All the Books and All the Fun at London Book Fair 2022
52 by Soulla Christodoulou Welcome and hello! It’s been a busy week with London Book Fair 2022 and as usual there’s been a lot of networking, chatter about books and publishing and a whole lot of laughter. One of the best things about mooching around @londonbookfair is the people you meet who are “it-feels-like-this-was-meant-to-be” […]
The Summer Will Come Book to Movie Project
65 by Soulla Christodoulou Hello and welcome to this week’s blog which is an extremely exciting one for me and a dream come true as The Summer Will Come begins its journey from book to movie! I have been working with a scriptwriter, who read the book and loved it. With her background in film-making […]
Kindness Matters
112 by Soulla Christodoulou Next week on the 17th of February it’s Random Acts of Kindness Day. I highlighted the day in my January newsletter and the response I received was just fabulous! 𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐜𝐚 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝, “𝐈’𝐦 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐦𝐮𝐦 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡.” 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐚 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝, “𝐈’𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐮𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐪𝐮𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 […]
My Writing Rituals
83 by Soulla Christodoulou As a writer, I often get asked about my writing rituals and to be honest they do change depending on the time of year, what my other commitments are and what mood I’m in! So in all honesty my writing life changes… and changes a lot but one thing that remains […]
Beta Readers and Why I Wouldn’t Be Without Them
77 by Soulla Christodoulou Welcome to this week’s post about Beta Readers and why I wouldn’t be without them. A Beta Reader is someone who I select to read my manuscript from start to finish, prior to the story being sent out to publishers if publishing traditionally or before uploading to a publishing site if […]
Pussy Cat Pussy Cat Poetry by Soulla Christodoulou
26 by Soulla Christodoulou Hello and welcome to this week’s fun poetry blog post! I celebrated my birthday a couple of weeks ago and my boys treated me to a fabulously delicious and decadent Chinese meal in the West End. We took lots and lots of photos and Alan took this one of Eleni and […]
On Happiness: An Exhibition of Joy and Tranquillity at the Wellcome Collection, London (part two)
39 by Soulla Christodoulou Hello and welcome to the second of my two-part blog post which I’m really excited to share with you. I recently visited the On Happiness Exhibition at Euston’s Wellcome Collection. What a wonderfully immersive experience it was! The exhibition was divided into two parts and so I’m focusing on the tranquillity […]
On Happiness: An Exhibition of Joy and Tranquillity at the Wellcome Collection, London (part one)
53 by Soulla Christodoulou Hello and welcome to this week’s blog where I’m sharing my recent trip to the On Happiness Exhibition at the Wellcome Collection in Euston, London. The exhibition was divided into two parts and this week I’m focusing on the part of Joy. I must admit this was an odd take on […]
Your Hand In Mine Poetry by Soulla Christodoulou
56 by Soulla Christodoulou Happy Thursday! I had a moment with Alan and the moment transpired into a poem… always writing, always creating. “𝚈𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕𝚜 𝚜𝚘 𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚈𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚌𝚑 𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚍𝚜 𝚖𝚢 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚠𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚎 𝚈𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝙸 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕 𝚜𝚊𝚏𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚖 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚈𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚗 […]
Free Writing and letting Your Creativity Lead The Way
39 by Soulla Christodoulou Hello and welcome to this week’s blog post which is a little later than usual in its publication time because I wanted to included my participation in a free-writing event today. I was super excited to be taking part in this free @eventbriteuk @atlondonbridge event which I saw advertised on Instagram […]