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Writing Exercises: Techniques for Generating Ideas and Getting Started

Techniques for Generating Ideas and Ideas for Getting Started Writing Generating Ideas MAKE LISTS: The best way to do this is to do it fast. Number a page from one to ten or twenty and go! Drawing from your own life: 1. Jobs you’ve had 2. Careers 3. Passions 4. Obsessions 5. Quirks 6. Pet […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 18 years ago11/03/2015

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Blog Carnivals

One of my blog catalog friends, Jimbozs2000, has started a blog carnival. Its pretty cool, all the moreso because he picked up one of my posts. Head on over to his blog and check it out. You’ll see me if you scroll down a bit and you can also lclick on the Why I Write […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 18 years ago11/03/2015

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Typepad Outage

The Typepad data facility had a power outage this afternoon and nobody could access Typepad for a few hours. All seems well now. So, if you tried to get on earlier and were wondering what was going on…that’s the scoop.

Charlotte Rains Dixon 18 years ago11/03/2015

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I Won An Award!

This is the coolest thing ever–I won an award! As you can see it is the Schmooze Award and I got it from the amazing and wonderful Susanne at Sue’s Daily Photos, which you should check out immediately. Her photos of Key West will make you want to book a ticket there, today. The award […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 18 years ago

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Amazing Novel: The Master and Margarita

David the Poet wrote and told me he was reading an incredible Russian novel. "What a novel this is," he said. And because I admired that nice turn of phrase I ordered the book from Amazon. It is The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov. Written as a satire during the Stalin years, and because […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 18 years ago11/03/2015

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Blog of The Day: Moi!

I’m the Blog of the Day over at Linky Love. Go check it out! Its a great site and I think they did a wonderful job of featuring Word Strumpet. Thank you, Linky Love!

Charlotte Rains Dixon 18 years ago11/03/2015

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Ghostwriting

One of the main ways I make my living is through ghostwriting, and I love it. I get to write about topics I’d never write about otherwise, meet fascinating people, and enter the minds of those fascinating people. Sort of like writing fiction, only not. What is Ghostwriting? Ghostwriting is when I write the book […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 18 years ago11/03/2015

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New Page Just Posted

I just added another page to my blog. This one is based on a lecture I gave awhile back, and it is called The Three-Fold Writer’s Path. You can access it from the directory to the right.

Charlotte Rains Dixon 18 years ago11/03/2015

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The Three-Fold Writer’s Path

Photo courtesy of Wikipedia Nearby where I live in Portland, Oregon, is the Columbia Gorge, a canyon of great beauty carved by the mighty Columbia River. All along the rim of the gorge flow an abundance of waterfalls and throughout this green, mossy area, there are a series of interconnected trails that are great favorites […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 18 years ago11/06/2015

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New Website: Verve Earth

I just got invited to join a new website called Verve Earth, which tracks members of the blogosphere all over the planet. Its an excellent site, check it out here.

Charlotte Rains Dixon 18 years ago11/03/2015

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Writing Exercises: Techniques for Generating Ideas and Getting Started

Blog Carnivals

Typepad Outage

I Won An Award!

Amazing Novel: The Master and Margarita

Blog of The Day: Moi!

Ghostwriting

New Page Just Posted

The Three-Fold Writer’s Path

New Website: Verve Earth

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