Fun in the Funicular, Books in Berwick, Sunshine in Scarborough - my writing week

This week I have been out and about. Here I am at Slightly Foxed Books in Berwick where they had a copy of my cosy crime for sale, which is now signed!

My author copies of my new cosy crime arrived, what a joy!

And here I am at Lilly's Treasures gift shop in Scarborough, who sell my books.

Here are my books for sale at the Central Tramway funicular in Scarborough.

And here I am with Colin, the manager of the Central Tramway funicular.

While in Scarborough I visited Waterstones, where my books are also on sale!

And there's a new competition to enter to win chocolate and a signed book. Enter 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.

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

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See you next week!

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Glenda Young

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Website: GlendaYoungBooks.com

Competition time: Win Chocolate and a Signed Book from Glenda Young

 

Enter to win a signed copy of any of my saga novels with a bar of Galaxy Cookie Crumble chocolate. 

Deadline for entries is Tuesday September 12th 2023 at 5pm. The winner will be announced on this blog. UK entries only please.  Good luck and enter below!

  

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Glenda Young

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Website: GlendaYoungBooks.com

Winner announced in latest signed book competition

Congratulations go to Lucy Elliott who has been drawn as the winner of the most recent competition to win a signed book.

Lucy has chosen to win a signed copy of Pearl of Pit Lane and this will on its way soon to her.

Thank you everyone for entering and for all of your support.

Look out for the next competition coming soon. Don't miss out - sign up to my newsletter to receive advance notification of competitions and special offers.

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Glenda Young

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Website: GlendaYoungBooks.com

Fortune tellers, short stories & making the shortlist - my writing week

This week I've been putting the final touches to the organisation of my research schedule (I know... I'm so organised, I can't help it, but it's the only way it works for my muddled brain!). This is for the second book in the trilogy The Toffee Factory Girls.  I'm going to research in York soon and needed to finalise my reading in advance of that so I know what questions I need to answer while in York.  

I also visited Tesco this week where I saw my novel The Sixpenny Orphan on the bestselling shelf. What a joy that was. 

My copy of The People's Friend Annual 2024 arrived. I've a short story inside called The Empty Chair which is a wonderful read.

I also have a short story in The People's Friend Special No. 247 which is in the shops now. It's a fun story about a fake fortune teller called Freda. It made me laugh out loud reading it again.

I was shortlisted in the Kilmore Quay Write by the Sea book festival short story competition!

I was longlisted in the Hastings Book festival short story competition!

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. 

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See you next week!

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Glenda Young

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Website: GlendaYoungBooks.com

Coffee, The Crack, Competitions and Elvis - my writing week

This week I'm preparing to begin research on book 2 in The Toffee Factory Girls trilogy during WW1. Have re-read book 1, now beefing up character profiles before plotting and planning.

My week began, as always, with a Monday morning coffee stop at Waterstones Sunderland. If you go to their cafe, upstairs in the shop, you can pick up free bookmarks. My books are all signed on their own table downstairs.

There's a competition on the Trip Fiction website to win one of three copies of my Scarborough cosy crime Murder at the Seaview Hotel.  Enter here.

Two of my recent book signing / author events were listed in the August edition of The Crack magazine.  Those events were a talk at Seaham Library and book signing at Weardale WordFest in Stanhope.

A reminder that my Scarborough cosy crime Curtain Call at the Seaview Hotel is just 99p during August. Download it here.

However, it's not been all good news this week. I received a review on Amazon for one of my novels which has clearly been written but about a book at all, but about a different product. The reviewer doesn't realise that a low ranking on Amazon brings down my overall author rating. SO frustrating and of course, Amazon won't remove it.

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. 

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See you next week!

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Glenda Young

Twitter: @Flaming_Nora

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Website: GlendaYoungBooks.com

Yorkshire, Wrexham, Sunderland and Italy - my writing week

This week included Yorkshire Day on Tuesday 1 August. I was invited into Scarborough's Newby Proudfoot store to sign and sell my cosy crimes set in the town. What a wonderful day it was. Thank you to everyone who came, chatted or bought a book.

My author newsletter for August is now available. Includes a 99p offer, special Italian news and TWO competitions to win free books. Read it all now at https://glendayoungbooks.com/so/f4OaLS9l5?languageTag=en   

Very exciting news... my Scarborough cosy crime has gone international. Now available in Italian with a gorgeous new cover at https://newtoncompton.com/libro/lo-strano-caso-dellomicidio-al-seaview-hotel 

I was given a lovely mention in The Northern Echo about the Weardale Wordfest where I'm appearing on Saturday 5 August. All welcome.

You can now enter July's competition to win a signed book. Enter here and good luck!

My books are now on sale in the A Love Supreme shop at Sunderland AFC and online at their web shop. The books are signed too. Have a look here.

I was given a lovely mention by Wrexham council after my appearance at Wrexham Carnival of Words last year.  Read it all here.

A reminder that my Scarborough cosy crime Curtain Call at the Seaview Hotel is only 99p this month at bit.ly/CurtainCallAtTheSeaviewHotel

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. 

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See you next week!

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Glenda Young

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Website: GlendaYoungBooks.com

Ciao Bella! From Scarbrough to Italy as my cosy crime goes international

Very exciting news! My Scarborough cosy crime MURDER AT THE SEAVIEW HOTEL has gone international and is now available in Italian with a lovely new cover.

Order it here

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Glenda Young

Twitter: @Flaming_Nora

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Website: GlendaYoungBooks.com

Yorkshire Day! Join me at Proudfoot store in Newby, Scarborough from 12-4 #yorkshireday

August 1 is nationally recognised as Yorkshire Day. I've been invited in to Proudfoot supermarket (Newby store) to sign and sell my cosy crime novels set in the town.

I'll be there from 12-4 so do please pop in if you're in the town and say hello!

There'll be all kinds of wonderful things going on including tasting events of Yorkshire food and drink. Read all about it here.
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Glenda Young

Twitter: @Flaming_Nora

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Website: GlendaYoungBooks.com