Flaming Nora

This week I've been putting together a research schedule for the next trilogy of books that I'll be writing set in a northeast toffee factory around the first world war. I've also been working on PR for my new saga and drafting a short story to enter into the Comedy Women in Print short story award later this year.  Last week included the launch of my new book out in hardback, audiobook and ebook. Since writing last week's Writing Week blog post, I received a beautiful bouquet from my publisher Headline on publication of my new saga, A Mother's Christmas Wish.  I had a very productive meeting with Claire of Hype That PR to arrange local and regional publicity for the paperback release in November of my new Christmas saga set in 1923. It celebrates the Irish tradition of Nollaig na mBan, the Women's Christmas.   There's still time to enter my competition to win a signed copy with chocs! Enter here. I'm now taking bookings for a FREE walk around Ryhope sh...

Social media sensation NorthEastNostalgic has been on a tour of Ryhope where I showed her the locations in my novels.  She's put a TikTok video together which you can watch below. What an honour! @northeastnostalgic #ryhope #ryhopevillage #sunderland #sunderlandhistory #northeastengland #didyouknow #learnontiktok #booktok #booktiktok #durham ♬ august - Taylor Swift __ Glenda Young Twitter: @Flaming_Nora Facebook: GlendaYoungAuthor Website: GlendaYoungBooks.com

This week has been another major week!  My Christmas saga, A Mother's Christmas Wish, was released in hardback and e-book. The paperback is out in November.  You can order it from here - bit.ly/AMothersChristmasWish You can enter my competition to win a signed copy of the new book with a box of chocolates too. Enter here. Also this week, I've been putting together a research plan to research the trilogy of books I'm writing next. They're set in a toffee factory in the northeast (that no longer exists). While I haven't been doing any novel writing during August, I have been very busy planning my research for the new books and am really excited about it all, starting in September. It includes three days in Yorkshire too... but I'm not about to spoil any surprises here.  You can read more on my toffee factory girls trilogy here. Also this week, I did a book signing in Sunderland Waterstones for my Scarborough-set cosy crime Curtain Call at the Seaview Hotel . A fa...

Win a signed hardback copy of my new historical saga A Mother's Christmas Wish and I'll throw in a box of Milk Tray chocolates too and free bookmarks for you. All you have to do to be in with a chance of winning is to answer the following question correctly by the deadline of Sunday 31st August 2022.   One winner will be drawn at random and announced here on this blog.  UK entries only please. Good luck! Loading… __ Glenda Young Twitter: @Flaming_Nora Facebook: GlendaYoungAuthor Website: GlendaYoungBooks.com

Would you like to know more about the locations I use in my novels?  I hope that if you read the book, or if you've read it already, that these pictures might give some context and background and add a bit of depth to the locations I've written about. A Mother's Christmas Wish  is available in hardback, e-book and audiobook. You can buy it here.  It comes out in paperback in November 2022. 1. The seaside village of Lougshinny in Ireland Loughshinny is a small seaside village in Ireland, between Skerries and Rush. It is where the heroine Emma Devaney begins her story when she is forced to leave her beloved mother and her village. She is sent overseas to England to live with her aunt Bessie in Ryhope.   Find out more about Loughshinny here. 2. The Forester's Arms pub in Ryhope Emma arrives in Ryhope in 1923. Now, I know the picture above isn't 1923 but it's the only old photograph of The Forester's Arms pub that I have. If you have an older one, I'd love t...

My Christmas saga - and my favourite book written so far - is out in hardback and ebook today.  The paperback is out in November.  I love this book. Would you like to order it? It's here - http://bit.ly/AMothersChristmasWish Here's a teaser video of me talking about it too.   __ Glenda Young Twitter: @Flaming_Nora Facebook: GlendaYoungAuthor Website: GlendaYoungBooks.com

This week was huge. I mean, enormous!  My book launch for my second cosy crime, Curtain Call at the Seaview Hotel , was held in Scarborough. So many people attended that I was a little anxious and at one point and looked around me to see if there was anywhere I could run and hide!  I'm glad I didn't run away though as I met some amazing people and there was a lot of love for my books. I was even interviewed on Scarborough TV news and you can watch it here (it's not in the right orientation, so you may need to twist your head! I called into Scarborough Waterstones to sign a stock of their books. My interview with The People's Friend , about how their invitation to me to write their first ever weekly soap opera Riverside, led to me becoming a bestselling author and fulfilling my lifelong dream of becoming an author. You can read it all here . Also in   The People's Friend magazine this week was a wonderful review of my new book! If you'd like to listen to my inter...

If you'd like to listen to my interview on radio BBC Newcastle it's here in two parts.  The first part begins at 1hr 17mins and the second part at 1hr 42mins at https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0clvm17   __ Glenda Young Twitter:  @Flaming_Nora Facebook:  GlendaYoungAuthor Website:  GlendaYoungBooks.com