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Read more about the article Loving librarians

Loving librarians

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:June 2, 2009
  • Post category:SOMETHING MISSING Items

Thanks to my blessed Google alerts, I discovered some librarians chatting favorably about Something Missing. I can’t express how simultaneously surreal and rewarding it is to find strangers online discussing…

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Read more about the article Another review!

Another review!

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:June 1, 2009
  • Post category:SOMETHING MISSING Items

And a great one, too.  This one is from the June 1 issue of  Kirkus Reviews, a “respected, authoritative pre-publication review source within the literary and film industries,” according to…

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Read more about the article Solving problems

Solving problems

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:May 28, 2009
  • Post category:The Writing Process

My wife recently described my writing process like this: You approach writing like you approach life: As a problem solver. You create complex and elaborate problems for your characters, and…

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Read more about the article Second review!

Second review!

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:May 26, 2009
  • Post category:SOMETHING MISSING Items

The second review of Something Missing was forwarded to me today, a starred review (the highest praise a book can receive in this publication) in the June 1 issue of…

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Read more about the article First review

First review

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:May 25, 2009
  • Post category:SOMETHING MISSING Items

My first review came out today in Publisher’s Weekly. Though it contains some criticism which I will attempt to process over the coming days, the review is quite positive and…

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Read more about the article My new hero

My new hero

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:May 25, 2009
  • Post category:Books

Anonymous, brilliant, and brave.

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Read more about the article Latest adventures with my book club

Latest adventures with my book club

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:May 24, 2009
  • Post category:Books/SOMETHING MISSING Items

I’m a member of a book club that I enjoy very much. We are currently reading Death with Interruptions by Jose Saramago. It was chosen by my wife, Elysha, who…

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Read more about the article Much improved

Much improved

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:May 22, 2009
  • Post category:The Writing Process/UNEXPECTEDLY, MILO related

Just after complaining about my ability to write dialogue, I receive an email from a friend who just finished reading a draft of Unexpectedly, Milo: "Finished the book last week. …

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Read more about the article New Yorker insider

New Yorker insider

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:May 21, 2009
  • Post category:Recommended Reading/Viewing

Dan Baum has been twittering about his brief career as a staff writer at the New Yorker, and it is fascinating for anyone interested in the literary world and learning…

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Read more about the article Two. Period.

Two. Period.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:May 19, 2009
  • Post category:The Writing Process

In the recent debate over how many spaces should come after a period, I unequivocally come down on the side of two. In the words of this blog’s author, “Taking…

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