Charlotte Rains Dixon

Never Be Average

One of the jobs of the writer, as I see it, is to be a chronicler of events and people. We are here to tell the tale to others. To witness and write about it, whether what we witness is something small or something big. What I have to witness today is the passing of […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 13 years ago11/03/2015

Writing Process

Advent for Writers

For as long as I can remember, December has been a creative time for me. This used to puzzle me. Why would the darkest time of the year be a rich, fertile period? For so many, the gloomy short days are depressing and anything but creative. Wouldn't it make more sense for my wildly creative […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 13 years ago11/03/2015

Story

Rules for Storytelling

Do you have rules for storytelling? I'm not really sure I do. When I think about it, the words of advice I regularly dispense–make your character want something, add more conflict than you think you need, have at least a general notion of where you're going next–echo in my brain, but I'm not sure they […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 13 years ago11/03/2015

Grammar

A Short Post on the SemiColon

Awhile ago, I wrote a short post on commas, confessing that it was a short post because I really didn't know much about them. One of my writing friends, Anthony (who is not only an amazing writer but a judge, for God's sake) suggested I write a post about semicolons. Sure thing, I wrote him […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 13 years ago11/03/2015

Review

Bassbuds Review

Note: this is a compensated review, in that I received the pair of ear buds. So, I got offered the chance to review ear buds and I agreed, because ear buds are one of my essential tools. Why does a writer need ear buds? The main ways I use ear buds are to talk to […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 13 years ago11/03/2015

Guest Post

Guest Post: Writing a Book With a Homeless Man

Please welcome guest poster Alene Snodgrass, who talks about the fascinating process of co-authoring a book with a homeless man. You may remember Alene from a guest post she wrote earlier this year. Welcome back, Alene, and congratulations on the successful launch of your book! Writing is hard! There, I said it. It takes diligence […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 13 years ago11/03/2015

inspiration

Radical Gratitude

Today is Thanksgiving in the United States. It's a day when we pause from our normal routines to eat a lot of turkey and be grateful. Accordingly, the Internet is inundated this week with posts about gratitude. It is not in the least coincidental that my spiritual community has just begun a 21 day gratitude […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 13 years ago11/03/2015

Emma Jean

Emma Jean Update & Pub Date

So, auditorally is not a word. Who knew? But this, my dear writing friends, is why God created copy editors: to tell us such things. I recently finished going through the copy edits for my forthcoming novel, Emma Jean's Bad Behavior, and my wonderful copy editor researched the word auditorally in three dictionaries before deciding […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 13 years ago11/03/2015

Meditation Writing Habits

Deconstructing Sacred Writing Cows

I'm tired of people telling me what to do. I'm tired of people telling me how to eat. (Don't eat dairy! No grains! No eggs! And puh-leeze, no sugar!) I'm tired of people telling me to exercise. (Walk. No, walking isn't enough. Run. No, running is bad for your knees, interval training. No, you have […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 13 years ago11/03/2015

Nanowrimo Writing Process

Lower Your Standards

As I've mentioned before on this blog, I am currently doing Nanowrimo in a cheating sort of way. Cheating because the rules of Nanowrimo say that you can't have written any of your novel before November 1st, and I'd written, oh, 60 pages. But I wanted to use the energy of the event to galvanize […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 13 years ago11/03/2015

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