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Do You Think He Needs A Ghostwriter?

Michael Phelps is writing a book. I'm guessing, just a wild stab, that somewhere near Baltimore a ghostwriter hit the jackpot and will spend the next month hanging on every word Phelps says. They are getting this baby out in time for Christmas, so its obvious Phelps is not going to write it himself. The […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 17 years ago11/03/2015

Writing

Take A Hint From Michael Phelps

I adore Michael Phelps almost as much as I love his mother. I think I just love seeing the two of them together because it reminds me of my relationship with my own adored son, Lewis. There's just something so unique about that mother-son relationship. Of course, the mother-daughter relationship is special and unique also […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 17 years ago11/03/2015

Writing

I’m Writing, I’m Writing, I’m Writing

I'm back home in Portland, and its hot. Like over 100 hot. Every day. I do not like this. My office is upstairs and as we all know heat rises and hot damn it gets hot up there. My computer does not like it either. It tells me this by bluescreening and then fading quickly […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 17 years ago11/03/2015

Writing

The Filtering Consciousness

I was reminded of the filtering consciousness as I wrote a critique this week. I owe everything I know about it to my mentor and friend Julie Brickman. She was the first person to point it out to me in my novel. Up until then, I'd always felt that something just didn't "sound" quite right […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 17 years ago11/06/2015

Writing

But I Get To Write About It

Reason Number Gazillion why its great to be a writer: because no matter what happens, you get to write about it. When your heart is broken and life sucks, at least you get to write about it. And the worse the things that happen to you, the better story they will make. What other enterprise […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 17 years ago11/03/2015

Writing

The Writing Process

The thought occurs that reminders about the basics are a good thing. I know for certain that I forget things about writing all the time and then when I remember them I feel like I've discovered the fountain of youth or the secret to cloning Brad Pitt. No, wait, I hear that Johnny Depp is […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 17 years ago

Writing

Those Who Tell…and Those Who Don’t

Or maybe the title of this should be Those Who Remember and Those Who Don't. I'm talking about writing, of course, and those who remember and tell every aspect of their current story while they are working on it. I had dinner with my screenwriting friend last night and he went back through every scene […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 17 years ago11/03/2015

Creativity Travel Writing

Ah, LA….

where it is illegal to look different from anyone else. It is a requirement here that you be thin, tan, have long hair, wear sunglasses and pout, AND be young. Thus if you are not young it is required that you go get plastic surgery really, really fast. And then you look like you are […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 17 years ago11/06/2015

Writing

Interview with Me

John Craig did a 5-question interview with me and he posted it today. I loved the questions he asked and I love his photography, so go check it out. You can find his blog here. After you've read the interview, stick around on his blog and read his posts. He's got some great stuff and […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 17 years ago

Writing

Why Writing is like Drawing

I'm working on becoming a better observer. Generally, I go about my business, I travel, I write in my journal about my experiences, and those jottings are too often self-absorbed treatises on what I'm feeling. I like this, I don't like that, I feel so fabulous this morning or life sucks, blah, blah, blah, endless […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 17 years ago12/14/2015

Charlotte Rains Dixon

Category: Writing

Do You Think He Needs A Ghostwriter?

Take A Hint From Michael Phelps

I’m Writing, I’m Writing, I’m Writing

The Filtering Consciousness

But I Get To Write About It

The Writing Process

Those Who Tell…and Those Who Don’t

Ah, LA….

Interview with Me

Why Writing is like Drawing

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