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"Keep The Fire" by Kenny Loggins playing on Apple CarPlay
January 23, 2026 Matthew Arnold Stern

How I fit an inspirational song into my novel

Official The Remainders Release Ad
October 2, 2023October 1, 2025 Matthew Arnold Stern

Featured book: The Remainders

We will all go there.
October 8, 2022 Matthew Arnold Stern

The Great Man’s Funeral

The Patty Pom-Poms Series by Aliso Cayen
September 26, 2022 Matthew Arnold Stern

Cheerleading and finding your passion

What does representation truly mean?
September 21, 2022 Matthew Arnold Stern

Mermaids, representation, and white authors

Queen Elizabeth II
September 11, 2022 Matthew Arnold Stern

A life of consequence

Transitioning between home and office wear
September 4, 2022September 5, 2022 Matthew Arnold Stern

Back to the office as a different person

All the Angels I can afford to own
August 25, 2022 Matthew Arnold Stern

If I bought the Angels

Trump supporters at a rally (photo by Michael Anthony)
August 14, 2022 Matthew Arnold Stern

Can you still write a sympathetic character you disagree with?

My high school choir in 1978
August 9, 2022 Matthew Arnold Stern

Even more songs to raise your spirits

America's Next Great Author
August 2, 2022August 2, 2022 Matthew Arnold Stern

Do I really want to be America’s Next Great Author?

My view while having a good time
July 28, 2022July 28, 2022 Matthew Arnold Stern

You don’t need food to have a good time

My recent TikTok shows the importance of authenticity
July 25, 2022July 25, 2022 Matthew Arnold Stern

The importance of authenticity

My first journal entry, July 23, 1977
July 15, 2022 Matthew Arnold Stern

45 things I learned about writing

Families should feel comfortable explaining where babies come from-especially now.
July 5, 2022 Matthew Arnold Stern

Giving The Talk in 2022

Artwork from the Christina Portrait Beta Cover
June 26, 2022June 26, 2022 Matthew Arnold Stern

Beta for Christina’s Portrait

Portrait of Karen E. Osborne, author of Reckonings
June 14, 2022 Matthew Arnold Stern

Interview with Karen E. Osborne

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