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The Writing Life: Update on My Novel

So, I hadn't heard from my editor in a long time. I signed the contract for my novel in the early part of May and then, nothing. I wasn't too worried, because my friend who had his novel published by the same house said that happened with them. But still, time passed and no word. […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 14 years ago11/03/2015

Novel Writing Writing Process

Knowing What You’re Going to Write Before You Write

How many words do you put on the page in a typical writing session? 500? 1,000? When I wrote my novel, Emma Jean's Bad Behavior, my deal with myself was to write 2,000 words a day. Didn't matter when I wrote them, but if I hadn't written them before bedtime, I had to stay up […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 14 years ago11/03/2015

Novel Writing Publishing

Now It Can Be Told

So, the contract for my novel is signed, sealed, and delivered. And I now feel comfortable revealing the name of the publisher. It is Vagabondage Press. If you go to the link, you'll see they are looking for "literary quality quirky romance and love stories, fantasy, horror, and women's fiction." What's not to love about […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 14 years ago11/03/2015

Novel Writing Publishing

Lessons Learned Along the Way

So by now everyone in the North American hemisphere knows that I've gotten an offer to have my novel published. (If they haven't, I'll do my best to make sure they do over the next couple of days.) On Monday, I wrote an initial post about the news. Yesterday, I wrote a bit more. […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 14 years ago11/03/2015

Novel Writing Publishing

How I Finally Opened the Publishing Door

The press that will print my book. Kidding. On Monday, I told you that a small publishing house has agreed to publish my novel. Today, I'm going to tell the story of how it came about. (It feels a little weird to be writing so much about it, seeing as how all I know so […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 14 years ago11/03/2015

Novel Writing Publishing

If I Can Do It, You Can Do It

As most of you know, I've written several novels and have been obsessively heavily marketing the most recent one, Emma Jean's Bad Behavior. Over and over again, I get the same response from agents: We love it. But… But Emma Jean is too brash. But Emma Jean is unlikeable (because she does what she wants […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 14 years ago12/12/2015

Novel Writing

Tips on Writing, Prepping for the Novel, Part Five–Setting

Okay, in the last post in this series, I said it was the final article. The end, finito, donezo. Ha! Because the other day, while working on setting in my own novel, the thought occurred: I left setting out of my series on prepping for the novel. Duh. This from a woman who wrote her […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 14 years ago11/03/2015

Novel Writing

Tips on Writing, Prepping for the Novel, Part Four–Story

Engrossed in a good story And so we come to the end of this series on prepping for the novel with a post on story. (To read the entire series so far, see the end of this post, where I'll list them all. Story and plot probably hang up more writers than just about […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 14 years ago11/03/2015

Character Novel Writing

Tips On Writing: Prepping for the Novel, Part Three–Character

Your novel is on one of these shelves! First off, I know, I know. I like me some convoluted headlines, don't I? You'd think a writer would be good at firing off snappy subject lines, but alas, such is not the case with this writer. I think it's the novelist in me who loves […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 14 years ago11/03/2015

Novel Writing

Novel Writing: The Remake Your Life Plot

I'm about three chapters into a new novel and the other day when I was making some notes on themes and events to come, the thought occurred to me that I'm writing a Remake Your Life plot. I made that name up, but these kinds of plots are staples of women's fiction. For various reasons, […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 14 years ago11/03/2015

Charlotte Rains Dixon

Category: Novel Writing

The Writing Life: Update on My Novel

Knowing What You’re Going to Write Before You Write

Now It Can Be Told

Lessons Learned Along the Way

How I Finally Opened the Publishing Door

If I Can Do It, You Can Do It

Tips on Writing, Prepping for the Novel, Part Five–Setting

Tips on Writing, Prepping for the Novel, Part Four–Story

Tips On Writing: Prepping for the Novel, Part Three–Character

Novel Writing: The Remake Your Life Plot

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