‘What’s more fun than to take a good look at the world and say: “OK, this sucks. Let’s try again.” I mean our project proposes a huge adventure: reshaping the world.’
© Charlie Alice Raya, book 3/2, shaping
Highlights
What’s next?
book 3, shaping, complete, Make it happen stories marathons, Campaigns for our future & more
MAY – AUGUST
OUT NOW
book 3, shaping
14 May 2025
The final part of book 3, shaping, was published today: May, 14.
‘True power — if you think about God — true power is in creation, not in destruction, oppression or tyranny. A true and powerful leader will create not destroy.’
© Charlie Alice Raya, book 3, shaping
If you’re uncertain whether you want to read the whole book series, then book 3, shaping, is a good alternative starting point.
While the main characters face some serious troubles, the story is also full of rethinking on a wide range of subjects, most with a connection to the town project, most relevant for the discussions we need to have to rethink and reshape our world.
Get a copy of all three parts of book 3, shaping, now:
IT HAS BEGUN
Make it happen stories marathons
MARATHONS 1-3
MAKE IT HAPPEN STORIES
Marathon 1
The end of failing governments
Thu-Sat, 15-17 May 2025
MAKE IT HAPPEN STORIES
Marathon 2
The end of crude oil
Thu-Sat, 27-29 May 2025
MAKE IT HAPPEN STORIES
Marathon 3
The beginnings of a restored planet:
food security, biodiversity, health, rewilding
Thu-Sat, 5-7 June 2025
‘He didn’t have the imagination to build the world, he just knew how to use it.’
© Charlie Alice Raya, book 3, shaping
Imagine: writers from around the globe joined together for a three-days marathon to create stories of people or planets who managed to stop using crude oil or who not only ousted a rogue president but created a political system which safeguarded them. I call this Make it Happen Stories Marathons.
I put together a guide for Make it happen stories and the marathons, and how you can participate. For more, click here >
On May, 8, I did a short test marathons, using much of my material on The end of all wars.
I republished the first seven new stories and all boards with the sixty story snippets I published here > The end of all wars, stories marathon
You can also see them on Bluesky:
@mihstories.bsky.social
You don’t need to log in to read.
More details, some insights from the first marathon, plus invitations will be published during & after the first marathon.
To join, stay up-to-date, ask questions, use one or all of these options:
Email
contact@charlie-alice-raya.org
On Bluesky
@mihstories.bsky.social
@charliealiceraya.bsky.social
To receive updates directly into your inbox, subscribe for free to my Make it happen stories Substack newsletter (no pushing to pay) which will be particularly active in the week before, during and a few days after each marathon.
COMING in JULY
CAMPAIGNS FOR OUR FUTURE
Timing
book 4/1, building, campaigns
Chapter by chapter release
JULY
Launch first chapters, book 4/1, building
JULY
Start of free daily chapters via Substack
JULY (25 days hot)
Campaign ideas in daily chapters & on Bluesky
AUGUST
Showdown in daily chapters
AUGUST
day 1, final daily chapter
‘We failed to take action when action would have been a piece of cake compared to how much we need to redo and rethink now. We can’t afford divides, we can’t afford interests, we can’t afford screwing each other. But we can — for once get our priorities right, get rid of destructive narratives, and start over.’
© Charlie Alice Raya, book 4, building
We urgently need to address a whole range of issues which make us and our planet sick.
In order to come together, to rethink and reshape together, we can’t have enough impulses & ideas for campaigns and ways to take action.
In the playbook for change, you can find a number of tools (work in progress, contributors welcome).
The first part of my forth book is full of ideas for campaigns for our future. Therefore I decided to publish it early and chapter by chapter via a temporary Substack newsletter.
In addition I will open discussions on Bluesky and add all the material which didn’t make it into the story.
To join, stay up-to-date, ask questions, use one or all of these options:
Email
contact@charlie-alice-raya.org
On Bluesky
@campaign-ideas.bsky.social
@charliealiceraya.bsky.social
To receive updates and the campaign chapters of book 4/1, building, into your inbox, subscribe for free to my temporary newsletter Campaigns for our future on Substack (no pushing to pay) which will be particularly active in JULY 2025 and which will be deleted (including your data) a week after the final notes for this project, very likely at the end of August at the latest.
Where to buy my books?
The watcher is a reminder that humans will only progress if and when they strive to understand what it is they are doing, and when they ask themselves why they are doing it.
© Charlie Alice Raya, book 2/2, travelling
I boycott Amazon & Co and while I love & buy printed books, I’m still reluctant to have my books printed until we have set up a books station network, ripples publishing and pepper books to ensure a highly sustainable way of printing & trading books outside of the still common profit driven markets.
In the meantime you can get my e-books via this website.
Via the platform Patreon > (which is not updated yet)
Via an annual subscription to my Substack newsletter IT’S OUR WORLD, which will give you immediate access to all my published books, and later also to upcoming books.
If you are the owner of an independent bookshop, I’m happy to offer e-books via your website and list you on this website & mention you on Bluesky.
Find an overview of all books here: books by Charlie Alice Raya
Find out more about book stations here >
Find out more about ripples publishing & pepper books here >
About the author
If we tell people what is what, then What will always remain What and never evolve.
© Charlie Alice Raya, book 3/1, shaping
I am an explorer who loves to pick up any What and give it a good spin in my playground: the easy town story.
I am a creator who loves to dig deeper and who creates visions of ideas we can test, ideas with the potential of giving us the kind of boosts that allow us to evolve and thrive.
I am Charlie Alice Raya, born in 1972, in the then divided city of Berlin.
Find out more here: About Charlie Alice Raya
Find inspiration
Go all in books 1-3
Buy all published easy town books: book 1, beginning, book 2, travelling and book 3/1, shaping, and book 3/2, now, and pre-order book 3/3, which will be published on 12 May 2025.
get in touch
If you’d like to join a project, if you’d like to make a contribution, if you have a suggestion, if you’d like to support the projects, if you have any questions or concerns, please, don’t hesitate to contact me.
Presently, I read all emails personally. Write to: contact@charlie-alice-raya.org
This websites still has some gaps and I will continue to fill them over the next weeks and months.
You can also find me on Bluesky: @charliealiceraya.bsky.social
plus The playbook for change: @playbookforchange.bsky.social
and Views from around the universe: @universe-views.bsky.social
