Charlotte Rains Dixon

Travel

A Writer Travels

One of the missions of this blog is to write about the writer's life, all of it, and for this writer (moi), travel for work is an integral part of it. My writing-related traveling began when I was accepted into the brief residency MFA program at Spalding University in Louisville, Kentucky, and fell into the […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 13 years ago11/03/2015

Book Review

A Couple of Fun Reviews

It's Friday afternoon and it is hot here in Portland. I'm feeling pleased with myself because I got a long-overdue pedicure and eyebrow waxing and I'm sitting here wondering why self care is so hard for me. Which leads me to ponder why it is also sometimes difficult for me to receive…as in receiving love, […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 13 years ago11/03/2015

Motivation

10 Ways to Welcome May and Energize Your Writing

What the veggies from my raised beds will soon look like May is one of my favorite months ever, and here in Portland it is starting out as a glorious month! As new life bursts forth all around us, so, too does our creativity. It is time to welcome the return of good weather in […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 13 years ago11/03/2015

Writing Process

How Words Get on the Page

It's Sunday afternoon, and it's hot here in Portland. My nephew is visiting on his way from an internship in Washington D.C., back to law school in California. And he, my husband, and my son, are all at my daughter's learning how to make beer on this glorious afternoon. And where am I? Writing this […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 13 years ago11/03/2015

Book Review

An Aid To Kicking it in Your Writing

This is a book review for which I did not receive compensation, but did receive a free copy of the book. "I would go as far as and I could and hit a wall, my own imagined limitations. And then I met a fellow who gave me his secret, and it was pretty simple. When […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 13 years ago11/03/2015

Guest Post

Guest Post: Writing my Fingers to the Bones

Today we have a guest post from mystery writer J.D. Frost. Regular readers of this blog will recognize J.D. as a loyal reader and commenter. J.D. is currently working on at least two, and despite my constant entreatries, he does not at the moment have a website or blog I can point you to read. […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 13 years ago11/03/2015

Uncategorized

When You’re Distracted From Your Writing

Last week was tough: the bombing in Boston, explosion in Texas, the shootout and manhunt for the Boston suspects, earthquake in China, on and on. I was horrified, and spent much of my day sending prayers and good thoughts to all those affected–and I was riveted to the news. Some people turn off the TV […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 13 years ago11/03/2015

Guest Post

Why Connection is Important to Writers and Others

So it turns out that connection is way more crazy important than we might have thought. This probably doesn't come as a huge surprise to writers. After all, communication is inherent in connection, and we're all about communication. It's why we blog. It's why we write novels. It's why we read the writing of others. […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 13 years ago11/03/2015

Novel Writing

This Series on Writing Fast Will Blow Your Creative Mind–and Inspire You

This morning, thanks to Karen Woodward, I was introduced to a series on ghostwriting a novel in 10 days by Dean Wesley Smith. Yes, I said 10 days. As in, writing a full, complete novel in 10 days. Dean Wesley Smith is ghosting a novel contracted by a major publisher for an author who is […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 13 years ago11/03/2015

Tools for Writers

Two Crucial Writing Tools

Sometimes the tools I use as a writer are so integral to my work that it doesn't occur to me to write about them. Even though writing about writing is part of what I do. Tool Number One: The Book Journal Case in point: On Saturday, the local writing group I co-lead hied ourselves off […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 13 years ago11/03/2015

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