Charlotte Rains Dixon

Away And Back Again (Ish)

It’s been a hot minute, hasn’t it? How it Started I wrote this blog regularly (sometimes even, gasp, every day) since March 28, 2007. (You can read the very first post here.) I loved this blog. It was the start of so much for me, a career giving advice to writers, book coaching, hosting workshops […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 3 weeks ago10/26/2025

The Writing Life

12 Ways for Writers to Celebrate Autumn

NOTE: I’m going back through some older posts and I thought this one was especially of the moment. You can read the original here. I have changed this one up to more accurately reflect who I am now, eleven years later. Fun, huh? Yay! It’s autumn, my favorite season. There’s something about this time of […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 2 weeks ago10/29/2025

inspiration Motivation

Things Have Fallen By The Way Side (A Love Letter)

NOTE: I now write regularly (every Sunday and often more) on Substack. But I’m trying to keep this blog up to date as well, because it still gets a lot of traffic. So I’ll be copying and pasting my weekly love letters here. But if you want the full effect–over on Substack I also offer […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 2 weeks ago10/29/2025

Creativity Productivity

Intentional Rest vs. Shadow Comforts (You’re a Writer, You Need Rest, Dammit)

I had a tooth pulled yesterday. Not fun, in any universe. But it also went well and wasn’t that big of a deal. Minimal pain that could be easily controlled with Ibuprofen, very little swelling. I could eat as soon as the lidoicaine wore off, albeit slowly and carefully. After the extraction, I texted my […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 10 months ago10/07/2025

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Where to Find Me

You might have noticed that I’ve been, um, absent, from these pages for awhile. Like almost a year awhile. It’s not that I haven’t been busy. I was in France at the end of February and into March for a writing retreat, right when the pandemic hit. And the lockdown with flights suddenly becoming limited […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 5 years ago10/26/2025

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A Writer’s Confessions: My Planner Obsession

My name is Charlotte, and I am addicted to planners. There, I’ve said it. And, honestly, we probably should add in that I’m addicted to notebooks and journals, too. There is nothing more enticing to me than a notebook stuffed with writing, sticky notes, tabs, and other miscellanea, unless it is an empty notebook waiting […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 6 years ago01/16/2020

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I’m baaaaack! And Happy 2020

I have a confession to make. I’ve been cheating on you. Having an affair. Yes, it’s true. I’ve been writing blog posts on Medium for the last year or so, lured there by the prospect of making money and reaching a broader audience. And yeah, that happened. Sort of. I made enough money to buy […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 6 years ago01/08/2020

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Writing Coaching: What’s It All About, Anyway? + Gratitude Special + New Offer. Open to read about All the Things!

This post has a lot of moving parts, because there’s a lot going on! In it, I explain my coaching philosophy and what it looks like to work with me. It’s good information, but if your eyes lit up when you saw “gratitude special” or “new offer” in the subject line and want to learn […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 6 years ago11/19/2019

Love letters

A Love Letter About Being Busy and Flash Sales

As you read this, I’ll be on a plane home from Louisville, Kentucky, returning from a Homecoming celebration at my MFA alma mater, Spalding University. But I’m writing this several days in advance, the Tuesday after Memorial Day to be exact, because, duh, I won’t have time while I’m gone. Meanwhile, I’ve managed to catch […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 6 years ago05/29/2019

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A Love Letter About the Benefits of Being Prepared, in Writing and in Life

Be prepared. Cue image of young boy dressed in khaki shorts and shirt with a kerchief tied around his neck. His hand is held next to his face in a three-finger salute. Yeah, I know—are the boy scouts even a thing anymore? I don’t know. But whatever the current state of scout hood, their slogan […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 6 years ago05/24/2019

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