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Read more about the article The unexpected

The unexpected

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:December 30, 2008
  • Post category:The Writing Process/UNEXPECTEDLY, MILO related

I’m often questioned as to how I can be surprised by something that happens in the book that I am writing when I am the one doing the writing. “Don’t…

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Read more about the article My beginning with Mr. Compo

My beginning with Mr. Compo

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:December 26, 2008
  • Post category:The Writing Process

In the acknowledgments of Something Missing, I thank Mark Compopiano, my high school English teacher, for teaching me that “words can change minds.” I had always wanted to write, but…

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Read more about the article My writing group

My writing group

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:December 21, 2008
  • Post category:The Writing Process

About six months ago, I gathered some friends who are interested in writing and formed a writing group. We meet about once every other month and discuss our work. It’s…

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Read more about the article International

International

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:December 18, 2008
  • Post category:Publishing/SOMETHING MISSING Items

My mother-in-law found Something Missing listed on the Japanese version of Amazon today. Kind of neat.  Huh? While I'm not certain, I think this is actually an English version of the…

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Read more about the article One step closer

One step closer

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:December 18, 2008
  • Post category:SOMETHING MISSING Items

The Advanced Reader Copy for Something Missing arrived today! An ARC is (in the words of Wikipedia) a copy of a book released by its publisher before the book has…

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Read more about the article Strunk, White and the placenta

Strunk, White and the placenta

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:December 16, 2008
  • Post category:Recommended Reading/Viewing

Last night Elysha and I attended our final birth class. Though the first two classes were highly informative and well worth my time, this was the class that included the…

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Read more about the article How to make your wife cry

How to make your wife cry

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:December 15, 2008
  • Post category:Publishing/SOMETHING MISSING Items/The Writing Process

I have many reasons to write, and most are of the high-minded, creative sort. But I also like to make my wife cry. It was a Friday in May, and…

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Read more about the article Literary and humorous

Literary and humorous

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:December 11, 2008
  • Post category:Marketing and Publlicity/The Writing Process

Each day, Something Missing seems to pop up on another bookselling website, and each time Google Alert informs me of this, it’s just as exciting as the first time. Though…

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Read more about the article Stealing from real life

Stealing from real life

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:December 10, 2008
  • Post category:The Writing Process

Something Missing is a work of fiction. Even so, there are elements of my own life contained therein. Several characters are loosely based upon friends and acquaintances, certain plot lines…

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Read more about the article When to revise?

When to revise?

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:December 9, 2008
  • Post category:The Writing Process

Danny (an old high school friend, perhaps?) asks: When you write, do you draft everything quickly and then rewrite it later, or do you craft each sentence until it is…

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