Flaming Nora: July 2025

Wednesday, July 23, 2025

Winner announced in Books and Bouquet competition

We have a winner in our books and bouquet competition. The competition prize is two signed books from me - both of my toffee factory girls books - and a bouquet from Pretty Busy Blooms of Chester-le-Street.

The winner is Carole Carr, who has been notified by email.

Thank you to everyone for entering. Your support means the world.

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Saturday, July 19, 2025

Winner announced in signed book and box of toffee competition

We have a winner!

Thank you everyone who entered. One name was drawn at random from all of the correct entries to win a signed copy of Secrets of the Toffee Factory Girls, and a box of Tofiffee.

Congratulations go to Elizabeth Brumwell who has been contacted about the prize.

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Glenda Young

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Friday, July 18, 2025

Heritage, Toffee, Football and Rain - my writing week

This week I've had my head down and have been doing some serious writing. I've locked myself away and done almost nothing but write. I'm almost finished writing the first draft of cosy crime number five, which will be called Music to Die For at the Seaview Hotel.

And in other news...

There's a competition to enter with a deadline of Friday 18 July at 5pm, Enter here.

Received some great news about the Italian and Spanish versions of my Scarborough cosy crimes. They are being used by a Scarborough languages school called Languages for Fun to teach students foreign languages. This makes me very happy indeed.

This was the view from my writing desk for one full day this week, looking out of the library window at Sunderland University as rain hit the river. It was oddly romantic, and put me in the perfect frame of mind for writing my crime novel.

Also this week I'm now the proud (but minor) sponsor of Ryhope Colliery Welfare Football Club. It's a grassroots club that's close to my heart.

In other news this week I am featured in Sunderland's Love Heritage Festival brochure. You can find out the full details online 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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Glenda Young

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Friday, July 04, 2025

Scarborough, Seaside and Spy - my writing week

This week has been fantastic! I'm on a writing retreat in Scarborough to write my cosy crime number 5 and work is going really well.

I've also done a lot of work-related stuff too.

I did two book signings, one of them at the Central Tramway in town, which stars in my books and they sell my books at the top station.

Another book signing (and another picture of a middle-aged, anxious me) took place at Mrs Lofthouse's Book Emporium. It's a Scarborough institution.

I gave a talk at Beeforth's Hive in the South Cliff Gardens, wearing my special cosy crime tshirt. The talk was compered by Scarborough poet Charlotte Oliver. Look how happy I am! Look!

My saga Secrets of the Toffee Factory Girls is just 99p this month for Kindle. Download it now at bit.ly/SecretsToffeeGirls

I was given a lovely mention in the wonderful Scarborough Spy magazine too.

And my books were in the window of Scarborough Waterstones, which pleases me no end.

Whilst in Scarborough I learned that I'd been the answer to a question in a pub quiz! Wowzer.

And I gave another talk at Withernsea Library, south of Scarborough, as part of National Crime Readers' Month at the end of June. I loved this session as the audience were members of a book club who were very engaged.