Charlotte Rains Dixon

Friday Guest Post: Summer Writing Conferences

For this week's Friday Fun, we have another wonderful guest post by my dear friend Linda Busby Parker. You may remember that Linda recently wrote about the value of networking for writer, which post you can read here. Summer Writing Conferences by Linda Busby Parker Time to think of summer writing conferences! For anyone seriously […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 15 years ago11/03/2015

Cats

Do You Think….

my cat Captain misses me while I'm gone in New York? I don't. But I miss him (and his brother, Lieutenant)!

Charlotte Rains Dixon 15 years ago11/03/2015

Creativity Motivation

Nobody Cares. This is Good.

We worry far too much about what others think. Have you ever had this experience: you have decided to commit yourself to a creative project, say a novel. And then you have to tell people about it. You worry about this. Because, what if they think its dumb that you want to do this? What […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 15 years ago11/03/2015

Travel

20 Aspects to New York City

Early tomorrow morning, I'm heading for New York City. Five plus days in the Big Apple, fun times! Here's the drill: Who'll I'll see 1. My sister, my traveling companion. 2. My niece, student at Tisch NYU, the reason for our visit. 3. My nephew (from a different sister) who I've not seen in years. […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 15 years ago11/03/2015

inspiration Writing

Clearing Space

I cleaned my closet yesterday. I didn't mean to. I've been working on the endless office project. But because I've been so focused on that, I'd been careless about piling clothes all over the room on the bureau. And so, since I'm going to New York on Wednesday and would soon need to pack, I […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 15 years ago11/03/2015

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Friday Mini-Critique: Christi Corbett

Welcome to the first Wordstrumpet mini-critique. Today's victim volunteer is none other than Christi Corbett and she bravely sent me a couple of excerpts from her novel, Along the Way Home. You can read another excerpt on Christi's blog, here, and you might also want to check out her book trailer, which is very cool, […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 15 years ago11/03/2015

Motivation Writing

Imperfect Action

A friend writes from flood-weary Nashville that she is sometimes writing only one word a day as clean up progresses. Imperfect action. I set writing one paragraph a day on the next novel as my goal. Imperfect action. You sit down to work on your memoir and the words tumble out onto the page in […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 15 years ago11/03/2015

Writing

The Writer’s Imagination Carries Me Away

I like every place I find myself in. Sometimes I like it so much I love it. Let me try to explain. Both of my children are getting married this summer, my daughter and my son. Since I'm hosting the rehearsal dinner for my son, my future daughter-in-law and I have been scouting locations. And […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 15 years ago11/03/2015

Writing

Good is Good Enough

I spent yesterday afternoon writing copy for my website. Seeing as how this is a chore that's been hanging over my head for a year, it felt good to finish it. And the way I finished it was to tell myself that good was good enough. It didn't have to be perfect, I told myself. […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 15 years ago11/03/2015

Motivation

Write Yourself A Mantra

Do you obsess? I obsess. What do I obsess about? Well, let me list the topics: weight loss body image, earning money, my novel, getting an agent, relationships, working harder, working less, focus, the price of tea in China…you get the drift. Pretty much everything. When I obsess, my mind runs away from me. That […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 15 years ago11/03/2015

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