Flaming Nora

This week I sent off the manuscript (MS) to my publisher for book 2 in the Toffee Factory Girls trilogy -  Secrets of The Toffee Factory Girls.  It's a big moment, sending off your MS and then you wait some months for the publisher to return it with suggested edits and structural changes. And then the hard work really begins! However it's all worth it as it makes the book and story much stronger.   I'm very proud to be published by Headline with their professional team of editors and PR people.  Now, I'm allowing myself a rest for a few weeks before beginning research on Scarborough cosy crime number 4 -  Deadly Dancing at the Seaview Hotel! My first Amazon No. 1!  The Toffee Factory Girls  sitting pretty at the top of Hot New Releases category Friendship. Thank you everyone who has pre-ordered and if you haven't yet but would like to, it's here   http://bit.ly/ToffeeFactoryGirls   To celebrate turning in my MS to the publisher this...

My first Amazon No. 1! The Toffee Factory Girls sitting pretty at the top of Hot New Releases category Friendship.  Thank you everyone who has pre-ordered and if you haven't yet but would like to, it's at http://bit.ly/ToffeeFactoryGirls  __ Glenda Young Twitter:  @Flaming_Nora Facebook:  GlendaYoungAuthor Website:  GlendaYoungBooks.com

Enter to win a signed hardback copy of my new book THE TOFFEE FACTORY GIRLS . I'll also throw in a box of Toffiffee toffee, free bookmarks and postcards for you Deadline for competition is the hardback book launch date, Thursday 15 February 2024 at 5pm. Winner will be announced on this website.  Good luck, everyone!  UK entrants only. Loading… __ Glenda Young Twitter:  @Flaming_Nora Facebook:  GlendaYoungAuthor Website:  GlendaYoungBooks.com

This week I've been working on the third (and final?) draft of my  novel Secrets of The Toffee Factory Girls. It's the second in the trilogy of books which will go off to my publisher in the coming weeks.  I worked in the library at Sunderland University where I read, and re-read my work and edited it in silence, bliss! Next door to the University library is National Glass Centre. My novels are in the shop, which has been moved upstairs along with the cafe. Also this week, my novels are being read by the book club at a care home in Sunderland, which makes me really proud. I plan to visit the book club in the coming weeks to chat to them all. My new banner arrived for the talks I'll be giving about my new book, The Toffee Factory Girls . On a professional note, I am represented by the Caroline Sheldon Literary Agency. Caroline has changed my life. It is because of Caroline I am now a writer, a novelist, living my life-long dream. After 40 years in the business, Caroline has...

This week included a very special overnight stay in London to meet my publisher, Headline.  We talked about promotion for my new saga THE TOFFEE FACTORY GIRLS , due out in February in hardback and ebook (May for paperback).  What a wonderful meeting we had and my editor even made a plate of home-made toffee to enjoy! Here are some pictures from the publisher's offices. Also this week I was honoured to be the guest on this week's Scarborough Spotlight podcast, chatting to Ian about my Scarborough cosy crimes!  Listen to it all at  https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scarboroughspotlight/episodes/Glenda-Young---Seaview-Hotel-Author-Ep02-e2e1ucq I'm overjoyed that my Scarborough-set cosy crime books are at number 1 and number 2 in the top 10 bestsellers list of books sold at Mrs Lofthouse's Book Emporium in Scarborough.  Not only are my cosy crime books at the top spots but I'm also number 5 in the romance and saga books too!  Read the full list here. I cr...

I'm overjoyed that my Scarborough-set cosy crime books are at number 1 and number 2 in the top 10 bestsellers list of books sold at Mrs Lofthouse's Book Emporium in Scarborough. Not only are my cosy crime books at the top spots but I'm also number 5 in the romance and saga books too! Read the full list here. __ Glenda Young Twitter:  @Flaming_Nora Facebook:  GlendaYoungAuthor Website:  GlendaYoungBooks.com

This week I've been hard at work making edits to the first draft of Secrets of The Toffee Factory Girls.  It's a long, painstaking process over a couple of months. It's a lot more than correcting spelling and grammar. It's about making sure the story is robust. Even when I think I'm finished editing and send it to the publisher, I'm very lucky to be published by one of the country's biggest publishing companies who then allot me a professional editor. She takes the work and suggests changes were necessary and offers advice to make the work as strong as it can be. My novel The Sixpenny Orphan is on a special 99p deal for January. Order it here. Happy New Year to you all.  I kicked off the new year with my January author newsletter which contains a new competition and a 99p offer. R ead it online here. I was featured in The Sunderland Echo with the student who has been awarded the creative writing bursary I set up with Sunderland University. You can read it al...