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How to Write While Traveling (Or Otherwise Distracted): 7 Strategies

The best travel journal ever I am distracted. My thoughts, I will admit, are on Europe these days. Because, I WILL BE THERE IN LESS THAN TWO WEEKS. So I am distracted. And when I am there I will be distracted. (Because, Barcelona, people. Paris. Collioure.) And yet, I am still doing my best […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 10 years ago

Prompts

Inventive Writing Prompt Round-up #54

Ah summertime….I've been on vacation, I've been slacking…no scratch that last one, I have not been slacking since I got home. There's much to do to catch up from vacation and get ready to be out of the country for three weeks. Awk! The thought of it makes my heart pound–in a good way and […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 10 years ago

Five Things on Friday

Five Things on Friday: August 14, 2015

I saw a sunset just like this one! Where I've Been: I kinda fell down on posting at the end of last week (no 5 on Friday post) and the beginning of this week. That's because I was at the beach. I stayed with my family at my daughter's in-law's house in Garibaldi (thank you, […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 10 years ago

Writer's Block

How To Have Writer’s Block

I don't know about you, but I sure want writer's block. I have absolutely no interest in writing quickly and easily. Or feeling like the words are tumbling off my fingers so fast I can barely keep up. Uh-uh, not me. I would MUCH rather sit and stare at the blank screen on my […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 10 years ago

Mindset

What Effect Do Your Surroundings Have On Your Writing?

"Started treating my office like it was a real room that was worthy of my best treasures, not the 'spare room made into an office.'" Danielle LaPorte, from a post titled "28 of the Best Things I Ever Did–From the Bedroom to my Business." When I first started writing, many years ago, my "office" was […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 10 years ago

Prompts

Inventive Writing Prompt Round-up #53

Here is the latest collection of prompts from my Tumblr blog, minus one because I, um, forgot. #363 Write about how your character reacts in an emergency. Cool and composed, the one everyone else can count on? Or the opposite? #364 Use the words sunlight, sailing ship, and stained glass in a sentence. Now use […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 10 years ago

Marketing

Writers, Do This and Be Amazed At the Success of Your Marketing Efforts

Marketing. Ugh I am one of the worst marketers in the world. There's something about shouting my name out from the rooftops that makes me cringe. And I know that I am not alone in this. But last week I had an experience that gave me some new perspective on the topic. And from that […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 10 years ago

Prompts

Inventive Writing Prompt Round-up #52

Here we go again with our weekly collection of prompts from my daily Tumblr blog. Enjoy and write a lot, will you please? It would make me happy. #357 Use the words umbrella, metal and sunlight in a sentence. Now use that sentence as a prompt. #358 He couldn’t understand a word she said. […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 10 years ago

Five Things on Friday

Five Things on Friday: July 24, 2015

Here we go again. It's still summer, still hot, but rain is forecast tomorrow. Yay! What I'm grateful for: Friends and family who turned out en masse last night to hear me read from The Bonne Chance Bakery manuscript, and to also hear Kayla Dawn Thomas read from her latest novel, Tackling Summer. She and […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 10 years ago

Dialogue Scenes Writing Process

When You Don’t Know How to Write

Years ago, as a freelance writer, I wrote a lot of articles about art. One of them was about the Makk family of artists, who lived in Hawaii. The big thing I remember from this article happened while I interviewed the Eva, the matriarch of the family. She told me how when she was a […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 10 years ago

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How to Write While Traveling (Or Otherwise Distracted): 7 Strategies

Inventive Writing Prompt Round-up #54

Five Things on Friday: August 14, 2015

How To Have Writer’s Block

What Effect Do Your Surroundings Have On Your Writing?

Inventive Writing Prompt Round-up #53

Writers, Do This and Be Amazed At the Success of Your Marketing Efforts

Inventive Writing Prompt Round-up #52

Five Things on Friday: July 24, 2015

When You Don’t Know How to Write

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