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k at business being passionate isn t the whole picture jeff jochum on fear fear will cause you to lose focus every time because you re looking at all the potential for failure instead of concentrating on success dave ramsey the more fear we have of a work or calling the more sure we can be that we have to do it steven pressfield the only limitations are those we set up in our minds napoleon hill tomorrow is not promised to any of us jaleel king worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow it only empties today of its strength corrie ten boom vulnerability equals value it shows people you re human and real wppi fear is an opportunity for courage we are all afraid which means we all have the opportunity to be courageous d park photo remembering you are going to die is the one way to avoid the trap of fearing you have something to lose steve jobs fear gives you excuses for why not but you can give a million and one excuses for why not beware of everything becoming an excuse it becomes a way to keep yourself from living jaleel king you can either live in your fears or live in your dreams most people choose to live in their fears jeff jochum on compromise if you limit your choices to what seems possible and reasonable you disconnect yourself from what you truly want and all that s left is compromise anais nin on impostor syndrome when you re an artist nobody ever tells you or hits you with the magic wand of legitimacy you have to hit your own head with your own handmade wand and you feel stupid doing it amanda palmer surrounding yourself with the right influences you will become the average of your 5 closest friends it s always easier to pull someone else down than it is to pull them up where you will be in 5 years depends on two things the books you read and the people you hang out with zack jody grey the number one enemy of learning is experience you think you already know everything jeff jochum on finding a balance live in the tension of who you are and who you want to be dane sanders expression beats perfection bambi cantrell what is it that makes you feel like you re not good enough flip this logic define what you love about yourself this changes the energy from i m not good enough to you re just not right for me when you say y ou re not good enough this is you rejecting you jeff jochum this is only a taste of the awesomeness that was wppi more inspiring blog posts to come stop hiding in insecurity start sharing your story and begin your legacy katelyn james posted in quote of the week the writing life tagged art and fear fear and writing writing and fear 8 comments february 23 2015 by ingridsundberg it s all about taste i ve been thinking a lot lately about writing publishing and the importance of taste many of my friends are in the trenches of querying agents and submitting novels they re racking up long lists of rejection letters and wondering why they aren t good enough they re asking why doesn t this agent want my book why didn t they connect with the material what am i doing wrong should i give up writing rejection seems to be a constant in the world of writing and publishing the long desired moments of praise and acceptance seem to be temporary and fleeting yet rejection is something we writers deeply internalize having spent hours and months and years creating our novels we want people to see that effort as worthwhile but too often we believe that the rejection of a book is also a rejection of the writer slowly brutally i m learning that it s not that simple in fact i m learning that a rejection has very little to do with me and everything to do with the book or more accurately sometimes it isn t even about the book it s all about taste the taste of the agent the taste of the editor or the taste of the market let me take a moment to share three examples that have changed the way i look at submissions and rejection hopefully these will help you to see there is hope lots and lots of hope 1 my editor didn t want my second book last week my current editor the one who adores my first book and bought it within two weeks of submission just passed on my new novel she said she didn t connect with it that s the agent editor kiss of death isn t it it s a generic statement of rejection that won t let me know how to move forward to what to change only here s what s empowering about that statement all it means is that this book doesn t match my editor s taste sure i want my editor to love my books all of them but that s unrealistic this rejection doesn t mean she doesn t adore my writing she would never have bought the first book if she didn t think i was talented all it means is she didn t connect with this story and after rejecting this book she promptly asked what else i m working on the rejection of one book is not the rejection of every story i will ever write 2 agents want to feel goosebumps a colleague of mine is the assistant to a top tier agent at a large agency recently i asked her what causes her boss to pass on a project or decide to represent a writer she said it s all about taste the book has to give the agent goose bumps but here s the part you need to hear she also said that they pass on great books all the time beautifully written books books she knows will sell books that she is certain another agent will scoop right up so why doesn t the agent scoop it up herself when she knows it will sell the answer is simple it didn t give her goose bumps it wasn t something she loved finding an agent is all about finding the best advocate for your work and that can only be done when both you and your agent adore the book would you really settle for an agent who doesn t love your book 3 i don t care if you re a bestseller my last story is about a friend who is a new york times bestselling author she s sold multiple book series speaks at conferences around the world and has had large publishing contracts in all the traditional measures of success she s made it but guess what she s currently self publishing her next series why you ask because the market is scared her new series is a paranormal romance and well we ve all heard that market is dead it doesn t matter that she s a bestseller none of the publishing houses want to take the risk again it isn t about her or her writing it s about the book and how scared the publishers are about the taste of the market so what has she done she s taken the power back and is self publishing the series on her own she believes in her work and that the book will find an audience that loves it too ultimately we can only hand over so much of our power to others you love the novel you re writing and submitting have faith that it will find the right agent editor and reader that loves it as much as you do yes there are lots of gatekeepers on the road to publishing but remember that gatekeepers are only taste makers they don t determine what is great they pick what they like they pick what aligns with their own taste and they gamble that others will have a similar palate keep writing keep submitting write the next book posted in author advice the writing life writing process tagged perseverance query letters taste 13 comments february 18 2015 by ingridsundberg how to take criticism i came upon a little bit of wisdom in an interview with artist and entrepreneur leonie dawson this is the best answer i ve ever heard to the question of who s criticism you should value question how do you deal with people s criticism leonie s answer ignore anyone s advice criticism judgements unless they are genuinely happier than you brilliant what an important and powerful way to look at the world posted in the writing life tagged criticism 2 comments february 9 2015 by ingridsundberg do you ever think about the universe mr trout last night i saw the children s movie the box trolls which is an academy award nominee for best animated film this year the box trolls is absolutely glorious not to mention fun and beautifully made i highly suggest it but what i really wanted to share with you is this small moment from the end credits don t worry there are no spoilers here it s a magical moment where two animated characters ponder their place in the universe it s surprisingly profound and shows the time and effort it takes to make art it s not to be missed posted in random awesomeness tagged box trolls existential moments 3 comments february 3 2015 by ingridsundberg art school getting you down the marvelous martha hull of cute funny deadly art stories last week i was catching up with a fellow pink haired friend from art school martha hull she and i were chatting about the creative life books and running our own small businesses in the midst of our conversation about the struggles of finding an audience and making art that we re passionate about martha looked at her studio wall and said wait i have and inspirational quote on the wall about this she proceeded to share with me an email i sent her twelve years ago an email that she printed out decorated and still has hanging on her studio wall the email is a lengthy quote from tim burton on the importance of making art because you love it and forgetting all the other negative chatter hearing it again after all these years gave me chills it still holds up it s still a lesson i need to remember a whole decade later i asked martha to send me a picture of that decorated email and here it is in case you can t read the email here s what it says subject art school getting you down date thursday january 2 2003 message just in case you re feeling like you can t draw thought i d send you a few words of wisdom from good ol tim burton i remember going through art school and you ve got to take life drawing and it was a real struggle instead of encouraging you to express yourself and draw like you did when you were a child they start going by the rules of society they say no no you can t draw like this you have to draw like this and i remember one day i was so frustrated because i love drawing but actually i m not that good at it but one day something clicked in my brain i was sitting sketching and thought fuck it i don t care if i can t draw or not i like doing it and i swear to god from one second to the next i had a freedom which i hadn t had before from that point on i didn t care if i couldn t make that human form look like the human form i didn t care if people liked it there was this almost drug induced sense of freedom and i fight every day someone saying you can t do that this doesn t make any sense every day it s a struggle it s just a question of trying to maintain a certain amount of freedom tim burton burton on burton go make art because you love it ingrid cool huh it s kind of awesome to be getting advice from yourself twelve years later have you been writing for years and publishing has you down are you in that brutal state of querying where you re surrounded by rejection are you being told that what you re writing isn t right for the market are you in the middle of that difficult draft that no one else seems to understand i say print out this quote and put it on the wall and remember the love the love of writing writing because you love to write forget everything else and embrace the joy find that little nugget of freedom and never let go posted in the writing life tagged writing inspiration writing love 3 comments january 12 2015 by ingridsundberg writing is hard writing is hard stick with it and remember to do this posted in the writing life tagged perseverance 4 comments january 5 2015 by ingridsundberg all we left behind cover reveal happy new year everyone i hope you all had wonderfully merry holiday and new year i m excited to start the new year with a bang yup i have something super special to share with you all today you get to see the book cover of my forthcoming debut novel all we left behind this is a big milestone in my life and i can t wait for the book to hit the shelves in december 2015 are you as excited to see the new cover as i am excited to share it cue the dramatic music to heighten the dramatic tension you actually have to go to another blog to see the cover doesn t this feel like an exciting choose your own adventure book the cover of all we left behind can be seen on two blogs the compulsive reader american reveal melanie fishbane s author blog canadian reveal in addition to showing off the book design you can also read exclusive excerpts of the novel on both blogs each blog has a different snippet so be sure to visit both 2014 was a good year to me i hope 2015 is even better thank you all for being here to share in the excitement posted in about ingrid book promotion and social media tagged all we left behind cover reveal book cover reveal 9 comments december 22 2014 by ingridsundberg a merry merry dr seuss display one of my childhood dreams came true this year i designed and created a window display yes i am a child of the 80 s and it s possible i watched the film mannequin one too many times but when i was little i wanted to grow up and be a window dresser my local independent bookstore vroman s bookstore made that dream come true they asked me to create a dr seuss holiday window and of course i accepted as we drink egg nog and celebrate with our families i thought i d share a few images of the window s creation here are my adventures with foam core and paint i sketched out the grinch i painted all the whos playing with their toys russell helped me install the window he s very tall which made stringing up the elements with fishing line nice and easy the display is based on this illustration in seuss s classic how the grinch stole christmas and here is my interpretation of it the grinch isn t in the original illustration but i had to add him in and voila a small girl s dream of creating a window display comes to life may all your dreams come true this holiday and new year be merry merry everyone posted in about ingrid tagged window display 10 comments december 8 2014 by ingridsundberg twitter for authors does twitter mystify you is everyone around you talking about it and using it but you re not sure why twitter would be useful to you as an author i like to think about twitter as one big global town square where you can share your opinion have conversations share and do it in real time twitter is a great platform to build and interact with your audience even if you re an old pro at twitter or new to the tweet a sphere check out these quick tips on how to use twitter to talk about you and your books be authentic and find your own voice don t just post links be you and show your readers that you re a real person not sure what to say on twitter follow other people with similar interests as you share your hobbies personal interests favorite sports team or your thoughts as you watch tv shows or read a book find your own authentic voice for example ruthreichl tweets in a beautiful writerly voice judyblume tweets about her life 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