“Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.” -Dune, by Frank Herbert I am afraid of so many things. I am afraid of death, my own and others’. I am afraid of incompletion. I am afraid of bad health. I am afraid one day I’ll try to get out of bed [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Amy Sundberg’
Fear, the Mind Killer
Posted in Life, tagged Amy Sundberg, courage, Dune, fear, taking risks on May 17, 2012 | 4 Comments »
You Might Be a Book Worm If…
Posted in Arts, Writing, tagged Amy Sundberg, book love, book worm, books on May 15, 2012 | 12 Comments »
Book worm: a person who cannot imagine an existence without reading. It just occurred to me the other day that most people are not book worms. I mean, I know that most American adults do not read that many books; in 2007 the media had fun complaining about how 27% of Americans hadn’t read a [...]
The Monster Inside
Posted in Life, tagged Amy Sundberg, Dexter, monsters, vampires, Where the Wild Things Are on May 10, 2012 | 4 Comments »
When I was in Seattle, I bought a vampire T-shirt. It’s a flattering light blue, nice soft cotton, and on the front there’s a picture of a woman, her mouth surrounded by red blood. It is my new favorite T-shirt, even more so than the Star Wars one of Princess Leia saying, “Don’t call me [...]
Following Your Passion, Your Own Way
Posted in Life, tagged Amy Sundberg, careers, nonconformist, Passion, personal development, priorities on May 1, 2012 | 10 Comments »
When I was in high school, I was very jealous of my classmates who already knew what they were going to do with their lives. My father knew from childhood he wanted to be a scientist. He went straight from college to a PhD program in chemistry, and from there worked for a total of [...]
Dedication of an Earthquake to my Mother
Posted in Grief, Life, tagged Amy Sundberg, change, death, grief, Mom, people pleaser, priorities, taking risks, travel on April 26, 2012 | 7 Comments »
It’s the end of April, April 26th, to be exact, and as always on this day, my thoughts are with my mom. Her death at age fifty really brought home to me the reality of mortality. All things must end. We have a finite amount of time. It made me realize how important it is [...]
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 Want to Rule the World
Posted in Life, Society, tagged ambition, Amy Sundberg, priorities, success on April 17, 2012 | 5 Comments »
Okay, no, not really. What I really want to do is talk about ambition and different definitions of success. I talk a lot about priorities, and ultimately our priorities hinge on our own personal definitions of success. In order to set priorities that work for you, you have to know what you want. Sometimes this [...]
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