Deanna Hoak

21 Responses to “Bizarre dreams”  

1. 1 iagor Oct 27th, 2005 at 3:20 am

   Eeeee!

   BTW, do you ever do copyediting for Ace?

2. 2 jebbypal Oct 27th, 2005 at 3:20 am

   Well, since I woke up to such a plethora of good things to read on my flist this morning, I’ll let my icon hopefully put a smile on your face. (well, I didn’t make the icon, but you get the drift).

3. 3 deannahoak Oct 27th, 2005 at 3:23 am

   I passed Ace’s copyediting test with flying colors several years ago, but I’ve never done any work for them. They might hire me on an author request, though I don’t know. (My rate is slightly higher than the “base” most publishers start at. Most publishers don’t have a problem with it, but a few, like Bantam, will only hire me if the author requests me by name.)

4. 4 deannahoak Oct 27th, 2005 at 3:24 am

   Thanks. :-)

5. 5 dsnight Oct 27th, 2005 at 3:34 am

   Hm … assuming my agent sells the novel on his desk, I was planning to request you as a copy editor. I’ll make a note to go elsewhere for homemade dog food, though.

6. 6 deannahoak Oct 27th, 2005 at 3:37 am

   :-D Thank you, on both counts. I’m sure I’d be delighted to copyedit your book.

7. 7 gastonmonescu Oct 27th, 2005 at 3:58 am

   I’ve been doing some freelance proofreading/copyediting for a local small press, and getting a lot of really great feedback for it so that I would like to expand to other publishers. I’ve been sending letters and resumes cold, and not getting any response. Do you have any suggestions for how I can make a stronger first impression?

8. 8 deannahoak Oct 27th, 2005 at 4:19 am

   You might try looking at some of your favorite books to see who publishes them, and then calling the publisher directly and asking to speak to the person who hires freelancers. That way you’ll be able to offer your references right off the bat.

9. 9 neutronjockey Oct 27th, 2005 at 4:20 am

   Sometimes the subconscious attaches a new or unknown stressor to something familiar in order to express it and/or release the stress. It sounds to me as if your sphere of control has shifted, or you feel inwardly that something is threatening your sphere of control.
   -=Jeff=-
   ( I work on nuclear reactors for a living WTF do I *really* know?! ;) )

10. 10 elvesforeyes Oct 27th, 2005 at 4:26 am

    How do you go about taking that test?

11. 11 deannahoak Oct 27th, 2005 at 4:27 am

    Hmm. That’s interesting. I’ll have to think about that.

12. 12 gastonmonescu Oct 27th, 2005 at 4:29 am

    Thanks. That’s bold. I’ll try it.

13. 13 deannahoak Oct 27th, 2005 at 4:29 am

    Look up Ace’s phone number, and call and ask for the person who hires freelancers. (Sorry–I don’t remember who.) They’ll send it to you.

14. 14 readwrite Oct 27th, 2005 at 5:00 am

    I actually had a dream about a month ago—a variant, I suppose, on the classic nightmare of being in class and not having done the assignment—where someone called me up asking where a copy editing assignment was, and I suddenly realized I’d totally spaced out, and there was a job I’d forgotten all about and hadn’t even started…

    As for dog food and such, we don’t actually have to do that for some authors; it just seems that way sometimes…

15. 15 deannahoak Oct 27th, 2005 at 5:02 am

    Now that dream I’m familiar with. At least once a year I dream that I took a project and then forgot about it until the day before the due date. This twist was new, though. :-)

16. 16 goatgruff Oct 27th, 2005 at 2:56 pm

    I hate when dreams put me in a fucked-up mood.
    Speaking of which, here is some art I made…

    http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-10/1090650/baddream.jpg

17. 17 msevilwoman Oct 27th, 2005 at 3:30 pm

    Gotta love what the brain does when we’re asleep. The last one I remember well involved a guy on my flist, two people I don’t know but who were clearly friends of his in the dream, a cabin in the woods, and playing card. Never really did figure that one out.
    Hope your day got better.

18. 18 deannahoak Oct 27th, 2005 at 9:33 pm

    Wow, I love that, Billy. Very cool!

    Does that photo hosting site work pretty well?

19. 19 deannahoak Oct 27th, 2005 at 9:33 pm

    Ehh. It was okay.

20. 20 msevilwoman Oct 28th, 2005 at 1:00 am

    Well, here’s to a better day and better dreams. Take care!

21. 21 goatgruff Oct 28th, 2005 at 4:21 am

    Thanks!
    It was the first time I painted.
    It’s really just a paper mock-up. I think I’ll paint something like it on canvas soon.
    I also just painted a surreal landscape kinda thing, which is not so, uh…Disturbed.

    Yeah, that’s a great site for photos! Lots of space!

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