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Expert Panel, Smart Sleuthing, WRITE Festival, Bestseller in Spain - My Writing Week

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This week there was a wonderful review of my new ballroom dancing cosy crime, Deadly Dancing at the Seaview Hotel , in The Peterborough Telegraph.  "The author's a Strictly fan and mixes sequins and sinister events in synchronised fashion with good humour, smart sleuthing and a returning cast of great characters".   I gave a talk this week as part of the WRITE! Festival at The Word in South Shields. It was very well attended and we had a lot of laughs as I spoke about my new ballroom dancing cosy crime,  Deadly Dancing at the Seaview Hotel I'm one of the organisers of the Ryhope Heritage Society exhibition and film show. It'll take place on Tuesday October 28 at Ryhope Community Centre. The Sunderland Echo gave us a lovely write up and you can read it online here. The winner was announced in the competition to win a signed hardback copy of my new ballroom dancing cosy crime,  Deadly Dancing at the Seaview Hotel The book launch was announced for my new ballroom dan...

Winner announced in Deadly Dancing at the Seaview Hotel competition

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Congratulations go to Julie Rate who has won a signed hardback copy of my new ballroom dancing cosy crime Deadly Dancing at the Seaview Hotel. Thank you to everyone for entering and if you'd like a copy of the book, click here. __ Glenda Young X:  @Flaming_Nora BlueSky:  @Glenda Young Facebook:  GlendaYoungAuthor Website:  GlendaYoungBooks.com

Publication day, TV news, Scarborough Spy - my writing week

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This week saw publication of my ballroom dancing cosy crime, Deadly Dancing at the Seaview Hotel. It's out now in hardback, ebook and audiobook.  The paperback version comes out in December.  Order your copy now at bit.ly/DeadlyDancing  - and thank you for all your support! You can hear me talking about the new book at WRITE festival at The Word in South Shields on Wednesday 17 September at 2pm. Book your place here. And there's still a few days left to enter to win a signed copy of the hardback version of the book. Enter here and good luck! The book found itself in Malta this week with Karen's Book Bag on holiday . I love photos like these from abroad! And I was featured in the wonderful Scarborough Spy magazine with a half-page advertisement and a teaser of the book launch in December, in Scarborough. More news on this coming soon. Plus, my BIG news was made public this week...  watch this space. And finally this week I visited Waterstones in Newcastle where I was...

From Coronation Street to Cosy Crime and The First Review is IN - My Writing Week

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This week the first review was received of my new cosy crime Deadly Dancing at the Seaview Hotel - and it was a whopping 4 stars from the prestigious crime fiction website Crime Fiction Lover. What an honour! Read the full review here. Deadly Dancing at the Seaview Hotel  also starred in the Crime Readers Newsletter where you can read my article From Coronation Street to Cosy Crime  at https://mailchi.mp/2764101c844e/the-cra-newsletter-17364979  My author newsletter for September went out to all my subscribers and contains a new competition and publication news for  Deadly Dancing at the Seaview Hotel . You can read it online here . And don't forget you can enter the competition to win a signed copy of  Deadly Dancing at the Seaview Hotel . Enter the competition here . Meanwhile, great reviews of my first cosy crime - Murder at the Seaview Hotel - continue apace and this one is a cracker. Jackie Watson says: "...a great tale of treachery & skullduggery in ...