Vibrant Imaginative People

April 2026, Issue No.49

Your VIP Newsletter from Soulla's Writing Room

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Hello my dear VIP... what a beautiful day it is today and I feel like the spring is finally really here! I am feeling lighter and there's a little bounce in my step which I am really welcoming into my day-to-day activities whether chores around the house, taking a walk in my local park or working.

How are these beautiful spring days making you feel? And if you're on the other side of the world and moving into autumn what does that feel like?

Alan and I were at the beautiful birthday gathering of a dear friend at the weekend -- we ate some deliciously fragrant Indian food, danced into the night in her kitchen and shared a few happy tears too. I am so grateful to have Corinne in my life... and chatting over a yummy cooked breakfast the following morning we talked and talked. She's such a soulful person and our conversations always take us somewhere deep yet unexpected, and I always look at the world in a shinier light after spending time with her.

I pulled the "Many Paths" card too in her deck of Mystical Shaman Pocket Oracle Cards and I am feeling so aligned with its invitation to take bog, bold steps and leave the beaten path behind me. I like the idea that heaven and earth are conspiring together to support me as I step out of my comfort zone and into pastures new!

How was your weekend?

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Behind The Scenes

Adapting a novel for the screen is, in many ways, more demanding than writing an original script. It requires a delicate balance — refining nuance, condensing scenes and characters, and reshaping the narrative — while preserving the truth and essence of the original work.

To give this process the space and focus it deserves, screenwriter Athena Mandis retreated to Hastings for a week recently to fine-tune what is already an incredible script. I can’t wait to read the latest draft.

Do you have a favourite place to escape whether to recharge or find your creative mojo again?

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Cyprus is Calling

There's only a few days to go before my 5-day trip to Cyprus to pitch THE SUMMER WILL COME at the Cyprus Diaspora Forum 2026 taking place at the Amara in Limassol.

I will be attending with the producer of the film Ioanna Karavela of EP:IK Pictures and Athena. I will also be talking about my inspiration for the book and how my parents' migration story planted a seed which took me down a long research journey and, eventually, writing the novel.

Here is the pitch Athena has been sharing across her social media:

As Cyprus rises toward independence from the British in the 1950s, Evangelia flees with her children to London to rebuild her life—but as both she and her homeland claim their freedom, she is forced to confront the quiet, irreversible cost of displacement.

Now more than ever, in a world where migrants are dehumanised, this story reminds us that leaving home is never just an act of movement, but a decision whose repercussions move with you.

Migration doesn’t end with one generation, it lives on, shaping who we are, and who we are still becoming.

This film invites us to ask: once we are uprooted, can we ever truly belong? Or are we forever searching for a place to call home?

A timely project to tell the story of our migration story and how it was shaped by British Colonialism.

I'm going to try to get as much Vitamin D as I can while I am there. It's 22 degrees now and I can already feel the warmth of the sun on my face. I might even have a dip in the sea...

And, of course, if you fancy your own little escape to Cyprus, and are keen to read THE SUMMER WILL COME before the movie, you can order or download it here... and please share your thoughts with me. I'd love to know what resonated with you.

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I hope you've enjoyed this month's newsletter and I hope to have more movie news for you next month as well as some updates on my non-fiction book about making space for creative writing; Unveiling the Magic, a journey into the heart of writing.

Until May the 28th, stay happy, make time for reading and

do the things that make you smile.

Lots of love, Soulla xxx



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