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Goals

‘Fess Up and Rise Up

Do you want to write a best-selling novel? C'mon now, tell the truth. Or perhaps it is a memoir you have your heart set on penning. How about a collection of short-stories, articles for national magazines, a blog entry for the Huffington Post? Or maybe its a different kind of creativity you have your heart […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 15 years ago11/03/2015

Writing

During These Dark Days

I've started writing and then deleted this post a couple of times now. I originally had it starting with a list of things that were currently depressing me. You know, like the cold rain that is almost but not quite snow. And all the people stranded at airports and train stations in Europe. Or how […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 15 years ago11/03/2015

Writing

The Uses of Repetition in Writing…and in Life

In writing, repetition is often frowned upon because it is seen as a lack of cleverness, or perhaps laziness–couldn't you take the time to find a different word so you don't keep repeating the same one? Please, please, please can't you vary the length and structure of your sentences so as to avoid the mind-numbing […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 15 years ago11/03/2015

inspiration

My Three Words for the New Year

In case you hadn't noticed, there's only one month left of this year. And so I'm getting a jump on all the posts about goals and resolutions for 2011, because three words have been haunting me lately. First let me explain something. Lately, I've noticed a lot of marketers jumping on the three-word bandwagon. Tonya […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 15 years ago11/03/2015

Motivation

Writing Your Way Back To Yourself

This morning I woke up tired, headachy, and full. Yesterday was, after all, Thanksgiving. And I cooked for 12 people, which is enough to give anybody an exhaustion hangover. As I stood in the kitchen, sipping my coffee, I thought that I'd skip my morning routine of writing first thing. Because, well, I didn't feel […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 15 years ago11/03/2015

inspiration

Yet Another Post on Gratitude

In the United States, tomorrow is Thanksgiving day. News flash, right? Not. If you're anything like me, and I like to think that you are, your inboxes and online readers are probably clogged with bloggers and marketers telling you all about gratitude and why it's so important. And even I jumped onto the bandwagon yesterday, […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 15 years ago11/03/2015

Creativity inspiration

A Two-Step Process for Creating Energy

Behold: This is one wall of the new library in my home. Yes, I now have a library. Don't be too jealous. It took hours and hours of clearing, cleaning, and moving books and bookshelves from the living room into the room formerly known as the guest room. But it was worth it. The coolest […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 15 years ago11/03/2015

Guest Post

Guest Post: A Writer Comes Out

I'm so excited to present a guest post from my good friend David Paine. Besides mixing the best cocktails in Nashville, David does marketing for a social media company and thinks deep thoughts about God and life and writing, not necessarily in that order. There's nothing I love better when I'm in Nashville than spending […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 15 years ago11/03/2015

Writing

7 Ways to Put Your Writing First

Let's get one thing straight at the outset: I know the subject of this post is not news to you. It is not news to me, either. What it is, is a reminder. A reminder I seem to need every so often, so I figure you might, too. Because putting writing first in one's life […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 15 years ago11/03/2015

Creativity Writing

For Those of Us Who Remain

I'm spending the day writing a eulogy for a family friend. Actually, my daughter is doing much of the work and I'm helping her. The two of us are sitting in my living room, kitty cats lolling on the floor between us, basking in the warmth of the fire we've had lit all day. It […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 15 years ago11/03/2015

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‘Fess Up and Rise Up

During These Dark Days

The Uses of Repetition in Writing…and in Life

My Three Words for the New Year

Writing Your Way Back To Yourself

Yet Another Post on Gratitude

A Two-Step Process for Creating Energy

Guest Post: A Writer Comes Out

7 Ways to Put Your Writing First

For Those of Us Who Remain

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