Vibrant Imaginative People
August 2021, Issue No. 2
Your VIP Newsletter from Soulla's Writing Room
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Hello my VIP
Everyone’s fabulous feedback following my first ever newsletter to you in July left me feeling super-motivated and immensely grateful to have each and every one of you in my life so welcome to your next newsletter.
I've had a lot of fun putting it together so I hope you enjoy reading!
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BOOKS GLORIOUS BOOKS
This quote has certainly made me feel close to invincible recently and I'm delivering on my promise with some book and writing news.
In the third week of July I finally finished the first read-through of my next novel, The Village House! It felt like a definite moment to celebrate, even though there is still a lot of work to do. The relief to get to this next stage of my writing is tremendous. So I wanted to share the opening lines from the current draft with you.
Any creative person will tell you how nerve wracking it is to share new work for the first time. It kinda feels like I’m splitting myself open and letting you in to see and experience what I’ve been pouring out; often messy, hopeful, raw and always optimistic.
So what do you think? Does it grab your attention? Do you want to read some more?
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CELEBRATION OF A DIFFERENT KIND
Thirty-one years ago (I know, how old am I?!) I graduated from Portsmouth Polytechnic on the south coast of the UK with a BA in Hotel and Catering Management. On the 20th July 2021 my youngest son graduated from the same institution, now the University of Portsmouth with a BA (Hons) in Business and Business Management.
To be back, in a full circle, to the first place I studied while living away from home, as did my son, was an incredibly proud and poignant moment for me. Hearing his name being called out and watching him walk up on stage with the other Class of 2021 graduates was an indescribable experience of joy and reward.
Children are our futures and it struck me how he is now an adult going out into the world, a very different world to the one I went into, yet undoubtedly with similar, if not the same values, hopes and aspirations, as I did all those years ago.
Have you experienced anything recently which took you back to a place where you remember looking forward as a younger you? What would you say to yourself if you could speak to that younger, less experienced you? Were your needs different to what they are now?
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AND ON THAT NOTE WHAT DO YOU NEED RIGHT NOW?
Why not take a moment to think about what it is you need right now. Is it love? Is it peace? Is it adventure? Is it nature? This past month has been full on for me with writing, client edits and new projects on the horizon. I would definitely pick peace and nature to balance out the stresses and busy-ness of my days.
I spent some time cutting out words from magazines, so take what your soul craves and needs to re-align and bring some balance back into your life.
I arranged the words for a photo but have put them inside a pretty card and I know I can take them out and look through them whenever I need to. It’s a little act of kindness for me and we all need to spare a little time for self-care, don’t we?
Raspberry-picking totally relaxed me recently and I even baked a cake! (Recipe below) And I also created a summer word search so why not download using the link below and go word-hunting?
RECIPE: Raspberry and Almond Cake
WORD-HUNT: Summer Word Search
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VIP MEMBER SPOTLIGHT…
My first spotlight is on an online gift ware and home accessories business, Hearts & Finch, run by my sister Lia Seaward, and I hope that you'll find something to brighten your day and bring some sunshine into your home.
“I have always been interested in interiors having worked as part of the display team at Habitat and Selfridges in my previous career. My passion has always been home accessories, gifts and soft furnishings which now, years later, inspired H&F. The best part of what I do is making personalised items and sourcing new products which I think my customers will love. Unwrapping them when they arrive is always so exciting but even more exciting is sending them out to new homes.”
Lia Seaward, Hearts & Finch
All VIPs can enjoy 20% off on any order over £20.00 using the code SUMMER21 and can be used as many times as you like up to 31st December 2021.
Happy Shopping - www.heartsandfinch.com/
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UNTIL NEXT TIME
So that brings our catch up to a close. Thank you so much for reading, for inspiring me and for sharing with your friends.
I'd love to hear from you so please drop me a line, message me, text me... and if you'd like to be on the VIP Member Spotlight let me know.
Stay safe, stay well and stay in contact.
With much love always
Soulla xxx
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