Skip to content

Stories sell - Get the book

Matthew Dicks
  • About
  • Stories
    • Books
    • Blog
    • Articles
    • Videos
    • Podcasts
    • Success Stories
  • Consulting
    • Learn More
    • Current/Previous Clients
  • Speaking
  • Connect
    • Contact
    • Events
  • Other Things
    • Storyworthy
    • Speak Up
  • Toggle website search
  • About
  • Stories
    • Books
    • Blog
    • Articles
    • Videos
    • Podcasts
    • Success Stories
  • Consulting
    • Learn More
    • Current/Previous Clients
  • Speaking
  • Connect
    • Contact
    • Events
  • Other Things
    • Storyworthy
    • Speak Up
  • Toggle website search
Read more about the article Relax, lady. It’s a picture book and it’s funny.

Relax, lady. It’s a picture book and it’s funny.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 3, 2011
  • Post category:Books
  • Post comments:0 Comments

You have probably heard about the new book GO THE F***K TO SLEEP.  If not, it is a New York Times bestselling picture book written for adults that plays on…

Continue ReadingRelax, lady. It’s a picture book and it’s funny.
Read more about the article Cheerio on board

Cheerio on board

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 3, 2011
  • Post category:Family
  • Post comments:0 Comments

My daughter fell asleep in the midst of eating Cheerios. There was a Cheerio in her little fingers when she nodded off, and when my wife woke her, her arm…

Continue ReadingCheerio on board
Read more about the article Get a second job.

Get a second job.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 2, 2011
  • Post category:Autobiography/Idea
  • Post comments:0 Comments

The Times published a piece about the need for people in this economy to have more than one job. The lead reads: When someone asks Roger Fierro “What do you…

Continue ReadingGet a second job.
Read more about the article Girl at fence

Girl at fence

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 2, 2011
  • Post category:Family
  • Post comments:0 Comments

Years from now, my daughter will ask: “What was I gazing at, Daddy, with such earnestness? A towering mountaintop? A raging river? A brilliant sunset? An unpredictable, albeit bright, future.”…

Continue ReadingGirl at fence

I can make even the most hardened FBI agent crazy

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 1, 2011
  • Post category:Idea
  • Post comments:0 Comments

The members of the Westboro Baptist Church—the lunatic fringe group that pickets soldiers’ funerals with hate speech— was invited to Quantico Marine Base in Virginia to assist in training agents on…

Continue ReadingI can make even the most hardened FBI agent crazy
Read more about the article Resolution update: June 2011

Resolution update: June 2011

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 1, 2011
  • Post category:New Year's Resolutions
  • Post comments:0 Comments

1.  Lose 23 pounds, bringing me down to my high school track and field weight. Down fourteen pounds since the beginning of the year. Nine to go. Even my doctor…

Continue ReadingResolution update: June 2011
Read more about the article Revising seventeenth century essayists for the better

Revising seventeenth century essayists for the better

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:June 30, 2011
  • Post category:Words
  • Post comments:0 Comments

My friend, Shep, sent me this quote, which he liked a lot: Life is a tragedy for those who feel, and a comedy for those who think. -Jean de la…

Continue ReadingRevising seventeenth century essayists for the better
Read more about the article Our own little sweatshop

Our own little sweatshop

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:June 30, 2011
  • Post category:Family
  • Post comments:0 Comments

While I was mowing the lawn, my wife made a skirt for my daughter. A skirt.  Sure, it takes a long time to write a novel, and it requires a…

Continue ReadingOur own little sweatshop
Read more about the article Once is fine. But this is a pattern of stupidity.

Once is fine. But this is a pattern of stupidity.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:June 30, 2011
  • Post category:Critic/Sports
  • Post comments:0 Comments

I’m almost finished reading Those Guys Have All the Fun: Inside the World of ESPN. Amongst the many controversies cited in the book is Jemele Hill’s regrettable reference to Hitler…

Continue ReadingOnce is fine. But this is a pattern of stupidity.
Read more about the article Unforgettable duet

Unforgettable duet

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:June 29, 2011
  • Post category:Family/Music
  • Post comments:0 Comments

Tonight I put my daughter to bed on my own.  She asked me to sing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. I started singing, and then she joined me.  A first.  We…

Continue ReadingUnforgettable duet
  • Go to the previous page
  • 1
  • …
  • 35
  • 36
  • 37
  • 38
  • 39
  • 40
  • 41
  • …
  • 80
  • Go to the next page
[I write and publish every single day.]

Get your daily dose of stories

Sign up to conveniently receive my daily blog post from “Grin & Bare It” into your inbox daily.
Facebook X-twitter Youtube Linkedin Instagram
© 2025 Matthew Dicks Privacy Policy | Terms & Conditions