Flaming Nora

This week has been a whirlwind of a week. I've done some writing on my third cosy crime set in Scarborough... and some research too. Yes, I went to Scarborough for two days for R&R&R (rest and relaxation and research) and what a joy it was. It's my happy place and it did me a lot of good. While researching a plot point on the Central Tramway funicular, the lovely people who ran it were so interested in what I was doing, that they actually STOPPED the funicular mid-way in order for me to write notes. They checked with the two other passengers in the car with me first, they said they didn't mind (indeed, they were over the moon when they knew what I was up to!). I still can't believe this happened. How incredible was that?! While there I had a meeting with the lovely people at Scarborough Waterstones who had both my cosy crimes in their window!  Woohoo! They told me the books are constantly in their top 5 bestsellers in the shop. I also had a meeting with the amaz...

Saturday 21 May was the day of Sunderland History Fair, held in the beautiful Bethany Church in Sunderland.  There were over 70 stalls inside from heritage societies, history societies, writers, artists and many other organisations. There were battle re-enactments! A wooden ship in the car park!. There were Romans and Normans fighting with swords and shields! In short, it was a fantastic event, packed full of wonderful things. Right up my street.   I was honoured and proud to be asked to officially open the event.  I'm still on cloud nine after everything that happened yesterday and wanted to write it all down so that I didn't, wouldn't ever, forget what an amazing day it was. Here's the Bethany Church where the event was staged. Here I am giving my speech. Put me in front of a microphone and I either want to run away and hide, or sing karaoke. I wasn't sure what to do for the best, so I read my prepared speech instead! It was short and sweet as I knew everyone woul...

This week I've been continuing to write my third cosy crime novel set in Scarborough and is it so much fun. I am loving it.  And I can now reveal the title of my third cosy crime. It's called  FOUL PLAY AT THE SEAVIEW HOTEL  and is (gulp!) available for pre-order on Amazon. I've also finished edits on my eighth saga and have returned those to my publisher. It may not be the last time I see those edits and I'll keep working on the manuscript until it's perfect. This one will be released next year. This week I joined TikTok!  I'm here  and still learning, so be gentle with me. I gave two talks this week. One to Silksworth Heritage Society. Met a lovely 82 year old lady who had never read a novel in her life... until two years ago when she started reading one of mine and now she's hooked on books.  I was in bits. And I gave another talk to a local WI group, which was great, so supportive and lovely ladies, very friendly. Waterstones Sunderland were being aweso...

I've a fun, short story in Best Magazine, in the shops today. It's called Linda's Little Bookshop.   If you read it, I hope you really enjoy it! __ Glenda Young Twitter: @Flaming_Nora Facebook: GlendaYoungAuthor Website: GlendaYoungBooks.com

Congratulations go to Nicola Lightfoot who was drawn at random from all the correct entries. Nicola wins a signed hardback copy of my new cosy crime set in Scarborough, Curtain Call at the Seaview Hotel, along with a big box of Milk Tray. Find out more about the book at http://bit.ly/CurtainCallAtTheSeaviewHotel __ Glenda Young Twitter:  @Flaming_Nora Facebook:  GlendaYoungAuthor Website:  GlendaYoungBooks.com

This week I've been writing my third cosy crime, editing my eighth saga and doing promotion for another book. It's mad, but all in a good way. Wahey! My cosy crime CURTAIN CALL AT THE SEAVIEW HOTEL is now out in hardback, ebook and audiobook. It's set in Scarborough, there's a murder, mystery and a rescue greyhound called Suki. What's not to like? Order it now and I hope you really enjoy it http://bit.ly/CurtainCallAtTheSeaviewHotel My book was featured on Jill's Book Cafe Blog as one of her fiction picks of the week. You can read it here. The book was featured on the wonderful SHOTS Blog where I wrote about the performance of crime, as this book features a troupe of actors. Read all about it here. My book even found its way to Scarborough and here it is at the wonderful Eat Me Cafe inside the Stephen Joseph Theatre.  And here it is with the good luck Elvis charm that Helen Dexter, amateur sleuth in the novels, likes so much. And the book is now on sale in Water...