editing Archives - Charlotte Rains Dixon

My Most Annoying Writing Tics (Any of These Yours?)

I spent last weekend going through my novel, The Bonne Chance Bakery. My agent is about to submit it to some editors again and she suggested I might want to read through it. I hadn’t looked at it since last August, when I rewrote it. So I said, yeah, I’d take a glance. Geezus. I’m really […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 6 years ago02/07/2017

Writing Process

Committing the Cardinal Writing Sin

Forgive me, father for I have sinned am sinning. I am committing one of the cardinal writing sins. I am three-quarters of the way through the first draft of my next novel, and rather than writing all the way to the end, I am starting over. I hear your gasps. I see your open mouths. […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 7 years ago01/22/2016

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 11 years ago11/03/2015

Editing Emma Jean

Emma Jean Edits

The day came. My edits for the novel arrived. And I promptly left for a two-day vacation. We went to the beach to stay with old friends, our daughter and the Most Adorable Baby in the World in tow. I had visions of myself on the deck, feet propped up, laptop in lap, working away […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 11 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 11 years ago11/03/2015

Writing Writing Process

Writing Process 3: Rewriting

This is part four of a continuing series of the writing process. For the previous articles in the series, see the end of this post. What's there to say about rewriting? You just get in there and do it, right? So what's there to write about? Well, plenty. For starters, let me make one thing […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 12 years ago11/03/2015

Writing

Good is Good Enough

I spent yesterday afternoon writing copy for my website. Seeing as how this is a chore that's been hanging over my head for a year, it felt good to finish it. And the way I finished it was to tell myself that good was good enough. It didn't have to be perfect, I told myself. […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 13 years ago11/03/2015