The writer’s life – Page 8 – Jericho Writers Townhouse

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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The icy leap

A few years back, I used to live two or three hundred yards from the Thames. I swam a lot, often a mile or two…

Harry 28 January 2022

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How to find time to write

Squeezing writing in around other commitments We’re coming to the end of January now, and if you’re anything like me, you might find those new…

Esther 25 January 2022

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What do you want?

One of the challenges that assails self-published writers is the sense that everything is important. You should have a mailing list – you should have…

Harry 21 January 2022

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The flash of gold

Our family has a tradition in which my wife and I bury some ‘treasure’ and some time after Christmas the children find it. A couple…

Harry 14 January 2022

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Who owns your book? A message for the New Year

Who owns your book? That sounds like a nice, simple question, so here are four answers to choose from. Who owns your book – the…

Harry 7 January 2022

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What have you achieved this year?

Looking ahead to a brilliant 2022 This is the last newsletter of 2021 and as such is the perfect opportunity to look forward to the…

Esther 21 December 2021

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