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I’m Not Writing, I’m Putting on Make-up

We interrupt finishing the novel to bring you this slightly weird post. If weird posts offend you, stop reading now. Yesterday morning as I was getting ready for the day I had thoughts that were directly related to the putting on of make-up. Now, this may sound like a bit of a stretch to you […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 16 years ago11/03/2015

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Revising a Novel: Slowly, Slowly

I have ideas for blog posts. I have brilliant thoughts to share with you. I have illuminating commentary on the world at large. I even have a brand new journal that is going to be devoted to ideas and information for this blog. However, the journal has remained unopened, the ideas unprocessed, the thoughts simmering […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 16 years ago11/03/2015

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A Writer’s Diet: Slim Shots

Last week, Ray, my mailman, found me washing dishes in the kitchen. He'd been knocking on the front door (haven't had a functioning doorbell in this house, ever) but I thought it was just the noisy construction guys around the corner, so I ignored the sound until he came around to the side door to […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 16 years ago11/03/2015

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A Successful Writing Life

Last week at the Fall Writer's Loft orientation, we held a panel on The Writing Life. I moderated, and mentors Bill Brown, David Pierce, and Linda Busby Parker participated. It was a freewheeling and wide-ranging discussion, as I'd hoped. Since I was moderating, I scribbled notes, just in case the conversation lagged and I needed […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 16 years ago11/03/2015

Writing Writing Events

The Writing Life: It’s Raining in Nashville

When it rains in Nashville, the heavens open in a biblical manner. If you happen to be caught outside in it, you are soaked to the bone instantly. Often the rain is accompanied by scary bursts of thunder and lightning. Perhaps the thunder and lightning is scary to me because I experience it so rarely […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 16 years ago11/03/2015

Writing Events

All Modern Contest Continues

A quick note–I want to let everyone know that the All Modern contest, originally slated to end tomorrow, has been extended over the Labor Day Weekend. My contact at the site is on vacation. This is good news for him and good news for you as well, because it means more time for you to […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 17 years ago11/03/2015

Creativity Writing

Writing In the Middle of it All

We're getting a new roof put on. Not only that, our old roof leaked, so there's some damage that needs to be repaired in the house itself. This means I currently have two work crews at my house. At the moment, the sounds are: pounding, the screech of a wood truss being ripped from the […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 17 years ago11/03/2015

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A Writer’s Constant Companion

It is August, the crickets sing at night, and my pug is dying. I want to honor him while he is still here, which will not be for long. My pug Igor, has been a constant companion the last ten years, even after turning blind, and lately, developing a limp in his rear leg. He […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 17 years ago11/03/2015

Books Creativity Writing

The Writer’s Notebook: Loving Moleskines

I'm a journal and notebook junkie.

I carry around a journal with me wherever I go, and over the years I've been through many a different kind of journal. But lately, I have discovered Moleskines, and I am in love.

Charlotte Rains Dixon 17 years ago11/03/2015

Creativity Travel Writing

The Writing Life: Letter from LA

Sitting in the garden at the Pasadena coffee shop called Zephyr, I whiled away a few good hours talking with my screenwriting friend Brian. We discussed the movie biz and the publishing world while a gentle breeze rustled the ivy covering the patio walls and handsome Armenians smoked hookahs at a table nearby. Russian literature […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 17 years ago11/03/2015

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Tag: writing

I’m Not Writing, I’m Putting on Make-up

Revising a Novel: Slowly, Slowly

A Writer’s Diet: Slim Shots

A Successful Writing Life

The Writing Life: It’s Raining in Nashville

All Modern Contest Continues

Writing In the Middle of it All

A Writer’s Constant Companion

The Writer’s Notebook: Loving Moleskines

The Writing Life: Letter from LA

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