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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Arranging tables – and the importance of making readers work

Well, golly gosh, I thought last week’s Feedback Friday was interesting – and brave for the good souls who took part. We asked people to…

Harry 14 March 2025

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AI, a Viking longship and the future of writing

For a long time, I’ve held off writing about the impact of AI on what we do. Partly, none of us knows the answer and…

Harry 7 March 2025

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Don’t just do something, stand there

A new air, a fresh day, the first narcissi and a sense of spring. The Write with Jericho course no longer occupies these emails –…

Harry 28 February 2025

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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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Showing, telling and breaking the rules

This week is a good and beautiful week, but also a sad week; a week that enters with the last note of a bugle fading…

Harry 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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