Cover Reveal - Crazy golf cosy crime set in Scarborough

*COVER REVEAL*  

My crazy golf cosy crime set in Scarborough, Foul Play at the Seaview Hotel. Published in September by Headline at bit.ly/FoulPlayAtTheSeaviewHotel

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Glenda Young

Twitter: @Flaming_Nora

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Website: GlendaYoungBooks.com

Northern Life, Wrexham and the WI - my writing week

It's been an exciting week. Here are some pictures from my talk as a guest speaker at the Tyne and Wear South Women's Institute Spring Meeting. An incredible, friendly event. It was an honour to be invited.

The lady in red, below is Kim McGuinness, Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner, who was the morning's guest speaker.

I spent some of this week in Wrexham where I'd been invited to speak at Wrexham Carnival of Words. What an honour! Thank you everyone who came to my talk and special thanks to Clare Ann for interviewing me.

My novel The Sixpenny Orphan was featured in Northern Life magazine as one of the "Best in Northern Writing" books coming out in May. What a treat.  You can see the other books here.

And it's the last week when you can treat yourself to The Miner's Lass. A gritty, dramatic saga that was inspired by three words on a 1919 map of old Ryhope... "The Blood Pit" where bare knuckle fighting took place.  Just 99p during April at http://bit.ly/TheMinersLass 

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.

I also kept the Coronation Street Blog ticking over with news and editing the team of 16 bloggers. 

See you next week!

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Glenda Young

Twitter: @Flaming_Nora

Facebook: GlendaYoungAuthor

Website: GlendaYoungBooks.com

Goody bags, Talks and Living North magazine - my writing week

This week I received two huge boxes of the paperback version of my new novel The Sixpenny Orphan. It's out in paperback on May 11 but I've received my copies early, in time for the book launch at Ryhope Community Centre on Tuesday 9 May at 1.30pm. All welcome.  Buy it here.

Called into Waterstones Sunderland to sign stock of my books!

On Wednesday 19th April I was invited by the Friends of Washington Old Hall to speak at their beautiful, historic building.

And received this wonderful comment when I returned.

I packed 160 goody bags for members of the Womens Institute spring meeting where I've been invited to speak this weekend. What an honour. Nervous? A bit! Excited? A lot!  I'm spending the whole day with the WI at their invitation, too.

I was included in Living North's magazine about local crime writers to watch.

And here's news of an event a local, independent bookshop Featherbed Books at Houghton-le-Spring, which I'm doing on Wednesday May 10. All welcome. 

On Friday 21st April I was invited to give another talk at the Coals to Goals project in Sunderland. This talk was held in the press lounge at Sunderland football club, what a treat.

Next week I'll be speaking at the Wrexham Carnival of Words on Tuesday 25 April at Wrexham library. All welcome. 

Treat yourself to The Miner's Lass. A gritty, dramatic saga that was inspired by three words on a 1919 map of old Ryhope... "The Blood Pit" where bare knuckle fighting took place.  Just 99p during April at http://bit.ly/TheMinersLass 

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.

I also kept the Coronation Street Blog ticking over with news and editing the team of 16 bloggers. 

See you next week!

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Glenda Young

Twitter: @Flaming_Nora

Facebook: GlendaYoungAuthor

Website: GlendaYoungBooks.com

Sweet dreams are made of this - my writing week

This week, the pressure has been off since I submitted The Toffee Factory Girls (book one of three!) to my publisher.   I've enjoyed the long, Easter weekend and have even written a short story which I've submitted to a magazine. Keep your fingers crossed for me. 

Received a nice surprise this week from Fantastic Fiction website who include me in their Top 20 most popular saga authors! See fantasticfiction.com/genres/?gp=A  

I had a celebrity endorsement this week. This is from Dave Stewart of The Eurythmics in response to a post on Facebook about my upcoming novel The Sixpenny Orphan.   Dave hails from Sunderland, hence his interest in my books.

Elswhere this week, I attended the monthly meeting of Ryhope Heritage Society. Ryhope is the village where my historical sagas are set and where I was born and bred. This month they showed an amazing fim called “Ryhope Our Mining Village”. The meetings are held on the second Tuesday of each month. All welcome. Cost is £2 per person. No need to book, just turn up.  

Treat yourself to The Miner's Lass. A gritty, dramatic saga that was inspired by three words on a 1919 map of old Ryhope... "The Blood Pit" where bare knuckle fighting took place.  Just 99p during April at http://bit.ly/TheMinersLass 

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.

I also kept the Coronation Street Blog ticking over with news and editing the team of 16 bloggers. 

See you next week!

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Glenda Young

Twitter: @Flaming_Nora

Facebook: GlendaYoungAuthor

Website: GlendaYoungBooks.com

Pressing SEND, Scarborough, libraries and more - my writing week

This week I pressed SEND on the manuscript of the first in the trilogy, The Toffee Factory Girls.  It's now with my publisher, who'll return it to me in a few months' time with structural edits. Then it's back and forward between author and publisher to polish the book and make it the best it can be.  I need to start researching the next book in this series and begin writing it, later this year. Until then, I have a few months where I can let my mind wander in all kinds of strange, creative directions and I'm looking forward to see what happens. 

Also, this week, my third, upcoming cosy crime novel Foul Play at the Seaview Hotel published later this year with Headline, was featured in The Bookseller magazine as an agents' top tips for a script!  What an honour. 

Set during the miners' strike of 1921, my novel The Miner's Lass is just 99p during April at http://bit.ly/TheMinersLass published by Headline

I received three copies of the Large Print version of my cosy crime Curtain Call at the Seaview Hotel. These I am donating to three local community libraries - Fulwell Community Library, Back on the Map library at Hendon and Kayll Road library, part of Pallion Action Group.  I've signed them too.

I also visited Scarborough for a lovely, long weekend on holiday. While there I signed copies of my cosy crime set in the town - Murder at the Seaview Hotel.

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.

I also kept the Coronation Street Blog ticking over with news and editing the team of 16 bloggers. 

See you next week!

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Glenda Young

Twitter: @Flaming_Nora

Facebook: GlendaYoungAuthor

Website: GlendaYoungBooks.com