Flaming Nora: The week I almost ran away

Friday, August 12, 2022

The week I almost ran away - my writing week

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 interview on BBC Newcastle it's 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

My cosy crime is available free for reading groups from The Reading Agency. Have a look here if you have a reading group!

My new audio drama, Riverside, was featured in this week's Best magazine and given a lovely mention!

See riversidethesoap.com for all details.

My saga Pearl of Pit Lane was taken by the Book Fairies North East to Beamish Museum, where I researched the book. They left the book for someone to find. Was it you? Let me know!

Also this week, the first advance reader review is in on Goodreads for my Christmas saga A Mother's Christmas Wish. Gives 5 stars and says this... "It's a book you won't be able to put down, heart-breaking incredible book, one of my favourite reads so far this year in historical family sagas. top stars."

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.