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A blog by Matthew Dicks

Revelation

By Matthew Dicks | January 29, 2010

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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On our way to Misty Valley Books!

By Matthew Dicks | January 29, 2010

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 two-day New Voices event sponsored…

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What I have to say

By Matthew Dicks | January 28, 2010

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, I had no idea what…

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What’s an author to do?

By Matthew Dicks | January 28, 2010

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 first discoveries of my book…

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Who thought this was a good idea?

By Matthew Dicks | January 27, 2010

Can anyone explain to me why this graphic was chosen for McDonald’s apple and cherry pie box?

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How to save the independent bookstore: Part 1

By Matthew Dicks | January 26, 2010

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 grown. These stores are owned…

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

By Matthew Dicks | January 25, 2010

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, and I can’t enjoy a…

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Apologies for being so nice

By Matthew Dicks | January 25, 2010

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 wanted our daughter to know…

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Siblings or Dating?

By Matthew Dicks | January 25, 2010

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 it immediately. No one under…

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Getting through the day

By Matthew Dicks | January 24, 2010

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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