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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How I actually edit (III)

Over the last couple of weeks, in celebration of our new Introduction to Self-Editing video course, I’ve spoken about how I (repeatedly and compulsively) correct…

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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A line of green lamps

All agents have passions. At our Festival once – late at night and after plenty of wine – one agent started listing hers. I know…

Harry 11 April 2025

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A black shirt and glops of golden yoghurt

As you’d expect, there’s quite a lot of research into what makes people buy stuff. And, as you’d expect, writers are mostly very, very, very…

Harry 4 April 2025

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The ghost in your query

Last week, we talked about query letters and I asked you to pop your draft letters up on Townhouse for feedback. That’s always an illuminating…

Harry 28 March 2025

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How to hire a plumber

Last week, we dealt with hyper-intelligent beings in the form of robots. This week, we turn to… literary agents. The gist of this email is…

Harry 21 March 2025

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