So Far So Good!

We’re making good progress here at our mountain retreat! Yesterday’s big breakthrough was finding a simple and impactful way to organize the stories we’ll be including in Book I (we’re thinking multiple volumes, a la the Chicken Soup for the Soul series). I can’t tell you how many weeks the Roar Team spent churning over how to categorize all your amazing contributions … and then somehow yesterday it just became clear.

So as of right now we have four main story sections:

• Perseverance
• Authenticity
• Faith
• Generosity

Many stories, of course, contain multiple elements. And each story does seem to have an overriding theme, so the sorting has been relatively easy.

It looks like we’ll be able to include 25 – 30 stories in this first volume. We’ll be in touch by the middle of July to let you know if your story has been selected for the initial publication. Your patience is infinite and so greatly appreciated.

Aside from sorting, the actual book itself is a real live Word document now, with pieces and parts filled in. Writing the introductions to each of the four sections is proving to be relatively easy. We’re simply extracting quotes from your stories (and providing some context and linkages) — a perfect way to shape and define what perseverance, authenticity, faith, and generosity are all about.

What a joy it is to spend the weekend immersed in these remarkable tales. Thank you all for that gift.

Stay tuned for more … xoxo Andrea