Matthew Arnold Stern
@maswriter.bsky.social
I write to inspire, inform, and connect. My novels include Amiga and The Remainders, and I wrote a guide to impromptu speaking, Mastering Table Topics. No DMs. https://linktr.ee/maswriter
I finished my second draft this week, and I’ve started editing. #WeeknightWriters
November 15, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I finished my second draft this week, and I’ve started editing. #WeeknightWriters
Here are my latest lines from my #WIP. They include what I think may be the most romantic thing I've ever had a male character say to a FMC. #amwriting
November 8, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Here are my latest lines from my #WIP. They include what I think may be the most romantic thing I've ever had a male character say to a FMC. #amwriting
We already know he doesn't care about us. The thing about this picture is the person who fainted is a businessman. Rich people, he doesn't care about you either. He doesn't care about anyone except himself. He will screw you over too.
November 7, 2025 at 1:03 PM
We already know he doesn't care about us. The thing about this picture is the person who fainted is a businessman. Rich people, he doesn't care about you either. He doesn't care about anyone except himself. He will screw you over too.
One of the things I despaired about last year was that I'd never find a publishing home for my novel, Christina's Portrait. It touches on themes that would enrage the regime. But I've been sending submissions anyway. I decided not to be afraid to write what I believe. #amquerying #WeeknightWriters
November 7, 2025 at 5:02 AM
One of the things I despaired about last year was that I'd never find a publishing home for my novel, Christina's Portrait. It touches on themes that would enrage the regime. But I've been sending submissions anyway. I decided not to be afraid to write what I believe. #amquerying #WeeknightWriters
My current work in progress has callbacks to the first novel I self-published, Offline. I make a direct reference in the paragraph shown in the center, but many of the themes, grounded on my observations about corporate life, are repeated. #amwriting #booksky #WeeknightWriters
October 31, 2025 at 12:40 PM
My current work in progress has callbacks to the first novel I self-published, Offline. I make a direct reference in the paragraph shown in the center, but many of the themes, grounded on my observations about corporate life, are repeated. #amwriting #booksky #WeeknightWriters
My newsletter comes out tomorrow with an interview with the Reseda Charter HS librarian. In the meantime, enjoy this scene from my novel in submission, Christina's Portrait, and subscribe to my newsletter here: www.matthewarnoldstern.com/newsletter.h... #booksky
October 23, 2025 at 1:43 PM
My newsletter comes out tomorrow with an interview with the Reseda Charter HS librarian. In the meantime, enjoy this scene from my novel in submission, Christina's Portrait, and subscribe to my newsletter here: www.matthewarnoldstern.com/newsletter.h... #booksky
Thanks to all of you who signed up for the Amiga Goodreads giveaway. If you're a winner, you'll be notified soon. Please remember to give Amiga a review. Don't forget to check out Amiga and my other books at your favorite bookstore. #booksky
October 1, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Thanks to all of you who signed up for the Amiga Goodreads giveaway. If you're a winner, you'll be notified soon. Please remember to give Amiga a review. Don't forget to check out Amiga and my other books at your favorite bookstore. #booksky
Hansel shows off some creative writing magazines I worked on in high school. #WeeknightWriters
September 22, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Hansel shows off some creative writing magazines I worked on in high school. #WeeknightWriters
On my brother's web site, www.victoryandreseda.net, he did a story about the 1970 Plymouth Barracuda and other great cars of that year. Not coincidentally, a 1970 Barracuda makes an appearance in my current #wip. #WIPSnips #booksky #amwriting
August 17, 2025 at 4:22 PM
On my brother's web site, www.victoryandreseda.net, he did a story about the 1970 Plymouth Barracuda and other great cars of that year. Not coincidentally, a 1970 Barracuda makes an appearance in my current #wip. #WIPSnips #booksky #amwriting
August 17, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Get a first glimpse of my new work in progress and learn more about Mary Wollstonecraft from author NJ Mastro in the next issue of my newsletter. It's coming out tomorrow, June 20. Subscribe today so you don't miss out: www.matthewarnoldstern.com/newsletter.h...
June 19, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Get a first glimpse of my new work in progress and learn more about Mary Wollstonecraft from author NJ Mastro in the next issue of my newsletter. It's coming out tomorrow, June 20. Subscribe today so you don't miss out: www.matthewarnoldstern.com/newsletter.h...
On International Amiga Day, I'm celebrating what remains my favorite computer. I had an Amiga 500 and used it for writing, planning our wedding, and playing great games. It later inspired my novel Amiga, and it's a part of my #WIP. Here's to a computer that was ahead of its time!
May 31, 2025 at 12:12 PM
On International Amiga Day, I'm celebrating what remains my favorite computer. I had an Amiga 500 and used it for writing, planning our wedding, and playing great games. It later inspired my novel Amiga, and it's a part of my #WIP. Here's to a computer that was ahead of its time!
This is for the brave soldiers who gave their lives for our freedom. Not the fascist ghouls who want to take it away.
May 26, 2025 at 3:12 PM
This is for the brave soldiers who gave their lives for our freedom. Not the fascist ghouls who want to take it away.
Still a bad guy.
May 17, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Still a bad guy.
Some people didn't play Oregon Trail as a kid, and it shows.
May 13, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Some people didn't play Oregon Trail as a kid, and it shows.
Death: You wanna rest after a life well lived?
Ruth Buzzi: (Hits him with purse.)
Death: You wanna be remembered for making people laugh?
Ruth: (Hits him with purse.)
Death: You wanna call me an ambulance? (Keels over and falls down.)
Rest in peace, Ruth Buzzi.
Ruth Buzzi: (Hits him with purse.)
Death: You wanna be remembered for making people laugh?
Ruth: (Hits him with purse.)
Death: You wanna call me an ambulance? (Keels over and falls down.)
Rest in peace, Ruth Buzzi.
May 2, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Death: You wanna rest after a life well lived?
Ruth Buzzi: (Hits him with purse.)
Death: You wanna be remembered for making people laugh?
Ruth: (Hits him with purse.)
Death: You wanna call me an ambulance? (Keels over and falls down.)
Rest in peace, Ruth Buzzi.
Ruth Buzzi: (Hits him with purse.)
Death: You wanna be remembered for making people laugh?
Ruth: (Hits him with purse.)
Death: You wanna call me an ambulance? (Keels over and falls down.)
Rest in peace, Ruth Buzzi.
Going to the Commodore Los Angeles Super Show to do presentations, sell books, and reconnect with the technology of my youth. I also recovered the first novel I wrote 40 years ago. #WeeknightWriters
May 2, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Going to the Commodore Los Angeles Super Show to do presentations, sell books, and reconnect with the technology of my youth. I also recovered the first novel I wrote 40 years ago. #WeeknightWriters
This is what democracy looks like in Laguna Hills, CA!
May 1, 2025 at 7:32 PM
This is what democracy looks like in Laguna Hills, CA!
To prepare for my presentation at the Commodore LA Super Show, I dug out the first chapters of a novel I wrote for a class at CSUN in 1985. Who was my professor? NYT best-selling author @jewellparkerrhodes.bsky.social! Excellent teacher and author!
April 25, 2025 at 11:22 PM
To prepare for my presentation at the Commodore LA Super Show, I dug out the first chapters of a novel I wrote for a class at CSUN in 1985. Who was my professor? NYT best-selling author @jewellparkerrhodes.bsky.social! Excellent teacher and author!
Case in point, I’m parked in front of this Model 3 with a “We won’t go back” sticker in the front and “Fight hate” and other pro-humanity stickers on the back. From the license plate, it’s a 2021 model.
April 9, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Case in point, I’m parked in front of this Model 3 with a “We won’t go back” sticker in the front and “Fight hate” and other pro-humanity stickers on the back. From the license plate, it’s a 2021 model.
A ban on an app is another way the powers that be seek to control us by taking things away. Don’t fall for it.
April 3, 2025 at 10:22 PM
A ban on an app is another way the powers that be seek to control us by taking things away. Don’t fall for it.
My whole novel is about a character who gets tarot readings.
March 25, 2025 at 1:30 PM
My whole novel is about a character who gets tarot readings.