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2023. 2 Reno ladies and a Reno baby who have never written beofre create their intertwined memoir TWELVE WORDS using 12-words. Bluemoose Books publish.

Tia. Immediately after writing TWELVE WORDS, I became a tutor at Gorse Hill Studio. Devised a play with my pupils. The biggest response I got was, ‘Miss, you’re writing about me.’ It will premier in the Lowry. The Royal Exchange are coming to see it. I enrolled on art foundation course. Now I paint, paid, at Hip Hop gigs. Paint to commission. I designed TWELVE WORDS cover, paid. I also wrote TWELVE WORDS blurb on the back cover. Before, I was an unemployed single mum.

Review by Gail Allott

Gail is the number one fan of the Reno memoirs, excavation, and Reno at the Whitworth.

Saturday 06.05.23

  • ‘I received the book about 2 hours ago, already on page 54. Catherine's first chapter "I hate SA" blew my mind, so relatable, she had a fuckin lucky escape. I need to get up and do stuff but the book man.'

  • ‘Linda I've done nothing all day but read this book!!! Well, I managed to cook a curry for the boys but apart from that I'm on page 167.’

  • ‘I'm gonna stop now coz I know I'll stay up all night and finish it. Gonna watch a bit of TV then start again tomorrow. Good night, Miss Brogan.’ 

Sunday 07.05.23

  • ‘Jesus Christ, these ladies are brave and fuckin courageous. Finished the book, sobbing. What a fuckin read, raw as fuck truths.’ 

  • ‘What I found really interesting was the three different styles of writing but how they blend in with each other’s truths. The humour interlocking with the trauma. But really important was that I felt a sense of relief from these ladies to have expressed their release of the traumas.’ 

Monday 08.05.23

  • ‘I actually decided today after finishing the book that I too need to release emotions, trauma, and suppressed boxed away secrets. So, I've decided to start jotting things down, not to share with anyone but just to release them from my heart and mind.’

  • ‘It's my god given right to tell my truth, even if no one ever sees it, I will, and it will free me.’ xxx

  • ‘Night Linda, I swear this book has had such an impact on my process of thought my mind is in overdrive. I pray it has the same impact on others when they read it. I've just read sections of my life written by three women who dared to write it and share it.’ Xxx

Participants of 12-week 12-words course

TC: Inspiring. Powerful. Allows you to make changes. Draw boundaries. Because I’m taking risks which I haven’t taken for years. Caught up in the angst of it all. It’s like having treatment through writing. I’ve been going around in my life ashamed: I’ve been thinking people can see what has happened to me. But how could they see it? How could they know it? This writing therapy is clean, it is not clogged. There are no comebacks. We are looked after. There are no comebacks. I get to look after that kid these things happened to. There is a reward for it. I can leave it, the trauma. I am with kindred spirits. They feed me.

 

BL: Scared. Apprehensive. Unsure. Unworthy. To becoming. I can do this. I can do this. I have changed so much. For the first time I don’t fidget. I am undiagnosed ADHD; all I could think is what’s gonna happen. I was all over the place. Now I have confidence. More confidence. I have stepped outside of my comfort zone.

 

DC: I feel well on my way. I understand myself in my writing. Initially it was difficult. But I’ve grown to love it. I now question my job. I enjoy writing so much I want to write all the time. I no longer find hairdressing creative. I do 12-hour days. I just want to write.

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