grin and bare it
A blog by Matthew Dicks
“Something Missing” on Facebook
My buddy, Tom, started a Fans of Something Missing group on Facebook last week. It’s already got about forty members, even though most of them have yet to read the book. Yesterday he assigned me…
Read MoreDivision of labor
One of the challenges of writing, at least for me, is how to divide my time, my attention, and my energy. Holding down a job as an elementary school teacher (and finding it difficult to…
Read MoreQuick reads
For anyone interested in some fun reading check out: The 7 Greatest Stories in the History of Esquire Magazine Esquire’s list of the Seven Best First Sentences of 2006 Esquire’s 70 Greatest Sentences
Read MoreMore excited than me
My book popped up on Amazon.com last week, available for preorder. I have a Google alert set up for my name, and last Tuesday, it alerted me to the novel’s appearance on the site. Since…
Read MoreFinding the right literary agent
Brian, via email, asks: Can you tell me how the writer-agent relationship works? How did you go about finding an agent? First, please keep in mind that I can only speak about the relationship that…
Read MoreInappropriate language
This evening, I attempted to open an Amazon Connect account, which would allow me to link this blog to the Amazon page where Something Missing will be sold. It sounds like a great program. Not…
Read MoreSupplementary reading
Since you have to pay for the archives of many newspapers, my previously mentioned article, Two Divorces Too Many, which was re-titled by some newspapers and magazines, was difficult to find for some people. By…
Read MoreCharacter first
Penelope Pudding (a genius pseudonym) writes: Do your books evolve as you write them, or do you know how they will end in advance? Interesting question. As you probably know, every author is different. Perhaps…
Read MoreUnexpected
An acquaintance of mine met with her divorce attorney today to begin the sad proceedings that will bring her marriage to an end. Included in the informational packet that she received was an article entitled…
Read MoreSo it begins…
Greetings! Welcome to my little corner of the world. My name is Matthew Dicks. I am a writer. In the spring of 2008, under the guidance of my remarkable agent, Taryn Fagerness, I sold my…
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