Category: The writer’s life

Training the beast

A slightly niche topic this week, but an important one. On the whole, new writers think, “I have to make sales. It doesn’t matter who…

Harry 12 April 2024

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How the Ultimate Novel Writing Course is changing my perspective

Show, don’t tell is probably the first piece of advice you're given when you learn to write stories. It certainly was for me.

Katie 13 October 2023

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How the Ultimate Novel Writing Course helped me to craft my characters

We’re delighted to have Bob join us again to chat about his Ultimate Novel Writing Course journey. If you missed the the first instalment in…

Katie 30 August 2023

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Meet Bob, Author and Ultimate Novel Writing Course Student

Over the course of one year, our UNWC students embark on a life-changing journey, transforming their ideas into publishable novels, ready to place into the…

Katie 9 August 2023

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Making the New York Times happy

Some thoughts that have been skittering around my brain-pan like: Selection of simile is according to customer choice and on a first-come-first-served basis. Before those…

Harry 3 March 2023

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Locked out!

Hello, I don’t know if you’ve ever been locked out of Jericho Writer’s website, but since Christmas 2022, I’ve been locked out of the system…

Robert 14 February 2023

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A tale of three prologues

A few days ago, we began a new evening routine. At about 7.00 pm, the whole family sits in the living room and my wife…

Harry 20 January 2023

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Yellow trees, November winds

I’ve just finished reading a novella, Small Things Like These, by the Irish writer, Claire Keegan. People liked that book – a lot. Hilary Mantel…

Harry 13 January 2023

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I Won An Award!

My wonderful Street team chose to submit my first novel, ‘Discoveries’ for an award… And I won! I am now the very excited recipient of…

Tom (T N) 7 January 2023

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And now, for something completely (well, somewhat) different . . . THE POTATOES OF DEFIANCE

Just published!  A compilation of some of my political commentary pieces, both fiction and non-fiction, THE POTATOES OF DEFIANCE addresses the current insane global political…

Laurie 17 December 2022

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