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Since 2001 the Girl at Play Blog, written by Alex Beauchamp, has focused on business, art, new media, community, Hollywood, and what it takes to be a creative entrepreneur. You can read the original blog which focuses on how Alex left her corporate job to pursue a freelance creative career and what really went into cultivating a successful career.

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The Chronicles Updated

After many years of neglect, The Chronicles have received a much needed facelift, including new categories complete with entries in them.

The Chronicles hold a very special place in my heart, I confess. If you want truth in what it takes to be a writer, an artist, a something outside the box, that's it. When I first began to record what I was going through there was literally no one else talking about all this stuff.

Oh sure, there were books on how to write but it was from authors who had made it. They had sort of glamourised or romantacised the process of being creative - the reality seemed to be missing. So I decided to write about it. And write I did for three years.

At first, I had no idea what I wanted to say, what I was going to write, or who would even care. I just thought that someone had to be in the same position as me or would be someday and could find my struggles and realisations perhaps useful. I didn't intend for it to turn out the way it did (the fame, the jobs, the different directions it took me). I just intended to write.

The Chronicles are very specific; they only talk about my life as a writer/artist/entrepreneur. Because of this, I think it gives a really honest account of what goes on when you try to go on your own. As least, it's my honest account.

After several years of writing I had fallen out of love with chronicling the process. I thought I kept repeating the same thing or had become boring. I had become busy with other things and thought I wasn't being as truthful anymore. So it eventually came to an end. It would take me awhile to restart a Girl at Play Blog (this one) and find my tune. It's coming along.

In any event, I hope that if you find yourself in the same position as I was, that The Chronicles perhaps will give you a little comfort. If they do, let me know.

July 11, 2006 | Link to this | Filed in Announcements & Events

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