The writer’s life – Page 7 – Jericho Writers Townhouse

Showing and telling, a middle route

It’s weird. No matter how many of these darn emails I write, I never quite know in advance which ones that are going to get…

Harry 18 March 2022

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Immerse yourself in a summer of festivals

A Summer of Festivals | Sarah Linley Takeover Some people go to concerts, I go to literary festivals. Authors are my rock stars and…

Esther 15 March 2022

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Showing, telling, and a truckload of nonsense

Showing and telling is probably the topic on which more nonsense is spoken than anything else – but is also an area where, if you…

Harry 11 March 2022

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The power of narrative

That phrase ‘the pen is mightier than the sword’ is mostly horse-dung, right? Right now, the Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky, isn’t asking the west for…

Harry 4 March 2022

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A hundred ways to fall over

Last week, I got an email which said, in effect, “I want to write, but …” I get a load of these emails, maybe dozens…

Harry 25 February 2022

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The Power of Coming Back Stronger | Natali Juste Simmonds

Ask any writer the number one thing you need to become a published author and they won’t answer with ‘a writing degree’, ‘a fancy computer’,…

N J 22 February 2022

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How many words

The length of your manuscript matters. Partly, there’s just a crude commercial standard, varying somewhat by genre, as to how long a book needs to…

Harry 18 February 2022

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One Small Thing

I happened to see a clip of Amazon’s Reacher TV series, based on Lee Child’s bestselling thrillers. And the clip I saw, had Jack Reacher…

Harry 11 February 2022

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It’s not you, it’s them

Oh dear. Every now and then I get an email which is just so annoyingly familiar I want to scream. In this case, a wonderful…

Harry 4 February 2022

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The joy of new

Find your community this month Writing these newsletters is the highlight of my week, so this is a bittersweet one for me as it will…

Esther 1 February 2022

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