Do you need a kick-start as a writer?

Or maybe you’ve already set yourself a writing goal but you’ve got bogged down?

Or have you finished your manuscript and need a second opinion?

I offer a suite of  services to help you meet your literary deadline, whether imposed or self-created.

1. a bespoke weekly mentoring programme with tutorial sessions over three months for beginners or early writers.
2. a guided writing/reviewing course for those in the middle of a project.
3. a reader’s report on a finished piece of work, with a once-off appraisal and/or editing service for a fixed fee.

I’m an award-winning novelist and short fiction writer, and a professional editor of long-standing. I’ve taught creative writing at third level in the US and Ireland for 20 years.

You can see my professional profile on LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/mary-morrissy-778a1916/

Please contact me on thedeadlinedesk@gmail.com for further details. 

 

 TESTIMONIALS

‘After finishing an early draft of my debut novel, I knew I needed a fresh pair of eyes on the manuscript. Immediately I thought of Mary Morrissy, a writer I greatly admire, and whose Deadline Desk services I’d heard glowing praise of from other writers. She was the obvious choice. Unsurprisingly, her feedback was brilliant – astute, constructive, thorough on both macro and micro levels, all with a sharp gaze that cut to the heart of the novel’s weaknesses at that point. I wholeheartedly recommend Mary’s services!’  – Noel O’Regan, author of Though the Bodies Fall (Granta) 2023.

Mary Morrissy is a brilliant writer and wonderful, skilful and kind mentor. I’ve been fortunate to have had editorial input from Mary on a number of occasions, from my fledgeling short stories – one of which one the Penguin/RTE Guide short story competition – and more recently with two novels. In each instance , quite simply, her input has made them better. quite apart from her own wonderful writing, I have such faith in her creative ideas and her editorial suggestions. So often, I had that “Oh yes, of course” moment when she illuminated a problem or just queried the possibility of a different way of approaching something – Laura McKenna, author of Words to Shape my Name, (New Island Books), shortlisted for the Listowel Writers Week Novel of the Year, 2021.

I can’t recommend Mary highly enough. I’m convinced my first book would not have been published without her help – Tadhg Coakley, author of The First Sunday in September and Whatever it Takes (Mercier Press)

Mary Morrissy is the most incisive, focused guide I’ve ever been taught by, and a great motivating force when it comes to pushing through from that messy first draft to the final manuscript. Without her help and support I would not have left the starting gate! – Adrian Wistreich, author of Miriam and It’s Good for You (Amazon)

I’d like to thank Mary Morrissy for reading the novel and making several crucial suggestions – Moya Roddy, A Wiser Girl ( wordsonthestreet, 2020)

I would never have gotten into fiction writing without you – Alison Driscoll, Writer-in- Residence at the Molly Keane House, 2020/21

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