June 30, 2001
Saturday, June 30, 2001
General Writing
June 26, 2001
Tuesday, June 26, 2001
June 25, 2001
Monday, June 25, 2001
June 17, 2001
Sunday, June 17, 2001
June 13, 2001
Wednesday, June 13, 2001
A couple of weeks ago, a friend said to me, “So, are you getting a lot of rejection?” And I said, “No. I’m not trying hard enough right now.”
I have been holding back from really trying because I didn’t want anyone to tell me that my work that I might be proud of was nothing more than rubbish. I didn’t want anyone to say to me ‘how dare you quit your secure job just to live out some silly dream.’ …
June 08, 2001
Friday, June 8, 2001
When I first started to write on the website, I wrote with enthusiasm and excitement. I felt I was moving forward. However, over the last few days I’ve been dreading having to report anything.
I feel like I just keep writing the same things over and over, or I’m up one day and completely flustered the next. I feel like if I don’t write some amazing accomplishment down, everyone will find out that in fact I should have remained in the …
June 07, 2001
Thursday, June 7, 2001
I think when people hear of others living their dream, something inside them awakens. They start to have the ideas of their dream, and what can they do to achieve that. And that ripple effect is amazing.
However, I’m starting to find people who can some times trivialize the whole process. Some people think that because I’ve chosen to live my dream as a writer, things must be full of glitter and cloud nine moments.
For the most part, I must confess, …
June 05, 2001
Tuesday, June 5, 2001
One of the steps of making my writing real is making it legal.
I have been spending the morning trying to find out how to become a legal writer with regards to taxation, copyright and trademarks. I have been trying to learn my rights and my responsibilities.
This is a little more than I anticipated – having this form to fill out and file and this fee to pay. It’s completely overwhelming with all the paperwork and money involved. I’m not even …
June 04, 2001
Monday, June 4, 2001
The first thing I wrote on the website was a thank you letter. In that letter I wrote, “On Monday, I am going to give notice at my job. I am not going to be a corporate girl. I am going to trust the universe and be a writer.” When I wrote that, I don’t know how much I actually believed that if I followed my heart, my calling, my passion that it would actually work out. I had a …
The Chronicles of Girl at Play began in April 2001 as a way for me to chronicle my leaving a successful corporate position to become a self-employed writer.
