Charlotte Rains Dixon

Tips on Writing: Slow and Fast

This weekend, I started a new series called the Saturday Writing Tip and wrote about scenes. One of my loyal, longtime readers, J.D., who I adore, wrote a couple of comments. In one of them he noted how the author Lee Child had said, "Write the slow parts fast and the fast parts slow." Which […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 14 years ago11/03/2015

Saturday Writing Tip

Saturday Writing Tip: Scenes

This morning while writing Morning Pages I had a brainstorm for a new series of Saturday posts. Short and sweet, offering one writing tip. This, my friends, is the inaugural post, on scenes. Scenes dramatize writing. They bring it to life on the page. Scenes have dialogues, interiority, description and movement. I know, you know […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 14 years ago11/03/2015

Guest Post

Guest Post: It’s Between the Page and I, 6 Things I Learned Over 10 Days of Morning Pages

While I'm on retreat, I've got a variety of guest posts for you. Today, please welcome Resham Khiani, as she writes about morning pages. It's Between the Page and I, 6 Things I Learned Over 10 Days of Morning Pages by Resham Khiani It's 8:00am on Saturday morning. Another long, hard week in London has […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 14 years ago11/06/2015

Uncategorized

Emma Jean’s Bad Behavior

My novel available now! Buy from Amazon. Buy from Powell’s. Buy from Barnes and Noble. “I have three kids under the age of 5 but I managed to finish this book in under a week because I couldn’t put it down.” Molly, 5 Star Amazon Review “This well-written, funny, poignant, amazing book has opened up […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 14 years ago11/03/2015

Books

Book Review: You Have No Idea

This is a paid review for the BlogHer Book Club, but the opinions expressed are mine and mine alone! The book I'm reviewing today is a bit of a departure for me, or at least these pages, where we focus on literary and creative writing topics. But in a part of my life I don't […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 14 years ago11/03/2015

Novel Writing Publishing

Now It Can Be Told

So, the contract for my novel is signed, sealed, and delivered. And I now feel comfortable revealing the name of the publisher. It is Vagabondage Press. If you go to the link, you'll see they are looking for "literary quality quirky romance and love stories, fantasy, horror, and women's fiction." What's not to love about […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 14 years ago11/03/2015

Retreats

Here, Not There

Last week I co-lead a writer's retreat in remote Diamond, Oregon. (We kept referring to it as "the middle of nowhere" but one of the hotel's employees took offense to that. However, it kind of is.) It was an awesome week, with attendees and myself and my co-leader making strides in our writing. I had […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 14 years ago11/03/2015

Guest Post

Guest Post: Engross Your Readers

While I’m away, I’ve got an array of guest posts for you. Today’s comes from Alice Anderson. Engross your readers by Alice Anderson I recently read an ARC from Karen Hawkins that got me thinking about ways to engross your readers. This book, The Taming of a Scottish Princess, did a fabulous job of it. […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 14 years ago11/04/2015

Writing Inspiration

The Art of Seeing

A writer is nothing without ideas. Ideas are so important to our craft that I do a whole class on them. Where do ideas come from? One place they come from is observation. Which means the ability to see is vital to the writer. Here's the deal: we get wrapped up in our stuff really […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 14 years ago11/03/2015

Guest Post

Guest Post: The Life of a Writer–Peaceful to Frazzled

While I'm away, I'm running a variety of guest posts. Today's post is from Alene Snodgrass of Positively Alene. Welcome, Alene! The Life of a Writer–Peaceful to Frazzled It was a beautiful morning. The sun was slowly taking away the night sky and the sunrise colors emerging were shades of pink and orange. It was […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 14 years ago11/03/2015

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