Charlotte Rains Dixon

Writing: Exhausting or Energizing?

A while ago, one of my wonderful clients mentioned that after a good writing session, she felt exhausted. Boy, could I identify with that, because I often have the same experience. After a particularly intense stint at the computer, I sometimes feel like doing nothing more than crawling away and collapsing in a quivering heap. […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 9 years ago

Five Things on Friday

Five on Friday: Gloomy February Edition

I know, I know, you get back what you put out so I shouldn’t be calling February gloomy. But for cripes sakes, it kind of is. I mean, we’ve got the Donald, and here in Portland we’ve had so many ice and snowstorms I’ve lost count (give me plain old Oregon rain any day), and […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 9 years ago

Authors Books Uncategorized

New Book You Need to Go Buy

You guys, just yesterday I found out that one of my favorite humans ever, J.D. Frost, is releasing a new book today. It is called, Redemption Face: The Black Room Murders, and it is going up as a kindle release for only $2.99! I loved the first two books in the series. They novels are […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 9 years ago02/08/2017

Editing

My Most Annoying Writing Tics (Any of These Yours?)

I spent last weekend going through my novel, The Bonne Chance Bakery. My agent is about to submit it to some editors again and she suggested I might want to read through it. I hadn’t looked at it since last August, when I rewrote it. So I said, yeah, I’d take a glance. Geezus. I’m really […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 9 years ago02/07/2017

Five Things on Friday

The Return of Five on Friday! Snippets for Your Writing and Reading Pleasure

I’m cautiously dipping my toe back in to bring you these Friday compendiums. I started these last year and liked doing them a lot, but then I wandered away. As I do. Probably because blogging has felt wonky and unpredictable to me over the last couple of years. But, like so many others, I am feeling […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 9 years ago

The Writing Life

Starting (Or Restarting) a New Writing Project

Ah, the excitement of beginning a new writing project. The energy! The enthusiasm! The high hopes! This, you think, is going to be the best novel yet, the best essay, the best short story, the best article. You whip open your computer, open a new file, place you hands on the keyboard and….sit staring at […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 9 years ago02/02/2017

Coaching Community

Free is A Very Good Price

Okay, so you probably have to live in Portland and be old for that title to resonate with you. But for many years, Tom Peterson, a local retailer who sold appliances, furniture and home electronics, used that slogan for his TV ads. It made him into a famous local personality. (And I have kindly provided […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 9 years ago

Mindset

EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) For Writers

As writers, we don’t have a lot of tools. A computer, pen and paper. Oh we can buy all sorts of software and hardware to support us, but basically all we really need is something to write with and a scrap of paper. Not like, say, a contractor, or a graphic designer, or a landscaper. […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 9 years ago02/02/2017

Goals Uncategorized

How Then, Shall We Jump Start Our Writing Goals for the New Year?

We’re coming up on two weeks into the new year. Ack! Wasn’t it just Christmas? Didn’t we just do Thanksgiving? Soon we’ll be talking about fireworks displays. I’m still seeing a lot of posts about how to plan to make this your best year yet. I confess, I read almost every one. Because I love […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 9 years ago02/02/2017

Book Review

How to Write a Bestseller

I just finished reading a book that purports to share the secrets of writing a bestselling novel, and I found it fascinating. The BestSeller Code: Anatomy of the Blockbuster Novel is by Jodie Archer and Matthew L. Jockers, and what it uses is text mining to uncover the shared elements of bestsellers. As I understand […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 9 years ago

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