Flaming Nora: Hiding in plain sight

Friday, February 03, 2023

Hiding in plain sight - my writing week

This week I've been carrying on writing my novel The Toffee Factory Girls, which is going well. I spent one of my writing days this week hiding away inside the River Wear Commissioners' Building in Sunderland.

They now offer offices for rent by the month, week or day and I go there when I need a break from writing at home. It makes a great chance and lets me get on with at least twice as much work as if I was working from home. No distractions... perfect!

Also this week, my next saga The Sixpenny Orphan was included in The Bookseller's Buyers Guide to Fiction for this summer.

And to whet your appetite for that book coming out, I've written a blog post about the top 5 locations featured in the book. Read it here.

Also this week, I have been offering my novels at cost price to official Warm Spaces in Sunderland. This week, the wonderful Kayll Road library in Sunderland, run by Pallion Action Group, took my books for their Warm Space.

Here I am with Karen Noble from Pallion Action Group, outside of the library on Kayll Road.

My novel Belle of the Back Streets is on a 99p Kindle offer for February. Download it 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.