Vibrant Imaginative People
June 2022, Issue No. 9
Your VIP Newsletter from Soulla's Writing Room
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Hello my VIP and welcome to June’s newsletter.
Where have these first few months of 2022 gone? If you’ve been busy like me – and I hope your time has been spent creating and doing some of the things that you love – then you know how important it is to manage our time in a way which is rewarding and supportive of the life we want. I’m just getting my energy back after celebrating my granddaughter’s 3rd birthday a couple of weekends ago.
Entertaining is great fun but it’s also getting more and more tiring for me which is something I hate to admit to having always had a lot of va-va-voom in me.
My hands have been aching a lot too and I have recently been diagnosed with osteo-arthritis in my fingers. Boo-hoo! It’s a blow but I’m trying hard to stay positive and looking at other options out there, so I don’t have to spend quite so much time on my laptop.
If anyone has any suggestions, I’d welcome any support. I have so many stories I still want to write.
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Stage Play Fun, Writing and Your Help
A few months ago, I was supporting a writer with his story development. We were having our session with a cuppa in my local Café Nero when a man walked up to us and said to me, ‘You’re Soulla. I’m reading your book.’ I was completely taken by surprise.
He walked away and seconds later returned with a copy of Alexander and Maria in his hand. Surreal, right? He told me he was also writing something and would love to talk about publishing with me. We took a selfie, as I always do, and later that day we connected on Instagram.
A few weeks went by, and we arranged to meet up to talk about books, our writing, and the world of publishing. Derek is full of life; he’s enthusiastic, he’s encouraging, and he loves Alexander and Maria. Fast forward a few months and we are now working on a book to stage script for a stage production of Alexander and Maria.
One single moment in time has led to several fortuitous events and I am truly excited to now be formerly working alongside Derek Peart to bring my book to the stage. You can see a photo of Derek and the planning in my header. It was never ever something I imagined but being a part of this collaboration makes me realise that anything is possible.
Never give up on your dreams and remember that sometimes they are presented to you even when you’re not looking so keep your heart and mind open to possibilities.
Has anything happened in your life recently which has made you believe in your dreams?
The formatting for THE VILLAGE House is almost underway and the final book cover is near enough done. I am SO excited about this book, and my beta feedback was, on the whole, positive and in line with my own vision for the book. I have, however, decided to make a few alterations to two chapters. So please bear with me, as the book goes through this last part of its journey until it is released. Can’t wait to see it on your bookshelves and on your Kindles and reading apps.
My next book is coming along well too - yes, book 5! - and I would really like your help with a couple of details. The two main characters, Judith and Louise, both retired, live in a Cotswold village in two typically cottage-pretty homes.
I would like to invite you to name their homes. At the moment one is Chrysanthemum Cottage and the other is Rose Cottage. I’d love to replace these working-names for their homes with something you, my lovely reader suggests.
So, put on your thinking cap and let me have your suggestion. I will pick the most fitting and announce the chosen names in my next newsletter. And, of course, thank you in advance.
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Summer Days in my Garden
With the long-awaited sunnier, longer days Alan and I have been spending more time pottering (and working hard) in our garden. Being a small garden, it hasn’t been too huge a project to get it looking lovely. It’s been incredibly cathartic and a pastime I’ve embraced wholeheartedly; Alan does all the hard work and I do the pretty, arranging and dressing up; new garden furniture, bright cushions and throws and pots bursting with colour. We make a good team.
The raised pond Alan built last year is fully functional now – filled with water, a pump and fish! We have three koi carp and three goldfish and Eleni has named two of the koi we bought – Eleni and Ghosty! Too funny.
I love the sound of water (I’m a water sign) and find it relaxing sitting by the pond, listening to the trickle of the water and watching the fish swimming around. We have bought a very life-like heron – named Strawberry (!) by Eleni who is doing a brilliant job of keeping other birds away from the pond area but luckily they are still visiting us and the other morning I spotted two jays, a robin and two magpies.
What do you like most about Summer? What do you like most about your garden?
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SOCIAL MEDIA ETIQUETTE
I’ve thought long and hard about including this next piece but thought it was worth it if only to assure others that my beliefs relating to social media engagement are simple:
"Social Media should be a place of public love and support, of patience and kindness, of understanding and hand-holding, and equally one of quiet whispers where another woman's crown (or man's) has slipped."
Soulla Christodoulou @soullasays on Instagram
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VIP Member Spotlight
This month's VIP Member Spotlight is on Zuzana Taylor, a Transformational Business Coach and Heart-led Mentor.
She helps Intuitive Female Entrepreneurs (though I'm sure men would be able to learn a thing or two from her) step into the next level of aligned SUCCESS. Connect with their true self and follow their intuition. Regain their confidence to build the business and life they want, aligned with their core values and with their true calling in the world.
Zuzana’s tailored 1:1 coaching program and her signature group coaching is based on her 10 Powerful Pillars to Your Aligned Success.
She creates a safe space inside her Facebook group UNLEASH YOUR TRUE SELF for Intuitive female entrepreneurs to connect with their true, authentic selves and their purpose to achieve what they are truly here to do without the feeling of living someone else’s life.
You can connect with Zuzana on any of the links below:
Unleash Your True Self; https://www.facebook.com/groups/823250958050498
Facebook Page : https://www.facebook.com/creatingsuccessZT
Instagram ; https://www.instagram.com/zuzana_taylor/
Web: https://www.zuzanataylor.com/
And here is her free gift for you:
Five Top Tips To Help You Write Your Own Powerful Story!
https://powerfulstory.gr8.com/
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UNTIL NEXT TIME...
Wishing everyone celebrating the Queen's Platinum Jubilee a wonderful celebration and until next time stay safe, keep in touch and let me know what you're up to. And of course, if there's anything I can help you with.
Lots of 
Soulla x
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