Time Capsules and Making Things Happen

Recently I have been hugely privilaged to be a part creating of the 2010 Canterbury Time Capsule, a project designed to collect letters about everyday people's experiences of the recent Canterbury Earthquake and preserve them in a Time Capsule for fifty years. There are many ways of telling a story, and this one feels profoundly meaningful to me as it is the best kind of story there is - a real one.

Understanding how the same event can lead to such a huge variety of experiences is vital for an author. For some people, it signified the destruction of everything they had worked for - while for others it meant the ability to rebuild something better. The other important thing I have realized is that the meaning is not static - what might have started out a bad thing can morph into a positive experience or vice versa.

In the past, I have usually thought of myself as a small person - I am only 22 years old, I have no real connections to the business world, I work in a cinema selling popcorn, but last week, when I got to stand in that ceremony, supporting Argene's project and then afterward, shaking the mayor's hand and talking to people about what we are up to... well that definitely reinvented my self image! I am starting to see that we are all just people, doing the best we can with the resources we have. Making something happen just takes passion, hard work and a good dose of faith.

It is the same thing for my book. The most important component is the ongoing faith that it will happen, and when it does, it will be wonderful.

All the best with whatever you are up for.

Love,
Beaulah

New Cover!!

Just finished a new cover in preparation for my eBook release - it is made up of all original images that I own the copyright for. The foreground is Juli and in the background, you can see Tasya doing her martial art and the hawk, which is the symbol of Kam's house.