Charlotte Rains Dixon 13 years ago11/03/2015

Writing in Retreat

Tomorrow I take off for Diamond, Oregon to co-lead a week-long writing retreat.

It's been a hectic week, with my cat Captain in the hospital for two days and a million things to get done. (Including packing a bag with at least five books, maybe more, in it. Gone a week? I'll need at least that many books to dip in and out of.)

But I think I'm about ready. Mornings will be spent giving the retreat attendees instruction and afternoons exploring the area and writing. I've explored the area a lot already, so I intend to do a lot of writing. And thinking.

Never fear, however, because I have some guest posts scheduled here for while I'm gone, so the blog won't be completely dark.

So come on by and check out what's going on here in my absence. It'll be a party, for sure.

Charlotte

Charlotte Rains Dixon mentors creative writers from passionate to published. Charlotte is a free-lance journalist, ghostwriter, and author. She is Director Emeritus and a current mentor at the Writer's Loft, a certificate-writing program at Middle Tennessee State University. She earned her MFA in creative writing from Spalding University and is the author of a dozen books, including The Complete Guide to Writing Successful Fundraising Letters, and Beautiful America’s Oregon Coast. Her fiction has appeared in The Trunk, Santa Fe Writer’s Project, Nameless Grace, and Somerset Studios and her articles have been published in Vogue Knitting, the Oregonian, and Pology, to name a few. Her novel, Emma Jean’s Bad Behavior, was published in 2013, and she is represented by Erin Niumata at Folio Literary. Learn about her annual writing workshops in Europe at letsgowrite.com, and visit her blog at www.charlotterainsdixon.com, where you can find all kinds of tips and techniques on writing and creativity.