Charlotte Rains Dixon

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 15 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 15 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 15 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 15 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 15 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 15 years ago11/03/2015

inspiration

Opening the Door

A few years ago, in honor of a landmark birthday (I'm sorry, I'm not prepared to divulge which one) my daughter gave me a tattoo. Well, more to the point, she gave me the promise of a tattoo. However, I never took her up on it. Not because I didn't want a tattoo, but because […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 15 years ago11/03/2015

Motivation Writing

Bringing Full Attention to Bear

Do you ever get certain phrases ringing in your head? My latest is, "bringing full attention to bear." As in full attention to my creative work, though it could be applied to just about anything. It was brought on by reading an article written by Christine Kane, in which she talked about how important it […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 15 years ago11/03/2015

Books Writing

Why Did You Decide to Become a Writer?

I'm playing around with a new character, whose life is defined by the books she reads. And this has made me ponder how intertwined my life is with the books I read. I refer to characters from books I've read in my brain all the time, sometimes learning from their actions, or using what they […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 15 years ago11/03/2015

inspiration

Losing My Mojo, or, A Ray of Light

There was an article in the Sunday Oregonian yesterday about all the crises we face in the world–the oil spill, war, the economy–and how they are getting people down. No, duh. Usually I am immune to the tyranny of news stories. Aware, but immune. Lately, though, I've let it all get me down. Yesterday, as […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 15 years ago11/03/2015

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