Charlotte Rains Dixon

Five on Friday: Itchy Edition

Good morning. It has been another week of lovely weather, though the record-breaking high eighties we had at the start of it were a bit too much for me. Here’s what’s been going on: The best thing that happened: Making a lion cake to celebrate my three-year-old granddaughter’s birthday. Her four-year-old cousin came to help, […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 10 years ago

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Writing Motivation Comes From a Sense of Control

Writing Motivation Comes From A Sense of Control by Charlotte Rains Dixon I’ve just started reading the latest book from Charles Duhigg, called Smarter, Faster, Better: The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business. I found Duhigg’s book on habits really helpful and I love the way he combines solid research and reporting with […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 10 years ago04/19/2016

Authors Interviews

Author Interview: Pamela Jane, Memoir Writer

I’m excited to share this interview with author Pamela Jane with you. I know Pamie through my friend and biz partner, Debbie, and I was lucky enough to read an advance copy of her book. I loved it. Truly could not put it down. So I was happy to learn a bit more about the […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 10 years ago04/17/2016

Writing Habits

What’s On Your Desk

(My inspiration for this post comes from a list penned by Anne Wayman.) What’s on your desk? My computer, a small Dell laptop A cat (just about always) A yellow legal pad with notes on it Two books about writing The little journal in which I keep my to-do lists and make […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 10 years ago

Otherwhere

Otherwhere: Good Stuff

I’ve been collecting goodies for you, a lot of which came in the last couple of days. Also, please note my non-link related question at the end. Here goes: Writing Analyze your novel as if it were a dream. I could not live without the TK. On beating not-writing. How to organize your day. It […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 10 years ago

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Five on Friday: Glories of Coffee Edition

Good morning! Let’s dive in. What crisis occurred this morning: I woke to the news that the electric coffee pot was not working. This was not good. This was very, very bad. I pulled out my phone and looked up the hours of the nearest Starbucks (luckily, we’ve got at least three within a […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 10 years ago

Creativity Distraction

How To Cheat on Your Writing Without Getting Caught

Are you an adulterer when it comes to creativity? I am. Here’s a brief list of some of the creative arenas I sometimes dabble in (dabble being the key word): knitting, stitching, painting, art journaling, collage, weaving, mosaic. Okay, nix on the mosaic. Somewhere in this house I have a bunch of ceramic shards but […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 10 years ago04/05/2016

Five Things on Friday

Five on Friday: Mind Miasma

How I’m Feeling: The title of this post. I’m in a mind miasma. I finished the rough draft of my novel, which was such a non-event it barely even registered. No glowing feeling of satisfaction or bragging to family and friends. I just quietly wrote the last word, fell on my office floor and cried […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 10 years ago04/01/2016

Otherwhere

Otherwhere: Oh Glorious Sunny Days

Yeah, the title has nothing to do with the content of this post, but everything to do with how I’m feeling. It is a perfect spring day in Oregon and here are some of the great links I’ve read this past week, or maybe a little longer. Writing Your hero embodies the theme. Fiction triggers-where […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 10 years ago

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Five on Friday: Happy Easter

So, yeah, Happy Easter, if you celebrate. (And as I mentioned in my last post, even the non-religious types among us can surely celebrate Easter as the coming of spring. AmIright?) It’s a busy weekend for many and here’s what’s going on around here: What I’m fussing about: Apostrophes, freaking apostrophes. The overuse of them […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 10 years ago

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