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Winners of the Birthday Giveaway! (With an Explanation and a Question)

Before I reveal the three winners of the birthday giveaway, an explanation and a question. The Explanation When I started this project seven years ago, it was the style to name your blog. (It still is, to a certain degree at least.) So I came up with the idea for the name Wordstrumpet. Inspired by […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 12 years ago11/03/2015

Publishing Writing Process

Aiming High or Over-reaching?

This is one of those posts that I write because I don't know the answer and I'm trying to figure it out. (Ha! Like I ever know the answers.) So bear with me as I sort it out. Imagine: –a writer, talented but still raw, without a lot of words beneath her belt, finishing a […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 12 years ago11/03/2015

Reading The Writing Life

Rain or Shine Readings

My business partner Debbie and I have volunteered to take over the organization of a local reading series. It was begun last year by a mystery writer and when he moved away, one of our local writing groups, the Oregon Writer's Colony, took it over. The series is held at a coffee shop close […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 12 years ago11/03/2015

Celebration

7 Things About Writing I’ve Learned in 7 Years of Blogging (With Giveaway!)

So, this week (yesterday, to be exact) is the seven year anniversary of my blog. Yep, I've been at this game for 7 years! I'm amazed, too, in some ways, and in other ways, not. Because from the minute I started blogging all those years ago I felt comfortable in this medium. Sure, there have […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 12 years ago11/03/2015

Time

5 (Different-ish) Ways to Create Time for Writing

A couple weeks ago, I met another writer friend for lunch. She rushed in, late, and apologized. "I'm just so busy these days, you know? There's just never enough time for everything." I nodded, agreeing. But later I realized that the sentiments we exchanged about writing didn't ring true. Instead, it felt like we were […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 12 years ago11/03/2015

Writing Habits Writing Inspiration

In Training for Writing: A Dozen Ideas

Every night after dinner, I do a little work and then by 8 PM you'll find me cozied up on the couch beneath my favorite quilt, ready to watch the Olympics. The Winter Olympics are my absolute favorite, so I've been in heaven since they started last week. These athletes inspire me. Ski jumpers, […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 12 years ago11/03/2015

The Writing Life

The Perfect Storm

Friday. I felt like crap. My stomach ached and rumbled and just didn't feel right. Outside, snow fell, the second round of our first big snowstorm in five years. (People always think we get a ton of snow here but we just don't.) Inside, my two-year-old grandson roamed about the house doing what toddlers […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 12 years ago11/03/2015

Writing Habits

Getting Back To Writing

I was out of town last week and I didn't do any writing. (Yes, you read blog posts while I was gone. I had them scheduled ahead of time.) I didn't even have my computer with me, which was shocking even to me. I never go anywhere without my computer (except to France, but I […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 12 years ago11/03/2015

Writing Habits

10 Foundational Writing Practices

My church is currently featuring a series on foundational spiritual practices and as I listened to our minister a couple of Sundays ago, I started thinking (as always) about writing. What, I wondered, would I consider to be foundational writing practices? I pondered and made notes on this for a few days and this blog […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 12 years ago11/03/2015

Writing Habits

How You Can Gain Weight While Writing!

It's everyone's goal to gain a little weight, right? Well here's the good news: your writing practice can help you with weight gain. It is so effective that it is akin to a magic pill for weight gain! How can you make the magic happen? Below are some top ideas gleaned from many years of […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 12 years ago11/03/2015

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Tag: writing

Winners of the Birthday Giveaway! (With an Explanation and a Question)

Aiming High or Over-reaching?

Rain or Shine Readings

7 Things About Writing I’ve Learned in 7 Years of Blogging (With Giveaway!)

5 (Different-ish) Ways to Create Time for Writing

In Training for Writing: A Dozen Ideas

The Perfect Storm

Getting Back To Writing

10 Foundational Writing Practices

How You Can Gain Weight While Writing!

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