SPOTLIGHT FEATURE: Rachel Hamilton from the Ben Illis Agency

Good morning, everyone! Today’s feature includes a fantastic interview with Rachel Hamilton! A woman of many literary talents, Rachel has experience as an author, editor,…

Anna 1 November 2022

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The Inner Marriage

A decade ago, I wrote my first book. I had no idea if what I was writing would ever make any sense to anyone else,…

Magdalen 28 October 2022

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Citizens of Literary Land

This week’s email is inspired by a 3,000 word rant, written by author and podcaster Meghan Daum on Substack. The piece was entitled “Who Killed…

Harry 28 October 2022

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EDITORS UNEDITED: Dexter Petley

The first thing to know about Dexter is that he lives in a yurt. The second is that he’s a tremendous editor who’s worked with…

Elsie 25 October 2022

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Text and subtext

It seems like an age ago already – two or three British Prime Minsters back – but last week we talked about how even novels…

Harry 20 October 2022

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SPOTLIGHT FEATURE: Michelle Richter from Fuse Literary

Good morning, everyone! Welcome to the all-new and improved Townhouse! We’re back with the Spotlight On series, starting with a fantastic interview with Michelle Richter.…

Anna 18 October 2022

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Free Event | Write a Novel in a Month

Hello writer friends,   Writing a whole novel in a month is a huge undertaking (obviously). But doing it in a structured way (like taking…

Esther 17 October 2022

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My elevator Pitch For ‘The Wrong Leg’

Superannuated spymaster links a dumped, booby-trapped prosthetic leg to the Ukrainian War Russian Oligarchs, mismanaged IRA weapons dumps, stolen gold bullion, a trail of corpses…

Andrew 17 October 2022

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Gary R Batchelor Introduction

I wrote the first draft of a science-based novel, Divine of the Gods (120000 words) between 1996 and 1998. Over the next three years this…

Gary 17 October 2022

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The Spy in Your Novel

In 1963, a thirty-year-old ‘diplomat’ – in fact, a junior-ranking member of the British secret services – wrote a book. The book was about spying…

Harry 14 October 2022

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