Debi Alper

NEW NO-AUDITION CHOIR KLAXON

Oooh, look! @jerichowriters.bsky.social have released the dates for the next 3 Self-Edit Your Novel courses. If you like to plan ahead, sign up now. jerichowriters.com/creative-wri...

🔗 We have one or two spaces still available on the course that begins next week - so if you'd like to join us, it's not too late! Visit our website for more information or to secure your spot now: zurl.co/6sp8a

I'm so excited to work with Rosalind. Her novel grabbed my attention as soon as I saw her application for the bursary. A couple of places left on the course starting next week. Link in thread. 👇

Finished your draft novel or creative non-fiction, but something feels off? Well aware it needs editing, but you don’t know where to start? Join @debialper.bsky.social and me @jerichowriters for our next Self-Edit Your Novel course: jerichowriters.com/creative-wri...

Deadline to save £100 on the self-edit course is midnight tonight! 717 alumni and well over 100 now published. Join us!

✨We're thrilled to announce the finalists for this year's Friday Night Live competition!✨ We cannot wait to hear your amazing pieces read live at our Gala Dinner this Saturday 13th June at the London Festival of Writing. Please join us in wishing them congratulations and good luck for the final.🎉

£100 off? That hardly ever happens. Grab the opportunity while you can and join me and @emmadarwinwriter.bsky.social for our 62nd self-edit course. 717 alumni and well over 100 now published.

There's a lot of pressure on the beginning of a book. Your novel's opening has to do multiple jobs, all at once: hook your reader, establish your characters and start building their world... Here, @debialper.bsky.social offers her tips for working out if you've got your opening right...

🏃Run, don't walk...🏃 We're offering one lucky author the chance to grab a bursary place on the next Self-Edit Your Novel course, which starts on 16 June 2026. To be in with your chance of receiving it, please submit a piece of writing, plus your reasons for applying, by 5 June.

Closing out the London Festival of Writing, we have award-nominated and bestselling author Daniel Aubrey in conversation with Debi Alper. From his inspiring journey, discover how to navigate hurdles so that you can still make the most of being a writer, whatever stage you're at.

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Do you know the difference between your 'right brain' and 'left brain'? Is it really true that we create with one and analyse with the other? Here, @debialper.bsky.social explains why the distinction, though imperfect, can be extremely useful when you're writing or polishing a novel...

STILL UNCLAIMED! It's #buyastrangerabook day! If you'd like a book, but aren't sure what, let @melissaschuh.bsky.social know the kinda stuff you like reading. Melissa will offer you a choice of 4 books. Choose your favourite, Melissa will buy it for you! Get in touch! UK only.

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Self-Edit Your Novel is our longest-running course, and now boasts more than 100 published authors among its alumni! 🔗 Want to know more about Self-Edit Your Novel? VIsit our website for more information or to secure your spot as part of our June cohort: zurl.co/k7uqE

Thinking of joining us at this year's London Festival of Writing? Or are you buzzing with excitement, ticket and agent one-to-ones already booked? Either way, check out these tips from author and 2025 Friday Night Live winner Kate Emilie.

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Deadline to apply for the bursary is midnight tonight! jerichowriters.com/jericho-writ...

Zinzi has tweeted in support.

Labour are definitely scared! This is the leaflet being delivered in Southwark today.

Just updated our Hall of Fame. 110 now published! Discount offer ends at midnight.

Just updated our Hall of Fame. 110 now published! Discount offer ends at midnight.

Su-May is one of the 8 bursary winners who are now published. Could you be next? Please apply if you're eligible.

Sign up for the Self-Edit course I run with @emmadarwinwriter.bsky.social for @jerichowriters.bsky.social for the chance to be inscribed in our Hall of Fame! 705 alumni, 109 now published. debialper.blogspot.com/2025/06/self...

£50 off the Self-Edit course? Hell, yeah. Offer ends 11 Feb. 👇

We have a wonderful double bill of events taking place for Premium Members today, first up is our Ask Jericho Writers Anything session with special guest author, editor and tutor @debialper.bsky.social at 4pm GMT. This is a great chance to have your writing questions answered by our team.

The February weather is dreary here in the UK, but we've decided to brighten things up with a 💡FLASH SALE💡 on some of our most popular creative writing courses! Perfect timing for anyone whose New Year's writing resolutions have foundered...

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Apply code BLACK50 at checkout for £50 off. Offer ends at midnight Friday 5 December. 👇

Offer ends at midnight tonight! 👇

Offer ends at midnight tonight! 👇

Learning to self-edit yourr fiction and creative non-fiction is THE best way to develop your craft. Self-Edit Your Novel with @debialper.bsky.social and me @jerichowriters.bsky.social does just that. 14 years; 59 courses; 693 alumni; 108 pubbed (so far). Book by 5 Dec & save £50 buff.ly/88QkG5v

I mean, I did this course and look where I am now… can’t say anything else, really! Just DO IT! Well worth every penny!

Enter code BLACK50 at checkout for £50 off!

Apply code BLACK50 at checkout for £50 off. Offer ends at midnight Friday 5 December. 👇

Apply before end of Nov to get the self-edit course at the lowest price! jerichowriters.com/creative-writing-courses/self-editing-course/

If you've ever wondered whether our Self-Edit Your Novel course is worth it - or whether you should bother applying for our free bursary place - allow course leader Debi Alper to enlighten you...

Bursary klaxon! 📢📢📢https://www.instagram.com/p/DRUp_1qCMfe/?igsh=MWNvYnA3MTVyNTRhbQ==

Writers finish the six week course with fresher, more compelling books, as well as the tools to draft and edit more effectively in future. 🔗 The next course begins on 6 January 2026. Visit our website to secure your spot now! zurl.co/WG4nS

Make 2026 the year when you change your writing - and maybe even your life - forever. 👇

If you want to strengthen your muscles, you go to the gym. If you want to strengthen your manuscript, we recommend the best-selling Self-Edit Your Novel course - no spandex required!

Bursary time! Please apply if you're eligible and join me and @emmadarwinwriter.bsky.social in January. 👇