What does it mean to be an artist? I’ve been asking myself this question, in various forms, for most of my life. It’s a question that bears repetition because there are so many possible answers, and my own personal answer sometimes changes. When I first began creating, the question wasn’t clearly formulated and the answer [...]
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What does it mean to be an artist?
Posted in Arts, tagged Amy Sundberg, artist, arts, composer, musician, painter, writer on February 21, 2012 | 4 Comments »
7 Things I’ve Learned From Google
Posted in Society, tagged Amy Sundberg, changing the world, distribution, Google+ on February 9, 2012 | 8 Comments »
Disclaimer: This post in no way reflects the opinions of my husband or his employer. Yup, it’s one hundred percent me. So without further ado, here’s what I’ve learned from Google. 1. Filtering is critical. Google is not a media company, and it doesn’t produce any content of its own. Its core idea is to [...]
There Is No Magic Bullet
Posted in Arts, Personal Development, Writing, tagged Amy Sundberg, art, determination, excellence, practice, writing on February 7, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Sometimes when we are on the road to excellence, we get a little tired. We wish we were already there. We wish the road had a literal signpost saying “You have made it, and you can officially stop worrying and consider yourself to be awesome.” We wonder if we should have chosen something easier to [...]
The Pursuit of Excellence, or How Becoming Awesome Takes More Than 30 Days
Posted in Arts, Life, Personal Development, Writing, tagged Amy Sundberg, arete, commitment, excellence, focus, mastery, practice, priorities on February 2, 2012 | 13 Comments »
I have devoted my life to the pursuit of excellence. The Greeks called this areté, striving for excellence, living up to the best of one’s potential, and facing challenges with courage and persistence. I wanted to be the best student. I wanted to become a skilled singer. I wanted to travel around the world. I [...]
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 [...]
Bad Luck, Good Luck
Posted in Life, Personal Development, tagged Amy Sundberg, bad luck, free spirit, good luck, luck, optimism, positivity on January 24, 2012 | 10 Comments »
I am a very unlucky person: I had a difficult childhood. I suffer from chronic health problems. My mom died when I was nineteen. I don’t fit in easily with many groups. I attract people to me who take advantage of my over-niceness/over-empathy. Sometimes people have treated me very poorly. There have been many times [...]
Enough with the Dead Dogs!
Posted in Writing, Science fiction and fantasy, tagged Amy Sundberg, dead dogs, emotional manipulation, I love dogs, Nala, tropes, writers, writing on January 19, 2012 | 20 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 [...]
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