LOOKING FOR FRIENDS

Hi – anyone want o be my friend? Im new to Townhouse, and maybe there’s a section where we apply to find members of our…

roisin.maguire 27 March 2021

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Gogs and building it bad….

Harry Bingham encourages us to be loose here and there with the correctness of things- an invented word or puzzling confluence of ideas.  In my…

Harry 26 March 2021

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White chairs, green terraces

A few weeks back, one of you excellent people recommended George Saunders’s book on reading and writing, A Swim In A Pond In The Rain.…

Harry 26 March 2021

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Your agent submission checklist

What all agent submissions should include.¬† What a week we have for members! We’ve got no less than THREE webinars coming in the next five…

Esther 23 March 2021

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MEMBERS ONLY: Self-editing webinar 30 March

Hi folks, there’s a (members only) webinar coming up on 30 March, where I’m going to pick out a few chunks of your work and…

Harry 22 March 2021

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The Loneliness

I’ve done some rewriting, and added more to it this week.  It is slow in coming.  All feedback is appreciated as I am a novice!…

celestialheaven 19 March 2021

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Building it bad to build it right

One particular joy I have as a writer and a reader is sentences that work, because they don’t. Here’s an example (from Dodie Smith again,…

Harry 19 March 2021

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What agents want to see from your pitch

Hone your elevator pitch with our experts this week¬† We‚Äôre back with our popular Slushpile Live webinar this week with a special focus on the…

Esther 16 March 2021

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The Loneliness

The Loneliness There were many things Carol had learned in her 49 years of life, one of which was that the thing she called The…

celestialheaven 16 March 2021

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Community competitions: terms and conditions

– Unless stated otherwise, all prize draws and competitions are open to worldwide entrants aged 18 or over.    – Jericho Writers is not responsible…

Holly 15 March 2021

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