Jericho Writers

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Eleanor 'Ellie' Pilcher is currently Head of Digital Marketing & Campaigns at Bookouture. She has also been a multi-award-winning freelance
marketing consultant, author, content creator on TikTok
and Lecturer on Publishing at Kingston University.

Debbie Young is the author of 17 cosy mystery novels,
short fiction, plays, and non-fiction, traditionally and
independently published. She is also the founder &
director of the Hawkesbury Upton Literature Festival. In
addition, Debbie is a Jericho mentor and tutor on the Simply Self-Publish course.

Join Debbie Young and Eleanor Pilcher for the Marketing for Authors panel at London Festival of Writing this June. Marketing can be a vast and confusing landscape that is always changing. We've drafted in these two experts to offer their insights for getting readers buzzing about your book.

Want to follow in Alessandra 's footsteps? Join us as a Premium Member to access the upcoming return of Meet Your Match later this month. We’ll be choosing our favourite pitch out of those submitted to win an Agent One-to-One session, so make sure to perfect it before you post.

Shortly afterwards, Alessandra had multiple full manuscript requests from agents, eventually announcing representation with Harry Illingworth. Murder at the Hotel Orient was then snapped up by publishers in the UK and US and is scheduled for release in April for the UK and May for the US this year.

Today, we're delighted to celebrate the success story of Alessandra Ranelli, who won our Meet Your Match competition in 2024. We were hooked by her pitch and she won a free Agent One-to-One session, having a great experience and picking up mutiple full requests.

Visit our website and check out our Simply Self-Publish course, which will equip you with all the tools you need to self-publish successfully: zurl.co/OBmZ7

Tempted to go the self-pub route yourself and retain creative control - not to mention significantly more of your earnings than you would with a traditional deal?

In this week's Tuesday newsletter, indie publishing expert Debbie Young kindly shared her experience of becoming a self-published author - and her insight on why it's not the 'road block' to trad publishing that some might assume!

🔗 Want more information on any of these courses? Visit our website for all the details you need: zurl.co/iwFV6

Save 10% on 'by application' courses including the Ultimate Novel Writing Programme with code FLASH10%, and get £50 off our shorter courses with code FLASH50 when you apply by midnight on Tuesday 10 March.

🌟 Last chance!🌟

Time is running out to claim your discount on our flagship creative writing courses - and these are the last special offers we'll run on these upcoming programmes!

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If you'd like to take part in Getting Published Month, you can get 10% off Premium Membership for a limited time with the code GETPUBLISHED10 at checkout (only valid on pay-upfront and pay-monthly plans until 31 March).

📹 Video courses to sharpen your query package or learn about self-publishing

This Getting Published Month we've got brilliant resources for whichever publication route you're considering:

📚 Workshops, Q&As & feedback sessions
💡 Expert insight from bestselling authors, agents & industry pros

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Led by Sunday Times bestseller Rowan Coleman, it will equip you with the tools and knowledge you need to define your place in this competitive corner of the publishing industry. Start with a strong idea, and finish with the skills, motivation and confidence to complete a manuscript that shines.

Are you a lover of romantic fiction? 💖 Keen to craft a page-turner that tugs on the heart strings, sizzles with chemistry and leaves your readers sighing with delight? Then look no further than our ✨brand new✨ Writing Romance Novels course!

Congratulations, this is amazing news! Do keep us updated on how it goes.

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Want your readers to fall in love with your characters? 💛
Join Rowan Coleman at the London Festival of Writing. Rowan is the Sunday Times bestselling and award-winning author of 16 romance novels, and also writes romantic comedy under the name Stella Hayward.✨zurl.co/fZe75

Run, don't walk... 🏃🏃🏃
Time is running out to claim your discount on our flagship creative writing courses!
Save 10% on 'by application' courses including the Ultimate Novel Writing Programme with the code FLASH10%, and get £50 off our shorter courses with code FLASH50.

Correction: the above should read Mike Murray.

Thank you Kate and we're excited to see where your journey takes you too!

If you think your writing would benefit from a year's intense coaching on the Ultimate Novel Writing Programme, applications are still open but close soon. We’re also currently running an exclusive offer so you can save 10%. Use code FLASH10% when you apply before 10 March.

A huge thanks again to the programme alums who contributed to the bursary and made it possible: Cory Sinnott, Alan Kane Fraser, Nan Doré, Kate Sheehan-Finn, Eleanor Bird, H Martin, Anne Potter, Ed Peile, Gray Doyle, Rachel Davidson, Joanna Mabon, Lorna Taylor, Phyllisann Maguire and Barbara Duff.

We’d also like to celebrate our brilliant runners‑up — Mike Murphy, Teresa McDonell, and Zoe Wadsworth — whose applications showed exceptional promise. Each has received a year’s free Premium Membership to support them as they continue their writing journey.

Rachel says: “I am thrilled to have won the Jericho Ultimate Novel Writing Programme bursary – what a phenomenal opportunity! With the support and guidance from the course, I hope to craft the story that's been living in my head for years. A dream come true!”

Huge congratulations to Rachel McLaughlin — the official recipient of our Ultimate Novel Writing Programme Bursary! 🎉📝

Her application blew our voting panel away, and we’re so excited to champion her work as she develops her novel with us.