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Writing Your Way Back to Yourself

Years ago, I had the pleasure of hearing Madeleine L’Engle, author of one of the best books ever, A Wrinkle in Time, speak. I brought my sister, a designer along. L’Engle was inspiring, gracious, and fascinating and when her talk was over, my sister turned to me and said, “She makes me wish I was […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 10 years ago05/31/2016

Otherwhere

Otherwhere: March 7

No snappy titles today, but I’ve got lots of great writing links for you. So let’s get right to it. Are you trying to ride the news cycle with your current novel? Might not be the best idea. I gotta admit, sometimes I wonder about this: is writing fiction a worthy endeavor? What is your […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 10 years ago

Nanowrimo

Why Every Writer Should Do Nanowrimo

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this Sunday November 1st? Why yes, yes it is, Charlotte. Thank you. So you know what that means: Drumroll, please…. It's time for Nanowrimo! What's that you say? You just crawled out from your writing cave and you haven't heard of Nanowrimo? Well, let me clue you in. […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 10 years ago11/03/2015

Rewriting Tips on Writing

A Compendium of Writing Tips and Tricks

As I've announced at least fifty million times in every place I could possibly think of, I'm busy rewriting my novel for my new agent, Erin Niumata, which is why things have been quiet around here. But as I've been concentrating fiercely on my rewrite the last couple of weeks, I've realized some things that […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 11 years ago

Publishing

When the Time is Right

I was talking to my friend Janet yesterday, and I told her my story about acquiring my agent. "Wow, when the time is right, things happen fast," she said. Yes, they do. And, when the time is right, things happen a bit differently. I do NOT recommend this, but I ignored lots of the advice I routinely […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 11 years ago12/11/2015

Nanowrimo

The Magic Formula For Getting Tons of Writing Done

Okay, guys, Nanowrimo is on the horizon, swiftly approaching…just four more days! I know many of you like to torture yourself with the task of writing a 50,000-word novel in a month. And even those of you not participating this year (I'm sitting it out) still would like to know the magic formula for getting […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 11 years ago11/03/2015

Cover Reveal

Cover Reveal: Swept Up by Kayla Dawn Thomas

I am so excited to introduce you to debut author Kayla Dawn Thomas and to have the privilege of showing off her new cover! Kayla Dawn and I met and made friends on Twitter (see? It is much more than just a waste of time) and I've loved reading her tweets about the progress of […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 12 years ago11/03/2015

Giveaways

Winners of Christmas 2013 Giveaway Announced!

Hi. Hope you had a great Christmas–I did. Okay, so we've got that done with, let's get to it: announcing the winners of the Christmas 2013 giveaway. Here we go: Dani wins the 25 page critique. Leigh wins the Moleskine journal. Mary wins a copy of my novel. Okay, but that's not all. I've […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 12 years ago11/03/2015

Procrastination

Procrastinating on Your Writing? Try This

I'm all over Steve Chandler these days. I have no idea where I first heard of him, but I've been reading his book on time management, Time Warrior, and I've learned a lot. Since I subscribed to his newsletter, I also got a free PDF (which I sent to my Ipad to be read on […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 12 years ago11/03/2015

Book Review

Book Review: Travels in Elysium

Travels In Elysium by William Azuski I was asked to review this book and I readily accepted because, well, there's nothing I like better than receiving random books in the mail and diving into them. Here's the blurb the publisher and blog tour folks asked me to include: Literary fiction blends with Plato’s tale of […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 12 years ago11/03/2015

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Writing Your Way Back to Yourself

Otherwhere: March 7

Why Every Writer Should Do Nanowrimo

A Compendium of Writing Tips and Tricks

When the Time is Right

The Magic Formula For Getting Tons of Writing Done

Cover Reveal: Swept Up by Kayla Dawn Thomas

Winners of Christmas 2013 Giveaway Announced!

Procrastinating on Your Writing? Try This

Book Review: Travels in Elysium

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