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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 13 years ago11/03/2015

Journal Writing

Journaling: Days of Future Past

I've been writing in my journal regularly again and I love it because I come up with all kinds of brilliance epiphanies. (You can read my most recent journaling epiphany here.) Yesterday, the thought occurred to me that there are two kinds of journalers: –Those who basically dissect the past in their diaries –Those who […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 13 years ago11/03/2015

inspiration Writing Habits

Does Your Habitual Thinking About Writing Serve You?

The other night, in the middle of the night, I came to a realization (I guess being wakeful has its uses). The realization was this: every time I think of something I want, my next thought is, but I can't afford it. It doesn't matter if I'm thinking about buying a luxury automobile or a […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 13 years ago11/03/2015

Writing Process

Merging

I was driving on the freeway yesterday, when a car approaching on an on ramp didn't know how to merge correctly. You know the kind–they don't anticipate where you are already on the road and adjust their speed accordingly. This driver just plowed along ahead, oblivious. I honked the horn and yelled slammed on my […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 13 years ago11/03/2015

Emma Jean Novel Writing

Writing Tics, or What I’m Learning From the Emma Jean Edits

I'm deep into the edits for my novel, Emma Jean's Bad Behavior, and some things are becoming apparent. As in, writing tic type things. As in, the little silly stuff I do over and over again. I thought sharing these tics might be helpful to you. I know I'll be much more conscious of them […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 13 years ago11/03/2015

Saturday Writing Tip

Saturday Writing Tip: Observation

I often talk about the benefits of being present, quiet and mindful–not only as a way to focus on your writing, but when you're out and about in the world, so that you can observe things in order to write about them. (Brief aside: I'm typing with one of my fingers bandaged after slicing it […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 13 years ago11/03/2015

Interviews

Interview: Barbara Abercrombie, Author of A Year of Writing Dangerously

I thought you'd be interested in this book on writing, and so when the publisher contacted me asking if I'd be interested in doing a review or an interview, I leapt at the chance. The book has an engaging format of one entry per day, with quotes and anecdotes from famous writers, as well as […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 13 years ago11/03/2015

Writing Process

Fanning The Flames of Your Writing

It's the state we all desire—that white-hot obsessiveness when we're madly throwing words on the page, totally at one with the moment, completely absorbed in our creativity. But sometimes it is not so easy to get to this state. Is it even possible to access on a regular basis? My answer is yes—but you may […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 13 years ago11/03/2015

Travel

The Writing Life: Travel, or Why Travel is Good for Your Writing

As I mentioned in my previous post, I'm in LA, actually Pasadena, visiting my dear friend Suzanne. I'm working a lot while here, but no matter, I'm somewhere other than my usual here. Last week I was at the Oregon Coast. Now, neither of these short vacations are trips to exotic locales. But they are […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 13 years ago11/03/2015

Novel Writing

The Writing Life: Update on My Novel

So, I hadn't heard from my editor in a long time. I signed the contract for my novel in the early part of May and then, nothing. I wasn't too worried, because my friend who had his novel published by the same house said that happened with them. But still, time passed and no word. […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 13 years ago11/03/2015

Charlotte Rains Dixon

Tag: creativity

Book Review: Daring Greatly

Journaling: Days of Future Past

Does Your Habitual Thinking About Writing Serve You?

Merging

Writing Tics, or What I’m Learning From the Emma Jean Edits

Saturday Writing Tip: Observation

Interview: Barbara Abercrombie, Author of A Year of Writing Dangerously

Fanning The Flames of Your Writing

The Writing Life: Travel, or Why Travel is Good for Your Writing

The Writing Life: Update on My Novel

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