Flaming Nora: Writing Week: Plotting and planning, getting ready to write

Friday, October 25, 2024

Writing Week: Plotting and planning, getting ready to write

This week I carried out the last day of research for the last book in the trilogy of The Toffee Factory Girls. I researched with two local heritage groups and had a wonderful day. Next, I planned out my chapters over a few days and then read, as I always do before writing, the book Wired for Story. This helps cement the story in my mind before I write and is a great resource, which I highly recommend.

Also this week my novel Murder at the Seaview Hotel was reviewed on Australian radio!

I created a competition for you to win any of my books, signed. You can enter here and good luck!

And I gave a talk to Cleadon and Boldon community library, all about my novel The Toffee Factory Girls.

And I received a lovely mention in The People's Friend magazine on their letters page about my books being sold at all Alfa Travel hotels in the UK, with £1.50 from each book going to Alfa's chosen charity, Re-engage. This made my day.

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.