grin and bare it
A blog by Matthew Dicks
USA Today! Today!
An article appeared in USA Today by Carol Memmott on publishing in trade paperback instead of hardcover, and Something Missing was featured prominently in the piece. Very exciting! My initial instinct was to run out…
Read MoreWyatt of Rockport, Massachusetts
I spent the past week vacationing in Rockport, a seaside town on the north shore of Massachusetts. It’s a delightfully quaint and historic little town, its streets lined with tiny shops, each filled with tons…
Read MoreOdd titles
As I attempt to settle on a title for my second novel, I am amused by the discovery that a prize is given out annually to the book with the oddest name. It’s known as…
Read MoreInterruption
Conversation between a three-year-old and me: Three-year-old: Hi. What are you working on? Me: An questionnaire for my publisher. Three-year-old: Why? Me: So that my readers can know me better. Three-year-old: Oh. A second later……
Read MoreA reader’s guide
Random House has posted a reader’s guide for Something Missing on their site, along with a summary of the book and a couple of blurbs from other authors. As the writer, reading the questions in…
Read MoreA dangerous career
Last week I accompanied my wife to a Passover Seder at the home of some of her old friends. I didn’t know many people in attendance, but the host knew about the upcoming publication of…
Read MoreNot religious. Not spiritual.
The advanced review copies of Something Missing have begun to pop up on eBay (thank goodness for Google Alerts). Even though the ARC seal on the book clearly states that the review copy is not…
Read MoreMorrison victorious
For those who didn’t follow the Tournament of Books I referenced previously, Toni Morrison’s A Mercy beat out Tom Piazza’s City of Refuge for the win. While in college, I took a class centered on the…
Read MoreMore from Vonnegut
Apologies, dear readers, for the lengthy departure, but attempts to complete final revisions to Milo (now tentatively titled Unexpectedly, Milo), combined with the need to complete report cards for my students and a Border’s Book…
Read MoreFighting with my agent (sort of)
I’ve spent the last week working on revising my second book using notes from my agent, Taryn, who, by the way, recently launched her own literary agency. It took me all of two seconds to…
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