Charlotte Rains Dixon

Amazing Novel: The Master and Margarita

David the Poet wrote and told me he was reading an incredible Russian novel. "What a novel this is," he said. And because I admired that nice turn of phrase I ordered the book from Amazon. It is The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov. Written as a satire during the Stalin years, and because […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 18 years ago11/03/2015

Writing

Google Notebooks: Eighth Wonder of the World

I’ve been reading about the search to name the new Seven Wonders of the World. Some of the frontrunners are The Great Wall of China, Machu Pichu, and the Colosseum in Rome. My own personal vote is for Chichen Itza, in the Yucatan, one of the coolest (though not temperature wise) places I’ve ever been. […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 18 years ago11/03/2015

poetry Writing

David’s Poetry

My friend David Hetzler has a poem on the Short North Gazette. He’s an awesome poet, and he’ll be reading with the Umbrella Poets in Columbus, Ohio on July 27th. Go listen–he’s an awesome reader, too. Check out his poem in the Gazette here.

Charlotte Rains Dixon 18 years ago11/03/2015

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Blog of The Day: Moi!

I’m the Blog of the Day over at Linky Love. Go check it out! Its a great site and I think they did a wonderful job of featuring Word Strumpet. Thank you, Linky Love!

Charlotte Rains Dixon 18 years ago11/03/2015

Writing

Slow Writing Movement

Andrew Gallix wrote a post on his Guardian blog about a movement he (sorta jokingly) invented called the Slow Writing Movement. He wrote a thought-provoking post about it yesterday, making the point that with the advent of the word processor, writing has become faster, and with the Internet, publishing is fast, too. "As a result, […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 18 years ago11/06/2015

Travel

Fourth of July Updates

Happy Fourth of July. It strikes me as amusing that this is one holiday we often refer to by date, as in have a good Fourth. Rarely do we refer to it as Independence Day. Think about it–we don’t say Happy Twenty-Fifth for Christmas. Odd. Updates: Joe Bare sent me a link to a […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 18 years ago11/03/2015

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Ghostwriting

One of the main ways I make my living is through ghostwriting, and I love it. I get to write about topics I’d never write about otherwise, meet fascinating people, and enter the minds of those fascinating people. Sort of like writing fiction, only not. What is Ghostwriting? Ghostwriting is when I write the book […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 18 years ago11/03/2015

Travel Writing

A Post Not About Writing: Party in Venice

Went to a party on the Venice canals on Saturday night. It was a large party, with multiple bands playing sequentially, the grill going full time with hot dogs and hamburgers, and a great potluck spread. We were there as the guests of film director and producer Lina Shanklin, even though she never made it […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 18 years ago11/06/2015

Writing

Writing and Waterfalls

Over on one of my webpages, I wrote about the Columbia Gorge (in connection with writing) and illustrated it with photos of waterfalls in the area. Take a look at this gorgeous photo. It is from my friend Suzanne Peters, who is, clearly, and awesome photographer. She told me she had lots of photos of […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 18 years ago11/12/2015

Writing Practice

Writing Fiction: The Two Nows Structure

The task of a novelist is to tell a story so riveting that it will hold a reader’s attention for hundreds of pages. To do this, the author must first know the story intimately herself—which is the reason we write rough drafts (also known as “discovery drafts” or, my favorite, from the beloved Anne Lamott, […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 18 years ago01/22/2016

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