My short story “The Box in my Pocket” has recently come out in the anthology Fantastic Stories of the Imagination, which is available as a paperback and an e-book. Here it is directly at Amazon (paperback and Kindle e-book) and B&N (for the Nook). I wrote this story in January of 2011. I remember thinking of the [...]
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Novel Rough Draft Complete!
Posted in Science fiction and fantasy, Writing, tagged Academy of Forgetting, Amy Sundberg, novel, Taos Toolbox, YA Novel Challenge on April 19, 2012 | 12 Comments »
I am happy to report that a week ago today, I finished the rough draft of my latest novel, The Academy of Forgetting. It clocks in at a little less than 77,000 words, which is ideal for a YA novel with a speculative element, and gives me a little breathing room in both directions as [...]
I will be at FogCon this weekend. Will you?
Posted in Science fiction and fantasy, tagged Amy Sundberg, conventions, FOGcon, philosophy on March 28, 2012 | 4 Comments »
I’ll be attending FogCon in Walnut Creek this weekend, and I’m moderating a panel this Friday the 30th at 1:30pm: Body and Mind: Smash the Binary, Salon B/C Body/Mind duality is a staple of Western philosophy and metaphysics, from the ancient Greeks through Rene Descartes through the present day. Is this a false duality or [...]
Strong Female Characters Can Still Screw Up, Get Upset, and Cry
Posted in Science fiction and fantasy, Society, Writing, tagged Amy Sundberg, Buffy, feminism, strong female character on March 15, 2012 | 8 Comments »
As many of you know, I’m a big Buffy the Vampire Slayer fan. I’ve watched the series more than once. I have a Buffy T-shirt. I even own a replica scythe. So what I’m about to say may shock you. Buffy the Vampire Slayer is not a feminist show. It is sometimes egregiously sexist, in [...]
My Current Obsession (no, it’s not Downton Abbey)
Posted in Science fiction and fantasy, Writing, tagged Academy of Forgetting, Amy Sundberg, blogging, novel, writing, YA Novel Challenge on February 28, 2012 | 7 Comments »
My head is in the clouds. Actually, my head is in a fictional boarding school in a remote location in the Canadian Rockies. In other words, I am obsessed by the novel I am currently writing. And when I’m not completely lost in my obsession, my mind invariably turns to the novel I want to [...]
YA or Adult? How to Tell Them Apart
Posted in Science fiction and fantasy, Writing, tagged Amy Sundberg, boy book, dystopia, girl book, narrative voice, POV, writing, YA on January 26, 2012 | 8 Comments »
I was talking to a new friend at Epic ConFusion about YA and the difficulties that many newcomers to the genre (especially those writers who started in adult markets) have in identifying it. This may be the reason why we keep getting these awful panels at sf/f cons that devolve into an hour-long discussion trying [...]
Enough with the Dead Dogs!
Posted in Science fiction and fantasy, Writing, tagged Amy Sundberg, dead dogs, emotional manipulation, I love dogs, Nala, tropes, writers, writing on January 19, 2012 | 21 Comments »
My husband often reads out loud to me before we go to sleep. We most often read children’s classics and more recent middle grade novels because I want something interesting but not so exciting that I can’t go to sleep. We’d just finished a few books by Bruce Coville (if you’re interested in MG fiction [...]
Symbol of the Year…not to mention Award Season
Posted in Life, Science fiction and fantasy, tagged awards, Campbell Award, Hugo Award, Nebula Award, Scythe, symbol on January 5, 2012 | 10 Comments »
Yesterday, I received my symbol of the year in the mail. Yes, it is the Scythe from Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 7. Full geek points to you if you recognized it. For those of you not familiar with the show, the Scythe is a mystical weapon forged for the Slayer (into every generation [...]
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