Charlotte Rains Dixon

Lessons From a Rock Concert, Part Two

Yesterday I wrote about attending the Eagles concert in Portland last Saturday night and promised real takeaways from the experience for today. So here we go: 1. Put it all out there. Writers, put it all on the page. Painters, put it all on the canvas. Musicians, all in the song. All you got, every […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 15 years ago11/03/2015

inspiration

Lessons From a Rock Concert, Part One

Saturday night I went to see the Eagles. Until then, I had forgotten how much rock concerts inspire me. Experiencing a concert is such an all-encompassing event for me, I end up feeling determined to go forth and do my creative work with renewed vigor. I mean, musicians have to be creative on so many […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 15 years ago11/03/2015

Creativity Travel

Traveling Down A Different Road

We went to the beach for a night this past weekend. But it was to a different cabin in a different town than we've ever stayed at before. We traveled down a different highway, went to different beaches, ate at different restaurants, saw different things. All of this was quite by accident, but it was […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 15 years ago11/03/2015

Creativity Writing

Cultivating the Mental Energy to Write

How does one coddle the mental energy to write? Ah, that is the question, is it not? As I wrote in my post last Thursday, energy for writing is different from energy for other activities, because writing is active and engaged. (As opposed to say, TV watching, which is passive.) And sometimes, in the crush […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 15 years ago11/06/2015

Uncategorized

Just to let you know, that although I usually blog Monday through Friday, this Monday (tomorrow) is a holiday in the states. And I'm going to the beach. So no blog post until Tuesday. But I shall return then with the second part of the series on mental energy and thoughts on rock concerts and […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 15 years ago11/03/2015

Critiques

Friday Mini-Critique: J.D. Frost

For our second critique volunteer, today we have J.D. Frost, who bravely submitted to my eagle eye, even after reading the first Friday Mini-Critique. J.D. is a loyal and long-time blog reader–thanks, J.D.! He's also a mystery author, in case you hadn't guessed from the following excerpts. Visit his website here. Excerpt #1 Opening: […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 15 years ago11/03/2015

Writing

A Different Kind of Mental Energy

My name is Charlotte, and I love TV. There, I've admitted it. Lately I've been fascinated with television. This after years of not watching it, and also railing against it. But now I like nothing better than to sit down after a long day of writing and watch TV. I look forward to it. I […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 15 years ago11/03/2015

Writing

My New Office

Because my loyal readers have listened to me bitch and moan about the ongoing reorganization of my office for the last six months, I promised photos of the lovely new space. I know you've all been holding your breath with anticipation, the way you do when you drive through a tunnel, but now you can […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 15 years ago12/12/2015

Creativity Travel Writing

The Adorable Purple Sandals

Yesterday I wrote a brief post about my trip to New York and how I bought an adorable pair of purple sandals. Yet I failed to offer up a photo of said adorable purple sandals. So, for those of you interested, check them out in the photo to the right. Cute, huh? And surprisingly comfortable, […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 15 years ago11/03/2015

Travel

Five Pairs of Shoes

I'm just off the plane from Manhattan (we got in an hour early–have you ever heard of such a thing?), where I walked so much I went through five pairs of shoes in as many days. Okay, I did buy one pair of adorable purple sandals and wore them all through Chinatown, but considering the […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 15 years ago11/03/2015

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