Charlotte Rains Dixon

I Want Patti Smith To Play at Armageddon

I saw Patti Smith last night at The Bite of Oregon. I’m in complete and total awe of how incredible she is. It was a cloudy day, with some rain showers (you would not believe what a crappy summer we’ve been having here) and so we almost didn’t go. But the rain held off and […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 18 years ago11/03/2015

Writing

Keep The Writing Inspiration Going

Jason, over at Blog Catalog, asked how to stay on track with a longer project. He said he had started several novels and tended to lose interest by the second or third chapter. Losing interest in a long-term project happens. I tend to get an idea, get all excited about it, start a notebook and […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 18 years ago11/03/2015

Writing

I Have Seen The Light, and It Is…Writing Exercises

It has come to me in a blinding flash that A. this blog needs something and B. that something is writing exercises. Eureka! (Or as my late father would say, E-Da-Ho! He was from Idaho, and he always said the way the state got its name was when the Native Americans saw the light coming […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 18 years ago11/03/2015

Writing

Life in Writing Hell: Being Critiqued

I don’t care what anybody says, its hard to have your work critiqued. I know, I know, its not personal, and we shouldn’t take it as such, and blah blah blah. Do you know anybody who doesn’t take critiques personally? And yet, learning to be critiqued is an integral part of the writing process, because […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 18 years ago11/06/2015

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Blog Carnivals

One of my blog catalog friends, Jimbozs2000, has started a blog carnival. Its pretty cool, all the moreso because he picked up one of my posts. Head on over to his blog and check it out. You’ll see me if you scroll down a bit and you can also lclick on the Why I Write […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 18 years ago11/03/2015

Writing

Courage and Good Writing, Round Two

The post I wrote last week on courage and good writing seemed to strike a chord with lots of people. In it, I repeated the question that Carol Harper, one of the Mayborn workshop participants, asked me: does courage equal good writing? I wrote that courage doesn’t necessarily equal good writing, yet courage is a […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 18 years ago11/12/2015

Writing Writing Events

Mayborn Wrap-Up

Did I mention that the Mayborn was chock full of informative lectures and panels? I know I’ve talked about my fabulous, amazing workshop, and the Oprah Incident, and a few social events here and there. But lest you think that the entire conference was held in the bar, I now present a run-down of a […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 18 years ago11/06/2015

Writing Writing Events

Does Courage Equal Good Writing?

One of the participants in last Friday’s Mayborn book manuscript workshop, Carol Harper, asked me a question via e-mail today. Does courage equal good writing? I love this question because nobody’s ever asked it of me before, and in all the years I’ve been pondering writing and talking about writing, I’ve never heard it discussed. […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 18 years ago11/03/2015

Writing Writing Events

At the Mayborn: Workshopping

It wasn’t all about Nan Talese and Oprah at the Mayborn last weekend, far from it. While the lectures and panels and discussions and networking comprise the meat of the conference, the side dishes are the workshops. Conducted all day Friday, they follow the standard workshopping procedure of every MFA program in the country. (Actually, […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 18 years ago11/03/2015

Books Writing Events

Oprah/Mayborn Controversy Video

The infamous Nan Talese comments about Oprah are now available for your viewing pleasure here. She didn’t even talk for that long, but I guess people don’t usually diss Oprah, hence the whole world is now weighing in, once again, on the brouhaha. Here’s my own personal opinion (I know you were waiting for it). […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 18 years ago11/03/2015

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