{"id":10415,"date":"2015-07-30T08:25:48","date_gmt":"2015-07-29T22:25:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/?p=10415"},"modified":"2015-07-17T13:43:45","modified_gmt":"2015-07-17T03:43:45","slug":"change-lives-with-a-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/change-lives-with-a-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Change Lives With A Book!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Stories have immense power. They can change the way you think about life, let you escape from the world for a while, keep you up late at night&#8230; I love books!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10419\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.writeabookinaday.com\/findschools.php?state=NSW\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10419\" class=\"wp-image-10419\" src=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/The-Kids-Cancer-Project-Zena-Shapter1-1024x710.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"278\" srcset=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/The-Kids-Cancer-Project-Zena-Shapter1-1024x710.png 1024w, http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/The-Kids-Cancer-Project-Zena-Shapter1-300x208.png 300w, http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/The-Kids-Cancer-Project-Zena-Shapter1.png 1120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10419\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click to donate!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>So do children. Stories are magical. Stories can inspire and excite. Stories can help children make sense of the world, and that&#8217;s why for the past two years I&#8217;ve joined my <a href=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/nbwg-about\/\" target=\"_blank\">Northern Beaches Writers&#8217; Group<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.writeabookinaday.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Write-a-Book-in-a-Day<\/a> and give the gift of story to sick children at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.schn.health.nsw.gov.au\/\" target=\"_blank\">Westmead Children&#8217;s Hospital<\/a>. The challenge is run nationally by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.writeabookinaday.com\/tkcp.php\" target=\"_blank\">The Kids&#8217; Cancer Project<\/a>, as competing in the challenge includes collecting donations from friends, family and others passionate about stories, and raising funds for research into the prevention of childhood cancer.<\/p>\n<p>This year, with your support, I&#8217;d like to raise more research funds and produce another fantastic story to give the children at Westmead. On Saturday 15th August, my team and I will be ready to write at 8am, so that by 8pm we will have produced a full book from nothing! We will write, edit, illustrate, print and bind an entire children&#8217;s novel in just twelve hours! We&#8217;ve done it before \u2013 in 2013 we did it so well we were awarded Best Book and Best Illustrations for our story <em><a href=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/scribbles-in-the-dark\/\" target=\"_blank\">Scribbles in the Dark<\/a><\/em>, and in 2014 we again got Best Book for\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/a-dolphin-for-naia\/\" target=\"_blank\">A Dolphin For Naia<\/a><\/em>. Will we make it a hat trick this year?<\/p>\n<p>Only time will tell.<\/p>\n<p>The only thing that&#8217;s certain is that we need your sponsorship! We are doing out bit but we need YOUR support. ALL money raised goes to The Kids&#8217; Cancer Project at Westmead Children&#8217;s Hospital. Plus you get a tax receipt. So please click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.writeabookinaday.com\/findschools.php?state=NSW\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> and select NORTHERN BEACHES WRITERS&#8217; GROUP to sponsor our team.<\/p>\n<p>If you donate before 15th August, your name will even be included as a supporter in our book, which will go on the shelves at the children&#8217;s library at Westmead.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/1ZenaShapter.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-9672\" src=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/1ZenaShapter-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"1ZenaShapter\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/1ZenaShapter-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/1ZenaShapter-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/1ZenaShapter.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>To go one step further you could also purchase one or both of our award-winning books from 2014 and 2013, as sales go towards The Kids&#8217; Cancer Project.<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;re available from all good online retailers (such as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Zena-Shapter\/e\/B00Q3KBNNO\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/teen-fiction\/\">Grab your copy, and read a story full of wonder, today!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stories have immense power. 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