Archive for February, 2005
Ten Things I’ve Done That You Probably Haven’t
2 Comments Published by Deanna Hoak February 20th, 2005 in blogThis was fun. It’s enlightening to myself to see what I included and what I left out. :-) Moved more than 20 times Attended six different schools for my undergrad Spent more than seven years solid pregnant and/or nursing Slimed salmon Had a corneal transplant Got my dream job Revived a half-drowned baby possum Learned [...]
Judging by the 1,800 pages of author- and editor-requested copyedits I have sitting on my desk, I really suck at this whole notion of “hiatus.”
I’m getting into this a bit late, but I’m proud to announce my part in the Atlanta Nights project. The challenge was to write as atrociously as you possibly could, to test whether a certain vanity publisher is actually selective about what they accept. (The publisher claims they are selective, as part of their argument [...]
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I'm a freelance copyeditor specializing in fantasy and science fiction. SF/F novels I have copyedited have been finalists for (and have sometimes won) the Hugo, Nebula, Arthur C. Clarke, Endeavour, Golden Spur, John W. Campbell Memorial, Quill, Locus, Philip K. Dick, British Science Fiction, British Fantasy, and World Fantasy awards. In 2007 I became the first and only copyeditor ever short-listed for a World Fantasy Award.
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