Charlotte Rains Dixon

Guest Post: Erica Nelson and Happiness Quotations

I'm pleased to offer you this guest post from Erica Nelson, author of Happiness Quotations: Gentle Reminders of Your Preciousness. Read about her book and enjoy an excerpted passage below. Be sure to visit Erica's site at www.happinessquotations.com. “Most people pursue pleasure in money, sex and power but are still unfulfilled. Why? Because they are […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 15 years ago11/03/2015

Energy

Do You Lack Writing Time or Writing Energy?

Time. It's elusive, isn't it? Weird how in the same amount of hours on one day you get a ton done and the next day you fritter it away. Time is either the writer's friend, or the bane of her existence, more often the latter. Nearly every client and student I coach struggles with […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 15 years ago11/03/2015

Ideas

7 Ways to Find Ideas

How do you get ideas? Do you struggle to find them, or do they come to you in an endless flow that is frustrating only because you can't act on all of them? Although most creative types fall into the latter category, I think if we're honest we'll also admit that there are fallow times […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 15 years ago11/03/2015

Prompts

Promptitude: Wide Open Spaces

I just got back from visiting southeastern Oregon. The east side of Oregon is totally different from the west side of Oregon, where I, and most of the state's population, lives. The east side is basin and range, gold and brown, mesas, cattle, warm, dry, long stretches of wide open spaces. The west side is […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 15 years ago11/03/2015

Travel

On The Road Again

I'm heading out again first thing tomorrow morning. It is unusual for me to book trips so close together (I got back from Nashville less than a week ago), but it is just the way it worked out this time. Tomorrow's destination is Diamond, Oregon, way over in the southeastern section of the state, a […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 15 years ago11/03/2015

Prompts

Promptitude: Rain

It has been raining here forever. Worst spring in ages. It is not for me to complain, however, because when I was in Nashville last weekend, the temperatures hit 90 degrees. And the sun shone nearly every day I was there. Plus, bad storms hit the day before I arrived and a few days after […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 15 years ago11/03/2015

Community Retreats

Writers Connecting

I have been away, not only from my home, but from my writing. At least, I've been away from the writing writing part of writing, the actual putting words on paper part. But I've been doing a couple other activities of vital importance, the first being brainstorming and planning and the second being connecting with […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 15 years ago11/03/2015

Travel

Separation Anxiety

I'm leaving for Nashville tomorrow, and I don't want to go. I do really, because I'm the "book doctor" at Room to Write and there are going to be a dozen fabulous writers there. And I'm going to see lots of friends. Stay on the beautiful Scarritt Bennett campus and then with my friend Candace. […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 15 years ago11/03/2015

Prompts

Promptitude: New Moon

Tomorrow is the new moon. Yesterday we had our first 60 degree day here in Portland (it actually hit 68). Spring officially began a couple of weeks ago. New life, new energy and new excitement is blossoming everywhere. Time for some creative writing prompts that focus on the new. The thing that I love about […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 15 years ago11/03/2015

Creative Cognoscente Interviews

Creative Cognoscente Interview: Whitney Freya

I'm so pleased to present to you another amazing Creative Cognoscente Interview this Friday. Please welcome Whitney Freya and hang onto your hat as you read this because she is a force of nature. I was pleased to invite Whitney to lead a workshop at the Writer's Loft last September and ever since then I've […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 15 years ago11/03/2015

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