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Read more about the article Skookum!

Skookum!

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:August 26, 2010
  • Post category:Autobiography
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Elysha rarely calls me by name. Like most couples, we have developed a series of pet names and nicknames for one another. Skookum, a word that means the best (and…

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Read more about the article Did they use straws to empty the pools?

Did they use straws to empty the pools?

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:August 26, 2010
  • Post category:History/Politics
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Did you know that skateboard parks began with southern California skateboarders in the 1970’s known as Z-Boys, who would trespass into neighbor’s backyards, empty the pool and use it as…

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Read more about the article Is it time for product placement in fiction?

Is it time for product placement in fiction?

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:August 26, 2010
  • Post category:Marketing and Publlicity/SOMETHING MISSING Items/The Writing Process/UNEXPECTEDLY, MILO related
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A month after my first novel, SOMETHING MISSING, hit the store shelves, I began receiving the occasional but persistent email from readers asking and oftentimes accusing me of having made product…

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