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Words

Three Words for 2014

Man oh man. I went upside down and all around over this post. Every year I choose either a word or three words. The idea is that the word or words will guide my thoughts and actions as I navigate through the upcoming year. Choosing the words is an interesting process. Usually, they just […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 12 years ago11/03/2015

Reading

When You’re Not Writing, Read (Plus the 10 Books Meme)

When I was an MFA student, we had packets due every three weeks, five a semester. These packets consisted of original work and an essay about a book we had read. Thus, I spent a lot of time reading. It was then I realized that one of the best things about being a writer is […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 12 years ago11/03/2015

holidays

Keep Calm and Carry On With Your Writing

Raise your hand if, with 13 days to Christmas you are overwhelmed. Raise both hands if, with all the extra to-dos on your list, your writing is suffering. I thought so. Me, too. There is shopping to finish, presents to wrap, decorating the house, writing Christmas cards, and on and on. And even if you […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 12 years ago11/03/2015

Procrastination

What is the Why of Procrastination?

The subject line on the email read: Lead by example and not theory! That's easy, I thought smugly. I set a good example by getting up at 5 or 5:30 every day to write. Why, I was up early at that very moment reading the email. Yeah, reading the email. Not writing. Reading. Caught in the […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 12 years ago11/03/2015

Tools for Writers

Writers, What’s On Your Christmas List This Year? 25 Items to Add

And now, suddenly it is Christmas. I'm not complaining–I love this time of year. Love, love, love it. (And, weather gods, I'd love it even more if we got some snow this winter. Just sayin.) It just seems like only yesterday was Halloween. And Thanksgiving, as always, is gone in a flash of turkey […]

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

Writing Habits Writing Process

How To Not Get Writing Done

The other day I was looking for something on my computer. (I spend a fair amount of time doing this. I probably need to get my files a bit better organized.) And I ran across an old guest post I wrote a few years ago, the title of which was something to the effect of, […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 12 years ago11/03/2015

Writing Process

10,000 words in a Day? Impossible!

By guest blogger Milli Thornton 10,000 words in a day? Impossible! That's what I said in 2006 when my friend Jenny Turner asked me to do a "10K Day." To be accurate, I didn't say it was impossible for Jenny. I already knew she could do it. I said it was impossible for me. I […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 12 years ago11/03/2015

Writing Abundance

Revisiting Writing Abundance: 7 Practices of the Prolific and Prosperous Writer

It's Mercury Retrograde until November 10th–that wonderful time when computers and phones go wacky, travel plans go awry, and the technology gods sit back and laugh at us. And yet, it is also a time for re-orienting yourself, when any and everything that starts with the prefix "re" is good to focus on. So, reconnecting […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 12 years ago11/03/2015

Creativity

My Tabs

I'm not really sure what this has to do with writing, probably nothing, though perhaps we could say it has a lot to do with creativity. Yes, that's the ticket. It's all about the creativity. For some reason today, I got an idea to write about my tabs. You know, the ones that you keep […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 12 years ago11/03/2015

Charlotte Rains Dixon

Tag: writing

Three Words for 2014

When You’re Not Writing, Read (Plus the 10 Books Meme)

Keep Calm and Carry On With Your Writing

What is the Why of Procrastination?

Writers, What’s On Your Christmas List This Year? 25 Items to Add

Procrastinating on Your Writing? Try This

How To Not Get Writing Done

10,000 words in a Day? Impossible!

Revisiting Writing Abundance: 7 Practices of the Prolific and Prosperous Writer

My Tabs

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