Posts Tagged ‘memoirs of an imaginary friend’
“Where do you get your ideas?” is an understandable but impossible-to-answer question for authors. But “Nuns at Scout camp” will be one of my answers someday.
I’m often asked where I get my ideas for books, which is an understandable but impossible question to answer. There is no well of ideas. There is no secret formula. There is no one answer to that question, as much as fledgling writers seem to want there to be. Simply put, I hear something. I…
Read MoreI suffered a wardrobe malfunction. I told the audience that they suck. Just another day in the life of an author.
I had the pleasure of speaking at the Cragin Memorial Library last night as part of the Connecticut Author’s Trail. A group of about 48 women and two men gathered to hear me speak, which I continue to find both humbling and astounding. Rather than read from my novel, I tell stories about the writing…
Read MoreFour of my books and one dead unicorn
A photo of my books at The Strand in New York, sent to me by a friend. I especially like how Death of a Unicorn is sandwiched between the soft and hardcover editions of Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend. I’m always asking my students for a unicorn sandwich. They never find my request as amusing…
Read MoreMy new best friend lives in Ecuador and has great taste in books and culture
A reader in Ecuador tweeted this about Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend: “Memories of an Imaginary Friend” by Matthew Dicks should be considered cultural heritage of humanity. Some of my closest friends haven’t even read the book yet.
Read MorePressure is a privilege
Author Susan Schoenberger posted this quote to her Twitter feed: “Pressure is a privilege.” – Billie Jean King as heard on Fresh Air. I love this idea. It’s so true. Many of the things that I choose to do involve pressure. I stand before 21 students every day, knowing full well that I am responsible…
Read MoreI may not be an author yet, but I write like one.
I’ve published three novels since 2009. All three were sold internationally, including the most recent, Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend, which has been translated into 25 languages worldwide and is an international bestseller. All three of my novels have been optioned for television or film. My next novel, The Perfect Comeback of Caroline Jacobs, is…
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The Portuguese edition of Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend. I love this cover.
Read MoreThe career of an author is not all angst and loneliness. Some of the time.
I am not a starry eyed author. I expect little from my publishing career. When I published my first novel, Something Missing, in 2009, I was not under the illusion that I would be quitting my day job anytime soon. I saw that book as a small, uncertain, precarious step into a new career that…
Read MoreFor almost a day, I almost thought of myself as an honest-to-goodness author. Then they took all the books away.
On Wednesday afternoon, I walked into my local Stop & Shop to pick up a few things. I was feeling grumpy for a number of reasons (some legitimate) and plowing through the aisles like I wanted to hunt down and kill someone. My local Stop & Shop has a large, wide, well stocked book aisle,…
Read MoreBare-breasted women are perfectly fine but Dicks was offensive?
Though my most recent novel, MEMOIRS OF AN IMAGINARY FRIEND, is published in England (and doing quite well), I’ve never had the pleasure of visiting the country. But it has come to my attention (through its publisher’s recent defense) that The Sun, a popular British tabloid newspaper, publishes large, color photographs of topless women on…
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