grin and bare it
A blog by Matthew Dicks
Tackle football one more time. Please?
The previous week has been quite interesting in terms of my athletic accomplishments. Last Sunday, I played nine holes of golf and beat my friend, Jeff, for the first time. Granted, he played poorly, and…
Read MoreNew website up and running
My new author website debuts this morning at matthewdicks.com. Everything you might want to know about me and my books, including a link to this blog, can be found there. I am still filling out…
Read MoreI hope he’s right
Sometimes, I worry that I might have entered the publishing world at the wrong time. Falling book sales, an unsettled eBook market, and the decline of the independent bookstore have caused massive upheavals in the…
Read MoreHoping for disaster. Again.
I plan to watch Oprah with my wife this evening, a talk show I never usually watch. Elysha recorded Oprah’s interview with Sarah Palin, and I’ve been waiting to hear her speak about her new…
Read MoreHappy to be alive
Yesterday, I was interviewed by a reporter about Something Missing and my life in general. She was surprised to hear about the many things that I manage to squeeze into the day, and when she…
Read MoreUniformity be damned!
I find the degree to which authors differ in their approaches to writing utterly unique. Alexander Alter of the Wall Street Journal has collected remarks from various leading authors about how they approach the process…
Read MoreBecause you CAN have too many…
Unfriend is the OED’s Word of the Year for 2009. I like this a lot. Nothing warm and fuzzy this year.
Read MoreSneak attack averted
As you may know, I am allergic to bees. Dangerously allergic. As such, I often view bees, wasps, and hornets as my enemies. And I often think that they feel the same about me. Yesterday,…
Read MoreOut of the mouths of babes (Psalm 8: 1-2)
The Catholic Archdiocese of Washington said Wednesday that it would be unable to continue the social service programs it runs for the District if the city doesn’t change a proposed same-sex marriage law. This threat…
Read MorePerhaps they are not quite dead just yet
Cormac McCarthy was recently quoted as saying: “…the indulgent, 800-page books that were written a hundred years ago are just not going to be written anymore and people need to get used to that. If…
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