Flaming Nora

Yesterday I published a blog post showcasing my writing achievements this year.  You can read it here if you'd like to. Today, I'd like to choose my personal top five writing highlights from all of those achievements. And so, here we go, in no particular order. NUMBER ONE Signing two new contracts with publisher Headline to write more sagas set in the coalmining village of Ryhope where I was born and bred AND to write three cosy crimes set in a Scarborough B&B. NUMBER TWO I won the  Evesham Festival of Words Short Story Award 2020   with my short story  The Fan Club Man. One of the judges told me that the story made her both laugh and cry in equal measure. NUMBER THREE Got myself interviewed on  BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour  about my gritty novels set in the northeast coalmining village where I was born and bred.  Jane Garvey said I was 'Such a good writer; fantastic' and my novels were 'Real sagas with female characters right at the heart'.  Quot...

It's time to look back at my writing year of 2020.  It's important to me to write these blog posts as a reminder of what I've done as I tend to take my skills for granted. And also, if I don't make a song and dance about my achievements, no-one else will. Have trumpet, will blow! And so, here we go.  As well as all of the achievements listed below, each week I write my soap opera  Riverside   for  The People's Friend magazine .  I've also written short stories which have been published in women's magazines including The People's Friend and The People's Friend Fiction Special, My Weekly and Take a Break's Fiction Feast. As for writing achievements this year so far, here we go! Interviewed on the  Women's Magazine Writers Blog . Sharon Marshall, soaps queen at ITV's This Morning,  said my novels were 'amazing' I was featured in The Guardian -  Corrie changed my life! Interviewed on  BBC Radio Newcastle about my novel Pearl of Pit...