6: Pitching to the New York Times, Writing Competitions and Tuning Up, with Stephen Harrison

Stephen Harrison joins Kerry to discuss his career as a columnist, and the process of writing his Wikipedia-themed novel, 'The Editors'. They cover different methods of getting ready to write, including Stephen's essential 'tuning up' time.

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Guest Starring:

Stephen Harrison

Links and Show Notes:

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Relay for St Jude - St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

The Bridport Prize for Memoir

Subscribe to Kerry's Substack

Stephen's Slate Column

Wallace Stephens (Poet)

Ulysses: Writing app

Obsidian: Notetaking app

Save the Cat! Writes a Novel: The Last Book On Novel Writing You'll Ever Need

Hemingway’s advice on writing

History of the New York City Subway

Stephen's first piece for The New York Times

Inkshares: The writing competition Stephen Harrison entered (and won!)

Subscribe to Stephen’s Substack, Source Notes

Stephen’s website

Buy Stephen’s book, ‘The Editors’