her mum when she needs it most, in my story,  Trust Me, Mum.  I hope you really enjoy it. I had a short story published this week in The People's Friend magazine. It's a story about making - and breaking - New Year resolutions and why you should never believe office gossip. It's called Stick to the Plan and I hope you like it! My interview with The Table Read about how and why I wrote my cosy crime set in Scarborough, Murder at the Seaview Hotel  is now available to read here ...

I've a short story in The People's Friend Special No. 219 which is in the shops now. Sixteen-year-old Anna is there to help her mum when she needs it most, in my story, Trust Me, Mum. I hope you really enjoy it. __ Glenda Young Twitter: @Flaming_Nora Facebook: GlendaYoungAuthor Website: GlendaYoungBooks.com

I've a short story in The People's Friend, in the shops today. It's a story about making - and breaking - New Year resolutions and why you should never believe office gossip. It's called Stick to the Plan and I hope you like it! __ Glenda Young Twitter: @Flaming_Nora Facebook: GlendaYoungAuthor Website: GlendaYoungBooks.com

My interview with The Table Read about how and why I wrote my cosy crime set in Scarborough, Murder at the Seaview Hotel  is now available to read here https://thetableread.co.uk/author-interview-glenda-young-murder-at-the-seaview-hotel/   __ Glenda Young Twitter: @Flaming_Nora Facebook: GlendaYoungAuthor Website: GlendaYoungBooks.com

This week I've been writing every day and applying myself as much as I can to writing my saga set in Ryhope in 1919. I can't announce the title of this one yet, and don't yet have the cover from my publisher, Headline. But as soon as I can tell you the title and show you the cover, I will. I'm now over one third of the way through writing the first draft, feeling like I've hit a milestone.  I write each morning for a couple of hours, but my mind is constantly whirring with ideas and plot points. Also this week I received the page proofs for my second cosy crime set in Scarborough, Curtain Call at the Seaview Hotel . This one comes out in May 2022 in ebook, hardback and audiobook and in paperback in August 2022.  The page proofs are my last chance to read and correct any typographical errors. It also goes to a professional proof reader, but you can bet your bottom dollar that no matter how many pairs of eyes check and re-read the page proofs, the occasional error sti...

My gritty saga The Miner's Lass, set in a coalmining village in 1919, is given a wonderful mention in today's Daily Mirror.  Paul Routledge, esteemed writer and ex-political editor of The Daily Mirror, writes a daily column and today he includes my book.  Paul's ancestors, it turns out, were managers at Ryhope Coal Company and worked at the pit. His column is titled Truer than fiction... book that mirrors my family saga You can read his column online here and if you buy the paper today, his column is on page 17. __ Glenda Young Twitter:  @Flaming_Nora Facebook:  GlendaYoungAuthor Website:  GlendaYoungBooks.com

Enter to win 3 copies of the my gritty northeast saga The Miner's Lass and 3 copies of my murder mystery set in Scarborough, Murder at the Seaview Hotel in Trip Fiction's end of year competition at https://www.tripfiction.com/year-end-giveaway/    __ Glenda Young Twitter: @Flaming_Nora Facebook: GlendaYoungAuthor Website: GlendaYoungBooks.com

This week I've been making good progress writing my saga set in 1919. I'm now a third of the way through writing my first draft - a milestone to celebrate I feel! My novels - audiobooks, paperbacks, hardbacks and large print - were borrowed from UK libraries a staggering 43,000 times between July 1 2020 and 30 June 2021 - a year in which libraries were closed for much of the time.  I think I'm going to have to lie down now. I was interviewed on BBC Radio Tees by DJ Amy Oakden and we chatted about my cosy crime set in Scarborough,  Murder at the Seaview Hotel.  You can listen to my interview here,  where I start talking at 3.23:15 here. I've been invited to give a talk on my cosy crime Murder at the Seaview Hotel, to Scarborough Library in January. Please come if you're in the area!   I've also been invited to give a virtual talk by zoom about my cosy crime for Northumberland Libraries on January 31st. Please join me if you can. All details here . I wrote m...

Monday 31 January 2022 at 2pm NORTHUMBERLAND LIBRARIES - ZOOM  I'll be giving a talk on my cosy crime set in Scarborough, Murder at the Seaview Hotel. Book your free ticket here via Eventbrite . __ Glenda Young Twitter: @Flaming_Nora Facebook: GlendaYoungAuthor Website: GlendaYoungBooks.com

I was interviewed on BBC Radio Tees by DJ Amy Oakden and we chatted about my cosy crime set in Scarborough, Murder at the Seaview Hotel. You can listen to my interview here, where I start talking at 3.23:15 here. __ Glenda Young Twitter:  @Flaming_Nora Facebook:  GlendaYoungAuthor Website:  GlendaYoungBooks.com

I'm feeling all kinds of emotional after writing a blog post sharing my top 10 highlights of the year. You can read it here. And now let's look to the future and what's in store for 2022. BOOKS My second cosy crime novel Curtain Call at the Seaview Hotel is published by Headline in May in ebook, hardback and audiobook and in August in paperback. I'll be launching the paperback in Scarborough with South Cliff Gardens and Waterstones.  My (favourite...) saga A Mother's Christmas Wish will be published by Headline in August in ebook, heardback and audiobook and in October in paperback.  TALKS AND EVENTS Thursday 13 January 2022 at 6pm SCARBOROUGH LIBRARY I'll be giving a talk on my cosy crime set in Scarborough, Murder at the Seaview Hotel. The talk will be at Scarborough Library. It's a ticketed event, tickets are £4 each and can be bought direct from Scarborough Library, Vernon Road. ​ Monday 31 January 2022 at 2pm NORTHUMBERLAND LIBRARIES - ZOOM  More deta...

In no particular order, here we go with my personal favourite top 10 highlights of my writing year 2021. 1. Being on the telly 2. Breaking into the top 50 UK bestsellers chart with my novel The Paper Mill Girl 3. Writing 50 episodes of my weekly soap opera Riverside for The People's Friend magazine.  Episode 250 of Riverside was published this year. 4. Having 12 short stories published for magazines including T he People's Friend, My Weekly, Take a Break Fiction Feast and Best. 5. Donating hundreds of my novels to Ryhope Community Centre for distribution around the village (where my novels are set, and where I grew up) to those self-isolating during lockdown. 6. Making the front page of my local newspaper The Sunderland Echo and having a whole page dedicated to my novel The Miner's Lass. 7. After more than 20 years, I gave up writing the Coronation Street Weekly Updates .  You might think it odd that I'm including this as a highlight, but it was very difficult to let ...