Flaming Nora

Huge thanks to crazy golf podcasters Putt Cast for including my crazy golf novel set in Scarborough - Foul Play at the Seaview Hotel - in their reviews of mini-golf books! Find out what they think of the book, at 26 mins 27 secs > https://youtube.com/live/tx9i-ErBp-Q Celebrating 10 years of my writing life with a look back at my first short story which was accepted for publication in The People's Friend magazine on March 26, 2016...  ...then an amazing thing happened. I was featured in The People's Friend magazine about my writing life, and the article went into the edition published on March 26, 2025. Such a lovely coincidence. If you're reading this on Friday 28 March, come along tomorrow, Sat 29 March to the Crafty Gift Shop in Chester-le-Street, County Durham. I'll be there from 12-2 signing books for Mothers Day, any other day, or if you'd just like a chat about the books, I'd love to see you there. Elsewhere this week I popped into Waterstones Sunderl...

Would you like to win a signed hardback copy of Secrets of the Toffee Factory Girls , plus a box of Toffifee toffee?  Be in with a chance to win by entering the competition below and answering correctly. All correct entries will go into a draw and a winner drawn at random. UK entries only, please. Deadline for entries is Friday 25 April 2025 at 5pm. Winner will be announced on this blog. Good luck, everyone!   Loading… __ Glenda Young X: @Flaming_Nora BlueSky: @Glenda Young Facebook: GlendaYoungAuthor Website: GlendaYoungBooks.com

Congratulations go to Tracey Taylor who has been drawn at random to win a signed copy of Secrets of the Toffee Factory Girls and a box of Toffifee in my latest competition. Thank you all for entering.  Find out more about the book here __ Glenda Young X: @Flaming_Nora BlueSky: @Glenda Young Facebook: GlendaYoungAuthor Website: GlendaYoungBooks.com

I'm currently on a break from writing for a few months, taking a well-deserved breather before starting to write again later this year.   But not writing doesn't mean I'm not busy - far from it.  I'm filling my time with some wonderful projects. But first I went to my happy place of Scarborough for a very long weekend, and a rest.   While there, I signed books in Scarborough Waterstones. And I was over the moon to see my books on the counter by the till alongside one of my favourite books by Andrew Martin - The Last Train to Scarborough. My books were in the shop window too, what a treat! And here I am, signing books in-store. Also this week my email newsletter went out for Mothers Day and if you'd like signed books, get in touch.  Read my Mothers Day newsletter with details of how to buy signed, dedicated books. All details at https://glendayoungbooks.com/so/adPMeOaFw?languageTag=en #mothersday I've also had a few meetings this week about different wr...

It's been a very busy week with three talks to large groups.  First, I travelled to the beautiful city of York to speak on Monday. On Tuesday I gave a talk to Ryhope Heritage Society. And on Wednesday I gave a talk to another large group in Low Fell, Gateshead. I also starred on the front cover of the Sunderland Echo, what a joy! And appeared again in The Sunderland Echo's list of wonderful Wearside women for International Women's Day. You can see the whole list here. I celebrated International Women's Day at The Word in South Shields  as guest speaker at their Women's Words Creative Writing session and received a beautiful journal from the group. The Word is a library that offers so much more, and they have a wonderful shop which stocks my books for sale! 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 ke...

I'm very proud to be featured in the spring edition of Menopause Matters magazine. How hot flushes fired up my writing life! You can read my feature and the magazine online at https://pressreader.com/9jk3/20250305/281548001644277 and pick up a mag at high street shops inc WHSmith, see https://menopausematters.co.uk My author newsletter for March is out now with a new competition to win a signed book and a box of toffee! Read it all here https://glendayoungbooks.com/so/2ePKiziWo?languageTag=en&cid=fea2ea73- I popped into Sunderland Waterstones to sign stock of books, both my sagas and cosy crimes. And my book signing of the hardback version of Secrets of the Toffee Factory Girls went down so well that I sold out of books within the first 10 minutes. Happy to report there are plenty of books available to buy now at the Crafty Gift Shop inside Saint Cuthbert's Mall shopping centre in Chester-le-Street. I crafted another episode of my weekly soap opera  Riverside  for The Peo...