Charlotte Rains Dixon

No, It’s Not Your Imagination

Things are a bit wonky around the old Wordstrumpet homestead. A couple months ago, the wonderful Jen at Typepad contacted me and asked if I would like a report on how I might update and enhance my blog. I ignored her at first, because I thought that this would cost me money. When she explained […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 18 years ago11/03/2015

Writing

Why I’m Not a Librarian

I’ve been reading more lately. And thinking a lot about books lately. This is not an entirely unusual state of affairs, because any writer worth their salt reads as much as they possibly can. It is simply not possible to be a writer unless you read constantly. But I’ve been even more engrossed in books […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 18 years ago12/12/2015

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New Claim to Fame

I am pleased to announce a new claim to fame: this site has been banned in Abu Dhabi. My husband has just returned home from working in the UAE for the better part of the last two months. Everything there is censored–TV shows, movies (which are shown with subtitles in Arabic), and websites. So when […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 18 years ago11/03/2015

Writing

The Ghostwriter’s Booksigning

I went to a book signing for a book I wrote the other night–only another person, a kind doctor, signed the books. The cover of the book features his smiling face and this same image graces the posters that were propped all around the store. But it would be impossible for you to find even […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 18 years ago11/03/2015

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Call for Submissions for Christmas Anthology

My good friend and colleague, Linda Busby Parker, is starting a new press! Her first publication is going to be a Christmas anthology and she is accepting both fiction and non-fiction submissions for it. Linda is the author of Seven Laurels, which is a wonderful book that you should read, and she's one of the […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 18 years ago11/03/2015

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Angel Photo Sale

Today is independence day and for once I’m declaring independence from writing about writing to tell you about something else that is going on. My wonderful friend and photographer extraordinaire, Suzanne Peters is having an Independence Day sale on some of her most popular photographs. It’s a two-for-one deal on her amazing angel photos, which […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 18 years ago12/14/2015

Creativity Writing

Writing is Enough

I may have already written about this before–and I reserve the right to write about it again. Does anyone else have that thing where you forget what you’ve written? It’s not age, or fading brain cells, it comes from writing a lot and being so present with what I’m writing that I forget everything that […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 18 years ago11/03/2015

Authors Books Writing

Announcing…Bookstrumpet

You may have noticed my periodic call for people who would like to become contributors to a new book review site. I am pleased to announce that the new site is live and ready to roll. Here’s the site url: http://wordstrumpet.typepad.com/bookstrumpet/ This is only the very modest beginning. Expect more to come, with additional reviews […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 18 years ago11/03/2015

Writing

Listening or Waiting to Talk?

One of the best tools a writer can learn is the art of listening. Actually, learning to listen is a useful tool for any human, period. I spent the weekend in a workshop with people who had varying degrees of skills in listening, which has had me pondering the subject. As my good and wise […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 18 years ago12/14/2015

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Bearing Witness

Life just doesn't turn out the way we think its going to most of the time. I remember looking at my daughter's high school yearbook the year she graduated. All of the earnest expressions of hopes and dreams made me feel so bittersweet. All those beautiful young people thought they had it all dialed in, […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 18 years ago11/03/2015

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