Flaming Nora

This week was amazing. I continued editing my third cosy crime set in Scarborough, Foul Play at the Seaview Hotel. I've also been on a  high after attending the Theakstons Crime festival in Harrogate. I was  shortlisted for the Dead Good Books reader award for best new crime series. Richard Osman won but to be there, to be shortlisted, was incredible! Here are some pictures from the weekend's event. While in Harrogate, I visited Imagined Things bookshop, a beautiful place. They invited me to sign their "crime writers tote bag" which was an honour to do. They're going to auction it off so follow them on social media from their website at  https://imaginedthings.co.uk I was featured in the prestigious Yorkshire Post about being shortlisted for Dead Good Books reader award for best new crime series.  You can read the article here . I'm in Inside Soap magazine - not once, but twice, this week!  My Scarborough cosy crime, Curtain Call at the Seaview Hotel is given...

Riverside is my feel-good story of family, friends and community. It features romance, heartbreak and secrets, as well as gentle wit and humour – all the elements of a classic soap – with a cast of actors already well-known from TV and radio soaps.  The drama is based on the already successful Riverside serial, which has been written by Glenda since 2016 and published weekly in The People’s Friend. It's now available in bite-sized 15-minute episodes as an audio drama. Riverside will be available from Audible, Amazon and iTunes from Wednesday 27 July. Visit the Riverside website for details of the cast and storyline at https://riversidethesoap.com __ Glenda Young Twitter:  @Flaming_Nora Facebook:  GlendaYoungAuthor Website:  GlendaYoungBooks.com

This week I've been working steadily through edits of my third cosy crime set in Scarborough - Foul Play at the Seaview Hotel.   It'll be a few weeks before I send it to the publisher. Slow and steady for now, taking it easy, being careful with my edits to make sure the story makes sense.  But it hasn't all been work and no play! I had a few days' holiday to Scarborough where I was delighted to spot my cosy crime novels not in just one window at Scarborough Waterstones book shop, but two! My new Scarborough cosy crime novel CURTAIN CALL AT THE SEAVIEW HOTEL was featured in T he Scarborough New s,  Harrogate Advertiser, York Press, Yorkshire Evening Post, Northumberland Gazette , South Shields Gazette and Yahoo News !  It's out in paperback on Thursday August 4th. My books arrived from the publisher, which is ALWAYS A JOY! And I'm running a competition for you to win a signed copy. Enter to win here. I had a fun short story published in The Sunday Post's...

Enter to win a signed copy of  my new Scarborough cosy crime CURTAIN CALL AT THE SEAVIEW HOTEL. It's out in paperback on August 4, 2022. I'll also throw in three sticks of candy rock and a box of Scarborough toffee and fudge. UK entrants only, please. Deadline for entries is publication day, August 4 2022 at 5pm. One winner drawn at random and announced here on my blog. Good luck, everyone! Loading… __ Glenda Young Twitter: @Flaming_Nora Facebook: GlendaYoungAuthor Website: GlendaYoungBooks.com

You find me blogging this from my happy place of Scarborough on the Yorkshire coast. I'd like to share something special that happened yesterday, purely by chance. I'd gone for morning coffee at the beautiful EatMe cafe Sitwell at Woodend art gallery. It's a stunning place. While there, excited people began to arrive in the cafe, asking each other "Have you come for Martin's event?" I thought I'd turned up for coffee in the middle of a private event and asked if I should leave. I was told no, please stay. Curious, I asked who Martin was and what was going on. Martin Dove, it turns out, is a regular contributor to one of the hugely popular Scarborough groups on Facebook where he posts entries from his teenage diaries from the 60s and 70s. I've seen these, they're moving and revealing and can break your heart. Anyway, Martin had arranged to meet some of his fans to chat to them about his diaries. When he turned up I met him and told him I was al...

This week I finished writing the first draft of cosy crime number three, Foul Play at the Seaview Hotel. It's a lot of fun and I've loved every minute of writing it. There's a long way to go before it's ready to send to the publisher, though.   I've also been reviewing edits received from the copy-editor, to my saga The Sixpenny Orphan, which is released in 2023. These are the final edits to this book, fingers crossed! I'm now working on an idea for a short story to submit the Comedy Women in Print prize 2022 . The deadline is October so there's a long time to think about the plot and to ensure I have it right, before I start writing.  To celebrate the launch of the paperback version of my second cosy crime set in Scarborough,  Curtain Call at the Seaview Hotel,  I've teamed up with my local paper, the  Sunderland Echo  for a great competition.  You can win an overnight stay at the beautiful  Paragon Hotel in Scarborough  plus dinner f...

To celebrate the launch of the paperback version of my second cosy crime set in Scarborough, Curtain Call at the Seaview Hotel, I've teamed up with my local paper, the Sunderland Echo  for a great competition. You can win an overnight stay at the beautiful Paragon Hotel in Scarborough plus dinner for two at the fantastic EatMe cafe inside the gorgeous Stephen Joseph Theatre . And there's two tickets to a new, fun production of Brief Encounter at the theatre too. You'll also win a signed copy of my book and four runners up will also win a signed copy of the book. Good luck! Enter here __ Glenda Young Twitter: @Flaming_Nora Facebook: GlendaYoungAuthor Website: GlendaYoungBooks.com

This has been a very special week. I've been on a writing retreat in my happy place of Scarborough. It's where the novel that I'm writing - Foul Play at the Seaview Hotel - is set, my new cosy crime. I needed head space, quiet and peace to make good progress with writing and so took myself off to a beautiful apartment in Scarborough where I wrote, and wrote and wrote. It was hard not to be distracted by the beautiful view from the dining room where I wrote each day by the patio doors. While there, I called in to Waterstone's Scarborough to sign my books and I even stickered them too!  It's moments like these I've been waiting for all of my life! I've been shortlisted for Dead Good Books  reader award in the category of New Kid on the Block for my cosy crime novels. Up against Richard Osman and Val McDermid! To win, I need your vote, please, at  https://www.deadgoodbooks.co.uk/dead-good-reader-awards-2022  - thank you very much indeed. Winners are announced ...