10: From Writing in Lockdown to a Publishing Deal, with Kerry Downes

In this episode, Kerry Downes joins Kerry (the regular one) to discuss how one writing course, taken after delving into fiction writing during lockdown, lead to her career as a author.

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Guest Starring:

Kerry Downes

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Pre-order Kerry's book, 'That Time Everything Was On Fire'

Writing Your Novel — 3 Months | Curtis Brown Creative

The course Kerry undertook to write her debut fiction novel.

'Notes to Self' by Emilie Pine

“If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.” — Toni Morrison

"There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed." — Ernest Hemingway

'The Midnight Library' by Matt Haig

Faber Academy | Creative Writing Courses

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