Thank you! And no, I’d been doing all this without an agent until now and decided it was well overdue. She handles some of my favourite writers, so I’m very pleased to be signed up with her.
And I’ll have everything crossed for you for some amazing upcoming deals and advances with a brilliant agent on your side (plus your incredible talent). 🤩🥰🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻
What a beautiful write up and what worthwhile work you’re doing. 🫶🏻🥰 Would love to donate a small amount to the biscuit fund so you can buy more treats for these men. Goodness knows by the sound of it some have had few kindnesses. 😭 I loved your brother’s story and as you say, thank goodness he had the wherewithal to sort his life out and the family support too.
Thank you for sharing, Adam. As a mental health nursing student (many years ago) I spent time working in a Cat B prison, and also witnessed the positive impact and lifeline that creative writing/poetry writing and reading can have on prisoners. Creativity is so important for self-expression and reflection. My brother also did something silly and uncharacteristic as a vulnerable and immature 19 year old and was handed a lengthy (unfair) sentence given it was a first offence, with many extenuating circumstances. He absolutely deserved a sentence and to learn from his criminal mistake, yet reading, learning and writing kept him alive and growing whilst in prison.
It was my brother's time inside that really opened this up for me. Talking about his experience, I started getting invited into prisons to run these workshops. The response from guys who have so often been told that they and their experiences are worthless is often astounding. And at every session I hear work from at least one guy and think "bloody hell, you're a writer!" I don't think these sessions are a cure for society's ills but like you say, they definitely keep people growing and they offer new possibilities.
I really enjoyed this, thank you for sharing! I watched Waiting For The Out also and found it utterly brilliant!
Great isn’t it? Made me so anxious at times but well worth sitting in that feeling.
Congrats on your agent! Is it a new one? 🤔 And happy 50th! 🥳
Thank you! And no, I’d been doing all this without an agent until now and decided it was well overdue. She handles some of my favourite writers, so I’m very pleased to be signed up with her.
Ahh congrats! That’s incredible. ❤️🥰🥳🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻
And I’ll have everything crossed for you for some amazing upcoming deals and advances with a brilliant agent on your side (plus your incredible talent). 🤩🥰🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻
What a beautiful write up and what worthwhile work you’re doing. 🫶🏻🥰 Would love to donate a small amount to the biscuit fund so you can buy more treats for these men. Goodness knows by the sound of it some have had few kindnesses. 😭 I loved your brother’s story and as you say, thank goodness he had the wherewithal to sort his life out and the family support too.
Thank you for sharing, Adam. As a mental health nursing student (many years ago) I spent time working in a Cat B prison, and also witnessed the positive impact and lifeline that creative writing/poetry writing and reading can have on prisoners. Creativity is so important for self-expression and reflection. My brother also did something silly and uncharacteristic as a vulnerable and immature 19 year old and was handed a lengthy (unfair) sentence given it was a first offence, with many extenuating circumstances. He absolutely deserved a sentence and to learn from his criminal mistake, yet reading, learning and writing kept him alive and growing whilst in prison.
It was my brother's time inside that really opened this up for me. Talking about his experience, I started getting invited into prisons to run these workshops. The response from guys who have so often been told that they and their experiences are worthless is often astounding. And at every session I hear work from at least one guy and think "bloody hell, you're a writer!" I don't think these sessions are a cure for society's ills but like you say, they definitely keep people growing and they offer new possibilities.