Flaming Nora

If you'd like a sneak preview of my second cosy crime set in Scarborough, CURTAIN CALL AT THE SEAVIEW HOTEL, you've come to the right place! I made a very short video giving you a teaser of the book.  It's out in hardback, ebook and audiobook in May this year and in paperback in August.  I'll be having a paperback launch in August in Scarborough, so stay tuned for full details. Y ou can watch it here. This week I'm running a competition to win a book of your choice, a box of chocs and free bookmarks. Enter to win here. I crafted another episode of my weekly soap opera  Riverside  for The People's Friend magazine. I've been writing  Riverside  weekly since 2016 and you can  find out all about it here. I also kept the  Coronation Street Blog  ticking over with news and editing the team of 16 bloggers.  See you next week! __ Glenda Young Twitter: @Flaming_Nora Facebook: GlendaYoungAuthor Website: GlendaYoungBooks...

If you'd like a sneak preview of my second cosy crime set in Scarborough, CURTAIN CALL AT THE SEAVIEW HOTEL, you've come to the right place! I made a very short video giving you a teaser of the book.  It's out in hardback, ebook and audiobook in May this year and in paperback in August.  I'll be having a paperback launch in August in Scarborough, so stay tuned for full details. Y ou can watch it here. __ Glenda Young Twitter: @Flaming_Nora Facebook: GlendaYoungAuthor Website: GlendaYoungBooks.com

Enter to win this great prize! Your choice of any one of my novels plus a box of Thorntons classic chocolates and free bookmarks. Enter below.  Deadline for entries is Monday 28th February 2022 at 12 noon.  Good luck! Loading… __ Glenda Young Twitter: @Flaming_Nora Facebook: GlendaYoungAuthor Website: GlendaYoungBooks.com

Many congratulations to Kelly Stoodley who has been drawn as the winner in my latest competition. Kelly wins a signed copy of The Miner's Lass, a bar of chocolate and free bookmarks. Thank you everyone for entering and for all of your support. __ Glenda Young Twitter:  @Flaming_Nora Facebook:  GlendaYoungAuthor Website:  GlendaYoungBooks.com

This week I pressed SEND on my new 1919 saga set in the northeast village of Ryhope. It's another lovely book that made me cry at the end every single time I read it (and when you're editing, you have to read your work a lot!).  It's packed with emotion and not one, but two heroines, and that's all I can say for now.  I'm now taking the rest of this month, and March "off" to allow the creative well in my mind to refill.  I gave a talk this week to Creative and Professional Writing students at the University of Sunderland. As part of their course they have publishers and agents coming into to speak to them and authors too. I was honoured to be asked and it was an absolute delight to speak to the students. I'm over the moon to say I've been nominated three times in the prestigious Crime Fest awards for Murder at the Seaview Hotel in the categories of THE LAST LAUGH for best 2021 humorous crime novel, AUDIBLE SOUNDS OF CRIME AWARD for best 2021 unabri...

I've a fun short story in Best magazine in the shops today. It's about a cat who has two owners. However, the owners think the cat is being exclusive to them.  __ Glenda Young Twitter: @Flaming_Nora Facebook: GlendaYoungAuthor Website: GlendaYoungBooks.com

I'm over the moon to say I've been nominated three times in the prestigious Crime Fest awards for Murder at the Seaview Hotel in the categories of THE LAST LAUGH for best 2021 humorous crime novel, AUDIBLE SOUNDS OF CRIME AWARD for best 2021 unabridged crime audiobook &  eDUNNIT AWARD for best 2021 crime ebook! All of the nominations are here. Keep your fingers crossed for me. __ Glenda Young Twitter:  @Flaming_Nora Facebook:  GlendaYoungAuthor Website:  GlendaYoungBooks.com

This week I finished writing my new saga novel set in 1919. All done and dusted... sort of. Going to let it sit for a week while I mull it all over before giving it one final edit and then off it goes to the publisher. And yes, I celebrated! This week I was very happy to see my second fun, cosy crime novel set in Scarborough,   Curtain Call at the Seaview Hotel   previewed in this week's Bookseller magazine .  It is published by Headline out in May 2021 in hardback, ebook and audiobook and in August in paperback.   You can order it here.   The blurb for the book in the Bookseller doesn't say a lot, as it's limited by space. But let me tell you, murder mystery fans, that it's a rollercoaster of a ride. The stage is set for murder at Helen Dexter's Seaview Hotel in Scarborough when a troupe of actors arrive and take over the hotel for two weeks. The leading lady is a diva, the local theatre is reliant on their play to survive, and there's a lot at stake....

I've written an article for Female First website called 7 Fun Facts about Murder at the Seaview Hotel. You can read them all here and enter to win a competition to win one of two signed copies!  Enter here . __ Glenda Young Twitter: @Flaming_Nora Facebook: GlendaYoungAuthor Website: GlendaYoungBooks.com

Very happy to see my second fun, cosy crime novel set in Scarborough,   Curtain Call at the Seaview Hotel  previewed in this week's Bookseller magazine.   It is published by Headline out in May 2021 in hardback, ebook and audiobook and in August in paperback.  You can order it here. The blurb for the book in the Bookseller doesn't say a lot, as it's limited by space. But let me tell you, murder mystery fans, that it's a rollercoaster of a ride. The stage is set for murder at Helen Dexter's Seaview Hotel in Scarborough when a troupe of actors arrive and take over the hotel for two weeks. The leading lady is a diva, the local theatre is reliant on their play to survive, and there's a lot at stake. So when one of the cast is murdered, the spotlight falls once again on Helen Dexter, her greyhound Suki and the staff at the Seaview Hotel. The novel is the second in The Seaview Hotel series, but you can read these books in any order as standalone books too. I hope you...

Female First website have a competition where you can win one of two copies of my cosy crime set ini Scarborough, MURDER AT THE SEAVIEW HOTEL. Good luck, enter here. __ Glenda Young Twitter:  @Flaming_Nora Facebook:  GlendaYoungAuthor Website:  GlendaYoungBooks.com

This week I've been working on editing my eighth saga set in the northeast mining village of Ryhope in 1919. It's a hard slog editing your own work, especially when you know that after you submit it to the publisher, it'll come back within weeks or a couple of months and there'll be more a lot more work to be done. But all of the work is necessary to make the book as strong as it can be and it's all part of the process.  My February newsletter went out this week and it includes a competition to win a signed book and chocolates as well as a 99c offer! All details here . My cosy crime set in Scarborough starring 12 Elvis impersonators (Twelvis!) is now available in LARGE PRINT from Ulverscroft Ltd, buy it here . Also, during February the cosy crime is only 99c for US Kindle readers. Order it here . Elsewhere this week, I framed a feature about my cosy crime which appeared in The Scarborough News (middle on this pic below). I keep all of my press cuttings in a file and...

My author newsletter for February 2022 has just gone out.  You can read it online now  and I hope you really enjoy it.  Includes a competition to win a signed book and chocolate plus a 99c offer for US Kindle readers and lots more too! __ Glenda Young Twitter: @Flaming_Nora Facebook: GlendaYoungAuthor Website: GlendaYoungBooks.com

Enter to win this great prize.  Deadline for entries is Friday 18 February 2022. Please share with other book lovers and good luck!  Loading…    Glenda Young Twitter: @Flaming_Nora Facebook: GlendaYoungAuthor Website: GlendaYoungBooks.com