literary agents Archives - Charlotte Rains Dixon

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 16 years ago11/03/2015

Holding My Breath

So, my novel is now being read by an agent. I do not want to jinx this, so I'm not going to say anything more than that, and I know that y'all have lots of important things to worry about, but if it crosses your mind, say a teeny little prayer, or think a good […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 16 years ago11/03/2015

Writing

Putting Joy Back Into It

I've been slogging through the "final" rewrite of my novel lately. Its a funny thing with working on a long extended piece over time, such as a novel or a memoir. You rearrange one chapter and this rearrangement uncovers other things that need attention. Thus, more work and more rewriting. As the days I've allotted […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 17 years ago11/03/2015

Writing

Rejection: Tempting the Fates

So, I wrote a post about Michael Phelps last week and how he used rejection and ridicule (who's laughing now, twitty teenagers who made fun of him? Huh? Huh?) to spur himself on. I mentioned that perhaps we writers could take a page from ol' Michael's book and use that same technique when we get […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 17 years ago11/03/2015

Charlotte Rains Dixon

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Good is Good Enough

Holding My Breath

Putting Joy Back Into It

Rejection: Tempting the Fates

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