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Read more about the article My first library book: Desperately seeking the title

My first library book: Desperately seeking the title

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:March 26, 2012
  • Post category:Autobiography/Books/Favorite
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When I was a child, there were very few books in our home, and almost no children’s books whatsoever, so when I was finally able to ride my bike to…

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Read more about the article Gone fishin’

Gone fishin’

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:March 26, 2012
  • Post category:Family
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Oh sure. To you this looks like a little girl waving a toy broom at the camera. But it’s not. That toy box is actually a boat, one I was…

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Read more about the article Gratitude journal: Clara’s kisses

Gratitude journal: Clara’s kisses

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:March 25, 2012
  • Post category:Family/Gratitude Journal
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Tonight I am grateful for the way Clara will grab hold of my the cheeks and pull me in for a kiss. There will come a day when her kisses…

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Read more about the article Adolescent boys are apparently easily entertained by really stupid (but AWESOME) stuff

Adolescent boys are apparently easily entertained by really stupid (but AWESOME) stuff

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:March 25, 2012
  • Post category:Television
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I mentioned on Twitter today that my favorite Japanese monster was Gamera, the giant turtle with inexplicable rocket engines for flying. Unable to remember the story of Gamera, I went…

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I finally read Where the Wild Things Are. Sort of.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:March 25, 2012
  • Post category:Books
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Having grown up with almost no children’s books in the home, it has been an unexpected joy to read these classics for the first time with my daughter. I would…

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Read more about the article Gratitude journal: The almost perfect game

Gratitude journal: The almost perfect game

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:March 24, 2012
  • Post category:Gratitude Journal/Sports
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Yesterday I was grateful for poker, which I described as the perfect game. Tonight I am grateful for golf, the almost perfect game. I played today thanks to a spat…

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Blurb!

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:March 24, 2012
  • Post category:MEMOIRS OF AN IMAGINARY FRIEND items
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In the wake of Jodi Picoult’s exceptionally generous blurb comes this one from Carol Kranowitz, a teacher, a leader in the autism community and the bestselling author of The Out-of-Sync…

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Read more about the article Cutest astronaut ever

Cutest astronaut ever

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:March 24, 2012
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Read more about the article Gratitude journal: The perfect game

Gratitude journal: The perfect game

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:March 23, 2012
  • Post category:Gratitude Journal
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Tonight I am grateful for poker. It is a perfect game. It creates an environment in which a group of players attempt to extract money from one another by utilizing…

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Read more about the article Insightful and hilarious confirmation that my publisher and I are a perfect match

Insightful and hilarious confirmation that my publisher and I are a perfect match

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:March 23, 2012
  • Post category:MEMOIRS OF AN IMAGINARY FRIEND items/Publishing
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In a recent meeting with the sales, publicity and marketing team of my publisher, St. Martin’s Press, I was asked about the decision to publish in the UK under the…

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