Flaming Nora

Flaming Nora! I'm in The Guardian today.    On the letters page. If you've popped by to say "hello, chuck", then welcome to my Flaming Nora Blog, online since 2007. My name is Glenda Young and I'm a bestselling author of historical sagas set in the North East. I'm published by Headline.  Have a look at my website here . I also write cosy crime / murder mysteries set in Scarborough.  My debut cosy crime is now available. It's Murder at the Seaview Hotel and stars 12 Elvis impersonators (Twelvis!) and when one is murdered, his blue suede shoes stolen, B&B landlady Helen Dexter & her rescue greyhound Suki set out to solve the crime. Go on, treat yourself, it's great! Plus, I write Riverside, a weekly soap opera for The People's Friend magazine. And I'm editor of the esteemed Coronation Street Blog fan site and have written many official TV tie-in books about Coronation Street for ITV. __ Glenda Young Twitter: @Flaming_Nora Facebo...

I had a letter in The Guardian this week. It's second off last at the end of this web page if you'd like to read it.

I love reading The Guardian especially on Saturday mornings. When I travel back up north to stay with my mum, the shop at the end of the street only gets in one Guardian copy, and that's got someone else's name on it. I haven't yet figured out who this Guardian-reading mystery person is on the estate where the tabloid is King, but I keep looking and wondering. Anyway, when I go up there, I order in a Guardian for Saturday mornings. Last time I collected it, before she handed it over, Kelly the newsagent laughed at my la-di-dah London ways and told me she'd ironed it. I'm still not sure if she was joking or not.

After 33 years, Vera Duckworth's gone and died, popped her clogs in her slippers and slipped away from the Street. For a fantastic review of the double episode which sent Vera to her grave, have a look at Nancy Banks-Smith's review from The Guardian . It's almost as good as the episodes itself and brought me to the brink of tears again. By 'eck, Bill Tarmey as Jack did well.