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Read more about the article What’s an author to do?

What’s an author to do?

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:January 28, 2010
  • Post category:Quandry

I was in the gym last week, running nowhere on a treadmill when I noticed that the woman beside me was reading Something Missing. I was thrilled— one of the…

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Read more about the article Who thought this was a good idea?

Who thought this was a good idea?

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:January 27, 2010
  • Post category:Quandry
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Can anyone explain to me why this graphic was chosen for McDonald's apple and cherry pie box?

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Read more about the article How to save the independent bookstore: Part 1

How to save the independent bookstore: Part 1

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:January 26, 2010
  • Post category:Idea

Since publishing my first book last year, I have had the pleasure of getting to know many independent booksellers, and my appreciation and respect for the independent bookstore has only…

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Read more about the article You just can’t throw away a man’s crock pot. Can you?

You just can’t throw away a man’s crock pot. Can you?

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:January 25, 2010
  • Post category:Autobiography

WIFE: Does anyone local want a perfectly good but sort of old-school crock pot? It works totally fine but was given to my husband by someone I really don't like,…

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Read more about the article Apologies for being so nice

Apologies for being so nice

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:January 25, 2010
  • Post category:Autobiography

I recently posted about my wife’s many amazing qualities on the blog that I write to our daughter. I did not do so because I was currying favor. I simply…

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Read more about the article Siblings or Dating?

Siblings or Dating?

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:January 25, 2010
  • Post category:Idea

I received a decanter at a recent Yankee swap. Apparently, it is used to keep water at the one’s bedside. Everyone at the party over fifty years of age identified…

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Read more about the article Getting through the day

Getting through the day

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:January 24, 2010
  • Post category:Quandry

A former student directed me to this amusing cartoon, which could be seen as encouragement or discouragement, depending upon your point of view. Right?

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Read more about the article Waiting on Hollywood

Waiting on Hollywood

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:January 23, 2010
  • Post category:Film/SOMETHING MISSING Items/Television/UNEXPECTEDLY, MILO related

It’s that time of night that film and television news occasionally trickle in. Both Something Missing and Unexpectedly, Milo have been optioned to film and television producers, and since they…

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Read more about the article Getting the word out

Getting the word out

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:January 22, 2010
  • Post category:Marketing and Publlicity

It’s been a good week in terms of getting my name out. An article written about me by Janet Cyr, a college student, has run in three different Connecticut papers,…

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Dagger in the heart

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:January 21, 2010
  • Post category:UNEXPECTEDLY, MILO related

On the day that I sent the manuscript for Unexpectedly, Milo off to my editor for the last time, proofread and edited, praying that it’s ready, Audible sent me this…

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