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

Jan 31, 2025
51:43

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

Links and Show Notes:

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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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