Summer has officially started It’s the first of June, which means today is the first day of the Summer Festival of Writing 2021! In this newsletter, we look forward to three months of brilliant online writing events and feature a...

Hi Roisin and BexR, Nice to meet you as writing friends. I'm very new to this 'posting' lark and am not sure if I'm doing things properly. However, I'll soldier on and hope you see this! I write women's romantic fiction - lighthearted...

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! The Loneliness There were many things Carol had learned in her 49 years of life, one of which was that the...

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 Loneliness was loud, almost too loud for her to bear each day. It usually started at dusk, when the sun set...

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We are Jo. Jo – short for Josephine – is our preferred pseudonym. We are a (happily) married couple. He mostly writes scientific papers, she is a published novelist. She writes in Italian. English is not our native tongue, so creative...

A bloody hell, blinded heart  Man of nothing, moan thy part  Of no respect, for fine spir't  The kind that loves, finds merit  That lies breathless, brands sorrows  All peers bemoan, pob ymaros 

Been picking at my book every day. 7700 or so words, 6 chapters and roughly 25% complete to bring me with an estimated 36,000 word word count. Though likely that will be too short and will need to be worked in a second draft. As 36,000...

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Hello everyone, I have some happy news I'd like to share with you about my novel The Age of Smiling Secrets. Some background: a few years ago, I approached Writers Workshops (as it was then) for help with my novel. Cut long story short,...

Hi everyone. Stop me if you think you've heard this one before. I had a good idea for a novel. I started writing. I wrote about 20000 words. Then I gave up. I put it on the shelf, so to speak, and had another idea. I thought: This...

Michael Rosen, the much loved author of We Are Going on a Bear Hunt, was told he 'might not wake up' when he was put on a ventilator after being admitted to hospital with Covid. He's now safe at home and recovering. Click to read the...

Joining our Townhouse community is easy and free. Just follow these steps... Go to community.jerichowriters.com (this will open in a new window so you can continue to follow this guide) – this is a different platform to our main Jericho...

Mm, shall I write about the Big Taboo? Okay, let’s put it this way: if the Voice Upstairs called down to me “Come in Gerry, your time is up”, how would I feel? Well, on a purely selfish level, I’d be fascinated and excited at the...

Wow, January is nearly over and as we limp, blooded and skint, towards the first payday since Christmas, here is a little round up of the interesting and thought-provoking (and sometimes downright witty) stuff we’ve been talking about on...

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Hi everyone, we had such an interesting week of discussions, news and ideas that I thought it might be nice to do a quick round-up in case you missed anything. Firstly though, a little plea. If you’ve not yet added a photo to your...

Hi, everyone. I joined before Xmas but had problems with login and had to join using a new password. As a result, I can't access the various discussions to which I had previously subscribed and for which I am still receiving emails, to...