Book Review

Book Review: Daring Greatly

This is a paid book review for the BlogHer Book Club, but the opinions expressed are mine. What is vulnerability? If you are like most people, you probably answered weakness. But shame researcher Brene Brown argues in her new book, Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 
Writing Habits

Writing Habits

So, I'm doing things totally backwards.  (Many will say that's not unexpected from me.) I've got a big post on habitual writing thoughts coming up on Thursday that I just scheduled.  But I  had thoughts on writing habits that I want to talk about today.  So here goes.  And I'll keep it brief. Often we […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 
Novel Writing

Why Writing a Novel is a Good Thing–Even if You Never Get it Published

Yeah, so, you want to write a novel.  And you're even thinking of doing Nanowrimo this year. (Nanowrimo = National Novel Writing Month, just in case you don't know, and it's in November.)  But then the voices begin:                              The dreaded blank page. You'll never get published. Why bother? It's a waste of time. You could […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 
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