Charlotte Rains Dixon

A love letter about having, and deserving, good tools (A love letter)

Recently, I got a new computer, the one I’m writing this newsletter on. It’s a Macbook Air, and I love it. Working on this computer makes everything easier and smoother and faster. Working on this computer makes me happy. My previous computer was two years old; a very inexpensive PC. I liked it well enough. […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 8 years ago08/23/2017

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On eclipses…and love (a love letter)

Dear Writers, Tomorrow (August 21) is the Great American Eclipse, and as you read this I’ll either be on my way or soon to be on my way to view it. Me and about a million other people—that’s how many visitors are forecast to arrive in Oregon, a broad swath of which is in the […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 8 years ago08/19/2017

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On Being Sick…and Getting Well Again (A Love Letter)

I have a fraught history with getting sick. Well, duh, who doesn’t, right? But I like to think I have a particularly difficult time with it because in my family it just wasn’t acceptable. When any of my sisters or I complained of feeling ill and wanting to stay home from school, my Mom, would […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 8 years ago08/10/2017

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A Brief Hiatus

Sometimes you just have to take a step back. I’m a big believer in honoring one’s own creative process, whatever it might be and however it works. (You’ve probably noticed that if you’ve read much on this blog.) And one of the things I’ve realized about my own process is that sometimes I just need […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 8 years ago08/06/2017

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Your Creative Type ( A Love Letter)

Last week, I was helping a client search for agents to whom she could submit her book proposal. (Fun times.) One of the titles we came across in the process is a book called Your Creative Type. Both of us allowed as how it sounded like a fun book to read. I added that I […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 8 years ago08/04/2017

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Living Your Life Purpose (A Love Letter)

I’m a sucker for a catchy headline (also known as click bait, which, funnily enough, I’m terrible at writing), and the other day I saw one that said something like this: it is why you are here. Well, I knew immediately what the “it” was, and you probably do, too. Your life purpose, of course. […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 8 years ago07/29/2017

Wednesday Writing Prompt

Wednesday Writing Prompt: Nuts

I am definitely a with nuts person. You? Your character? Share in comments. And find more prompts here.

Charlotte Rains Dixon 8 years ago06/20/2017

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Make Like a Bird and Sing (A Love Letter)

I’m betraying my age here (which is fine, I’m old and I own it), but when I was younger there was a common saying that people would twist in funny way. I’m going to make like a banana and split, you’d say when you were leaving. Or, make like a busboy and get the fork […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 8 years ago07/15/2017

Wednesday Writing Prompt

Wednesday Writing Prompt: One Place

Happy writing! Find more prompts here.

Charlotte Rains Dixon 8 years ago06/20/2017

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Motivation Monday: Sometimes, in Writing and Life, You Just Have to Let Go

Yesterday I wrote about resistance. But today I’m writing about its opposite, letting go. Which is funny, right? Like life is funny. Anyway, here’s the deal. This past weekend, the hub and I took an overnight trip to Eugene, a hundred-ish miles down the road from Portland, and home of one of my alma maters, […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 8 years ago07/10/2017

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