grin and bare it
A blog by Matthew Dicks
Holiday treat
Praise from Jim Higgins of the Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal Sentinel, who includes Something Missing in his Ten Books You Will Just Simply Enjoy.
Read MoreBad book covers
Joe Queenan recently wrote an essay in the Sunday Book Review about how bad book covers can influence his reading choices. I feel his pain. Bad book covers have kept me from reading some books…
Read MoreChallenging literary analysis
Tonight, I was reading Eric Carle’s The Very Lonely Firefly to my daughter. Though I like the book a lot, I apparently never fully understood the story. As the firefly makes its way around town,…
Read MoreHonesty gets you nowhere
I must have been living in a cave four years ago when Ayelet Waldman published this piece in which she says she loves her husband more than her children. In talking about it now with…
Read MoreNew name. New design. Same writer.
In case you haven’t noticed, the masthead of this blog changed today. The original masthead, designed by my wife, reflected the blog’s previous URL. That address, matthewdicks.com, is now the location of my new author’s…
Read MoreJudging people based upon viewing choices
It might not be nice, but I often judge people by the television shows they watch while exercising at the gym. Each machine has its own TV, and I find people’s programming choices utterly fascinating.…
Read MoreRock opera update
Last night, my friend Andy and I had our first reading (and listening) of the rock opera we have been working on for several months. A group of friends gathered around my dining room table,…
Read MoreHanderpants!
Katherine from Bunch of Grapes Bookstore recently made me aware of the fabulousness of Handerpants. I know. Handerpants are nothing new. I have a friend who wears a version of handerpants regularly (much to the…
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