Feedback Guidelines

As part of this writing community, offering thoughtful and constructive feedback to others is a key way you can help other authors to grow and…

Tanya 21 February 2025

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Townhouse poll: what genres would you like to learn more about?

At Jericho Writers, we’re planning and preparing new content and video courses for our Premium Members all the time. Right now, the team is considering…

Laura 20 February 2025

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Welcome to Townhouse!

Welcome Townhouse Members. Whether you’re a Free Member or a Premium Member (those who pay a monthly or yearly fee for extra features), Townhouse is…

Polly 28 September 2022

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A chatter of monkeys

Mostly, as you know (you know, you know),  These emails are long (too long! too long!),  But then again (and again and again),  At least…

Harry 20 June 2025

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When (and if) to get help

We’ve talked about editing for five weeks now. Those of you following Debi Alper’s superb online Introduction to Self-Editing Your Novel course are reaching its…

Harry 13 June 2025

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The pedantry and the poetry (Editing Series V)

For the past four weeks, I’ve talked in detail about how I personally edit a book. Today, I’m still talking about editing, but I want…

Harry 6 June 2025

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How I actually edit (IV)

University creative writing courses absolutely have their place. Plenty of people get a huge amount out of them. If that’s you, I’m genuinely pleased. Writing…

Harry 30 May 2025

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How I actually edit (III)

Continue here for How I actually edit (IV) here. Over the last couple of weeks, in celebration of our new Introduction to Self-Editing video course,…

Harry 23 May 2025

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How I actually edit (II)

Last week, I talked about my micro-editing habit. This week, we expand a bit. The kind of editing I’m going to talk about here is…

Harry 16 May 2025

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How I actually edit (I)

With the first lesson of our brand new Premium Member course Introduction to Self-Editing launching this week, I thought I’d share my own editing process…

Harry 9 May 2025

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You Impostor! You fake! You dunce!

This month, we’re talking editing. Indeed, if you’re a Premium Member, I very much hope you’ll trot along to my live-editing workshop this coming Tuesday.…

Harry 2 May 2025

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An open embrace

OK, battle of the clichés. Which is truer: “You can’t judge a book by its cover” or “A picture is worth a 1000 words”? Well,…

Harry 25 April 2025

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The crown of my life

I yap on a lot about novels in these emails: I’ve written plenty of novels; I like writing them; the vast majority of you guys…

Harry 18 April 2025

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