memoir Archives - Charlotte Rains Dixon

Five on Friday: Can You Believe it is January 22nd Already?

Where has this month gone? I keep telling my husband we’ll blink and be sitting outside on the deck for Happy Hour. It is almost warm enough today to do that, and I’m so sorry for those of you buried–or about to be–under snow. Actually, I’m kinda jealous. At any rate, here are my Friday […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 7 years ago

Book Review Giveaways

Committed Giveaway, Review and Interview: A Wonderful Memoir on Creativity

Winner Announced! Using this random name picker, I fed in all the names, pressed go and waited for the winner's name to come up. Ready? Drum roll! The winner is J.D. Frost! J.D., I'm emailing your email to Patrick so the two of you can coordinate. Thanks to all who entered! Contest Extended! I want everyone to […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 9 years ago11/03/2015

Character

9 Ways to Create Characters Readers Will Identify With

I have a bad habit of creating characters that are, um, unlikeable. Or, in the parlance of the publishing industry–unrelatable. (As a brief aside, I do worry about what this says about me. People seem to like me when they meet me in person, and I do try hard to be nice and positive. But […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 10 years ago11/03/2015

Creativity Writing

Standing in Judgment

One of my new year's resolutions was to be less judgmental. Every single member of my family laughed hysterically when they heard this idea. I was deeply offended by their presumption that I could never be less judgmental, even though my sister and I have raised judging others to an art form. So I've been […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 13 years ago11/03/2015

Creativity Writing Writing Events

Finding Faults

I'm perfect. I am. I am poised, intelligent, attractive, talented, funny, loyal, passionate. Like I said, perfect. And, already you are bored with me and ready to go elsewhere to read because who can relate to perfect? Already you are thinking, well, if she's perfect than I have nothing in common with her at all […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 13 years ago11/03/2015

Authors Books

Review: The Future That Brought Her Here

The Future That Brought Her Here by Deborah Denicola Before we get started, I want to make one thing perfectly clear, just in case the FTC happens to be reading my blog (stranger things have happened, but not many). I have an ulterior motive in writing this review: I got a free book to do […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 14 years ago11/03/2015

Writing

Why Writing is like Drawing

I'm working on becoming a better observer. Generally, I go about my business, I travel, I write in my journal about my experiences, and those jottings are too often self-absorbed treatises on what I'm feeling. I like this, I don't like that, I feel so fabulous this morning or life sucks, blah, blah, blah, endless […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 15 years ago12/14/2015