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Read more about the article Goals?

Goals?

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:February 2, 2010
  • Post category:Autobiography
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I love my hairdresser. She good, quick (always a priority for me) and genuinely a great person.  I actually enjoy spending time with her, which is unusual for me and…

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Read more about the article A question in need of an answer

A question in need of an answer

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:February 1, 2010
  • Post category:Idea/Publishing/Quandry
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I was talking to a friend about publishing today, and once again I found myself proclaiming my fondness for the ancient but still highly effective technology known as a book. …

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Read more about the article B Roll

B Roll

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:February 1, 2010
  • Post category:Web/Tech
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I thought this was hilarious. Depressed woman touching a wall… so good.

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Read more about the article Resolution update: January 2010

Resolution update: January 2010

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:February 1, 2010
  • Post category:Autobiography
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1.  Lose seventeen more pounds, bringing my weight down to 185 pounds, which was my high school pole vaulting weight. After a weekend of “eating our way through Vermont” (my…

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Read more about the article Fresh Voices 2010

Fresh Voices 2010

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:January 31, 2010
  • Post category:Appearances/Autobiography/Books/SOMETHING MISSING Items

I’ve spent the last two days in Chester, Vermont, at Misty Valley Books Fresh Voices 2010, a remarkable weekend-long event that showcases new authors to the community. Lynne and Bill…

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Revelation

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:January 29, 2010
  • Post category:Autobiography

I just realized that my cat, Owen, meows with question marks. Meow? Meow? Every time it’s a question. No wonder I find it so annoying.

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Read more about the article On our way to Misty Valley Books!

On our way to Misty Valley Books!

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:January 29, 2010
  • Post category:Appearances/Autobiography

This weekend, my wife and I will travel to Chester, Vermont, leaving our one-year-old daughter behind for the first time. I am appearing with five other first-time novelists at a…

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Read more about the article What I have to say

What I have to say

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:January 28, 2010
  • Post category:The Writing Process

Toby Lichtig writes in The Guardian about how all writers repeat themselves. That is, they seem to return to the same themes again and again. When I wrote Something Missing,…

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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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