Dec. 31, 2001
Monday, December 31, 2001
General Writing
Dec. 22, 2001
Saturday, December 22, 2001
There will be no updates to the site, no day entries or portfolio’s launching until January. It will be quiet around here as I take time out and go away for the Holidays.
Before I do, I wanted to break from the regular “journal entries” and say a quick Thank You to each and every one of you. Yes, even you, the first time visitor.
In April 2001 I took a dream, some webspace, and a leap of faith and here I …
Dec. 19, 2001
Wednesday, December 19, 2001
Dec. 18, 2001
Tuesday, December 18, 2001
How to Be a Writer by Alex Beauchamp
Dec. 17, 2001
Monday, December 17, 2001
I’ve had in my mind, a huge project. A project that involved lots of work, effort and being brave.
It was to create a website that showcased other women who were on the same path as myself because I have received so many emails from people who have said how grateful they were to find someone else trying to find their way. I wanted to share with them that I’m not the only one out there – there is a lot …
Dec. 12, 2001
Wednesday, December 12, 2001
When Thomas Edison wrote those words, I don’t think he had the intention of using them as a kick in the ass for me.
However, since reading that quote several days ago, a kick is exactly what it was.
A couple of weeks ago I had a four day bout of madness – I wrote, created new sites, worked on my portfolio, worked on some submissions non-stop. I would go to bed around 4am, wake up at 8am and repeat. I lost …
Dec. 10, 2001
Monday, December 10, 2001
It’s come to the point where I don’t feel like talking about writing anymore; all I want to do now is just do it.
No more analysing, no more reading how others did it, no more playing tricks to get me to write, no more 12 step programs, no more thinking outloud or talking about all the projects I have. That has to stop, or the writing won’t ever really begin.
The old quote, “Those who can do, do, and those that …
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.
