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Matthew Arnold Stern

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Literature & Fiction, Historical Fiction, Humor

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Kurt Vonnegut, John Steinbeck, Ray Bradbury, George Orwell

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July 2012

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Who is Matthew Arnold Stern? For starters, I'm no relation to Howard.

I am an award-winning writer and public speaker. I have been writing professionally since 1983 as a technical writer, publicist, journalist, and novelist. I recently published my second novel, Doria. My first novel, Offline, was published in 2005.

My achievements include a Distinguished Toastmaster award from Toastmasters International, a Distinguished Technical Communications award from the Orange County Society of Technical Communication, and an Award of Excellence from the International Online Communications Competition. I have given speeches at technical conferences including the Society for Technical Communication and WritersUA.

I grew up in the San Fernando Valley and ...more

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“I need coffee to deal with this, and I’m not getting decaf.”
― Matthew Arnold Stern, Offline

tags: coffee, determination

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“I need coffee to deal with this, and I’m not getting decaf.”
― Matthew Arnold Stern, Offline

tags: coffee, determination

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“I know logically that I can live without him, but loving him has become such an integral, necessary part of my life; I am not sure I could stop, even if we parted.”
― Anna Bayes, Under His Wings

tags: love, relationship

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“Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't.”
― Mark Twain, Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World

tags: books, truth

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“My candle burns at both ends;
It will not last the night;
But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends—
It gives a lovely light!”
― Edna St. Vincent Millay, A Few Figs from Thistles

tags: intensity, poetry, zeal

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“In writing, you must kill all your darlings.”
― William Faulkner

tags: revision, writing

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