It can take years of hard work to become a great writer

UCC lecturer Mary Morrissy says a proper writing course may have gotten her to that IMPAC nomination a bit sooner, writes Colette Sheridan

WRITER Mary Morrissy, who also lectures on the masters in creative writing at University College Cork, says she would have benefitted from such a course when she began her career.

But Morrissy, long-listed for the 2015 IMPAC literary award for her novel, The Rising of Bella Casey, admits she spent years making basic mistakes.