Our biggest success story so far. How one of our regular writing events attendees got her literary agent in one week!

If you've been following Secret Writing Retreats for a while you may recognise Kerry Williams as our guest author from our Romantasy and Fantasy Retreat Day, but what you might not know is that Kerry had been attending our writing events long before we asked her to be one of our special guests.

An indie author in her own right, we've loved being a part of Kerry's own journey and now we're thrilled to celebrate and share the exciting news that Kerry has recently signed for representation with top literary agent Maddie Belton at Madeleine Milburn.

Romantic Fantasy author Kerry Williams at our retreat event at Warwick Castle

Kerry said:

"I completed parts of the manuscript that got me the agent at your events. Secret Writing Retreats were very much part of the journey in giving time and space to write." We wish Kerry all the best and can't wait to see more of her journey as she continues her writing success in traditional publishing.

If you want to follow the rest of Kerry's journey, you can follow her on instagram and tiktok as @kerrywilliamsauthor and find her website here at kerrywilliamsauthor.co.uk

You can also listen or watch our Prose and Pastries podcast episode with Kerry giving us the full story on how she got her agent in one week, here on Youtube or on Spotify.

You can find more stories of our writing successes here and here.