grin and bare it
A blog by Matthew Dicks
Bestseller list
I’ve made the bestseller list for the first time in my career. No, not the Times or The Washington Post. Not quite yet. The Seattle Mystery Bookshop’s list of January 2010 Bestsellers. SOMETHING MISSING is…
Read MoreSearching for a new dream
I was reading Malcolm Gladwell’s New Yorker piece Dangerous Minds and came upon this paragraph dealing with how psychics can appear to be so accurate in so many of their statements: The Jacques Statement, named…
Read MoreForeign deal
Good news on the SOMETHING MISSING front. My editor informed me that we have sold the foreign rights to a Taiwanese publisher New Rain. It’s an excellent deal for the region, so says my agent,…
Read MoreA question in need of an answer
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. I have nothing against e-books…
Read MoreResolution update: January 2010
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 wife’s words), I find that…
Read MoreFresh Voices 2010
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 Reed, owners of the bookstore,…
Read MoreRevelation
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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