Charlotte Rains Dixon

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Charlotte Rains Dixon 16 years ago11/03/2015

Giving it All Up

So I survived the wedding festivities. And they were amazing and fabulous and wonderful. And mostly what I've been doing the last four days has been wedding-related. Thursday and Friday were all about set-up. Saturday and Sunday were all about the actual celebration. The wedding was at 5 PM, under a blazing hot sun (thank […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 16 years ago11/03/2015

Creativity Spirituality

Ah, Weddings

This is going to be a short post. My daughter is getting married tomorrow. I've written about her story on this blog before, and you can read more here, and here. But let me just say that weddings are hell on the writing schedule. As if you didn't know that. I suppose planning any event […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 16 years ago11/03/2015

Creativity Writing

In the Aftermath of a Fever

Monday evening, I got sick. It had started with cold symptoms earlier that day. After dinner, I started feeling achy all over and soon I was passed out on the couch, in the full throes of a fever. Not such a big deal, right? I mean it was clearly not life-threatening and people get sick […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 16 years ago11/03/2015

Novel Writing Writer's Block

Giving Up, Or Why I Should Once In Awhile

Friday I hit the wall. As is my usual wont, I woke early (6ish), grabbed my coffee, and went to work on my writing. Lately I've been thinking deep thoughts about my novel rewrite and writing them down, which leads to more deep thoughts and more writing. I'm writing about characters, trying to get to […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 16 years ago11/03/2015

Critiques

Friday Mini-Critique: Jessica Baverstock

And for the next victim person who has volunteered to have her work critiqued, welcome Jessica Baverstock. You may remember Jessica from her wonderful guest post here a few weeks ago, or you may know her from reading her great blog, Creativity's Workshop, in which creativity herself speaks. Jessica is a writer who recently moved […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 16 years ago11/03/2015

Novel Writing Writing Exercises

The Ordinary Day

How we spend our days, is, of course, how we spend our lives. Annie Dillard So, I'm working on the rewrite of my novel. And one of the things I am attempting to do is deepen the secondary characters. To do this, of course, I must first deepen my understanding of them. Easy, right? Well, […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 16 years ago11/03/2015

Uncategorized

I forgot to tell you guys–I have a guest post up at my friend Linda Busby Parker's blog. She's familiar to regular readers because she's guest posted here several times. Read a bit about her trip to Europe, too. Here's the link: http://lindabusbyparker.typepad.com/lindas_blog/2010/06/this-writer-in-paris-and-guest-blogger-charlotte-rains-dixon.html

Charlotte Rains Dixon 16 years ago11/03/2015

Novel Writing

Organizing for Success

Please excuse the grandiose title. I couldn't organize my way out of a paper bag. My brain just doesn't think that way, does yours? Because it is my experience that most of us creative types tend to be more towards the wafty, creative, big picture side than the down-to-earth groundedness I associate with being organized. […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 16 years ago11/03/2015

Guest Post

Friday Guest Post: An Ode to the Ipad

An Open Letter about the iPad by Roy Burkhead In keeping with all the Open Letters coming from Apple and Adobe these days, I thought I’d piggy-back and send my own in reaction to my new iPad. Actually, most of this comes from a letter that I sent to my good friend over at Wordstrumpet. […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 16 years ago11/03/2015

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