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January 23, 2026 Matthew Arnold Stern

How I fit an inspirational song into my novel

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Featured book: The Remainders

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Fifty-five more things I learned in fifty-five years

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A bad year

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The Remainders Beta 2 (and why writing is critical)

Grandpa Max
May 30, 2016May 30, 2025 Matthew Arnold Stern

Remembering Grandpa Max

Sequoia Junior High School in 1976
May 14, 2016June 10, 2024 Matthew Arnold Stern

Junior high school in the 1970s

May 9, 2016 Matthew Arnold Stern

Does generosity have limits?

April 13, 2016 Matthew Arnold Stern

“So why don’t you run for city council?”

April 10, 2016May 30, 2021 Matthew Arnold Stern

The latest on The Remainders (and the benefits of beta readers)

Cosplay at San Diego Comic-Con (SDCC 2014). Photo by Chris Favero through Wikimedia Commons.
March 28, 2016March 24, 2020 Matthew Arnold Stern

What happened to superheroes?

March 18, 2016August 29, 2017 Matthew Arnold Stern

The Little White Ball Revisited

March 10, 2016March 10, 2016 Matthew Arnold Stern

What cooking videos can teach you about user documentation

March 3, 2016March 5, 2016 Matthew Arnold Stern

How to waste time productively

February 17, 2016February 17, 2016 Matthew Arnold Stern

Civics 101

February 12, 2016May 30, 2021 Matthew Arnold Stern

Updates: Fun a Day Reseda and The Remainders

January 31, 2016May 30, 2021 Matthew Arnold Stern

Fun a Day Reseda – The House That Built Me

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