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A homeless son and troubled father must reconnect before it's too late.

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60 quotes about 60 things I’ve learned in 60 years

My big divisible-by-five birthday has arrived! At past milestone birthdays and events, I’ve written lists of things I’ve learned during…

9 min readJul 12, 2021

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60 quotes about 60 things I’ve learned in 60 years

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Matthew Arnold Stern

Writing for yourself is writing for others

A question writers face is, “Should I write for others, or should I write for myself? Is it better to write to fit a marketable genre, or…

3 min read4 days ago

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Of course, I listened to it.

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Matthew Arnold Stern

It’s about time

It has been nearly two weeks since my last post, so let’s talk about time. Or in my case, the lack of it. I’ve been busy the past two weeks…

2 min readApr 11, 2024

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Time keeps ticking…

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Matthew Arnold Stern

The end of foolishness?

I used to love April Fool’s Day. In high school, we had an annual April Fool’s Day edition of our newspaper that we called the Reject…

2 min readMar 31, 2024

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A cartoon I drew for the April Fool’s edition of our high school newspaper in 1979.

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Matthew Arnold Stern

Wonka vs Wonka and the problem with overly likable characters

I watched Timothée Chalamet’s recent turn with Willy Wonka. I liked it, but I didn’t love it. It wasn’t as good as Gene Wilder’s Willy…

3 min readMar 26, 2024

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There’s a reason Wilder’s Wonka is used for this famous meme.

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Matthew Arnold Stern

How to deal with being overwhelmed

Let me tell you what my next four weeks will look like. I’m getting ready for my book signing event on Saturday. And I’m doing taxes for…

4 min readMar 18, 2024

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Have you ever felt like this?

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Matthew Arnold Stern

The last time

When was the last time you did a certain thing?

2 min readMar 12, 2024

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My mom before her stroke in 1979

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Matthew Arnold Stern

Apocalypse reconsidered

If you read my latest newsletter, you know that I’m working on a post-apocalyptic novel. (To receive future issues, use the signup form on…

5 min readMar 4, 2024

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A dystopian ruin

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Matthew Arnold Stern

How AI can help writers

AI. Does it have any use for a writer besides being the antagonist for a dystopian sci-fi novel? Many of us have concerns about AI stealing…

5 min readFeb 24, 2024

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Examples of AI-generated character reference images with Microsoft Designer

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Matthew Arnold Stern

Learning from other authors

As writers, we are not each other’s competition. We can learn from each other as we see how other authors take on the same creative…

3 min readFeb 10, 2024

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My novel Amiga and Gail Dwyer’s upcoming novel, The Roof Above

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Matthew Arnold Stern

Matthew Arnold Stern

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A novelist and award-winning public speaker and technical writer. My novels Amiga and The Remainders are available now.

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