Deanna Hoak

Ron Hogan at GalleyCat asked me and a bunch of other SF pros what novels (up to five in a single volume) we’d like to see added to the Library of America’s collection, and he posted our responses yesterday.
I really enjoyed thinking about my answer. Ron had to cut it down because I was so [...]

I’ve been neglecting my blog lately (I’ve been neglecting your blogs lately, too, so if you have something you’d like me to know, please by all means drop me a note). I wanted to make up for that by providing some actual content. :-)
Thus let’s talk about the Americanization of novels written by UK authors. [...]

I thought I’d post a Thanksgiving recipe favorite in case folks haven’t done all their shopping yet. (Last year’s recipe was Brandied Cranberries–you should check that out too. :-))
This is a pie crust that works fantastically for sweet potato or pumpkin pies–the pecans add a wonderful hint of flavor. You can actually work it with [...]

I found out this morning that About.com has several of my articles on copyediting linked. That’s cool. I thought for a moment that maybe they had discovered my website when I sent them a correction regarding their article on Colt revolvers several months ago–they have the patent date (which was 1836) wrong by an entire [...]

I’m astounded at the things being developed these days. Here’s a nifty one: a T-shirt that senses your air guitar strumming and turns it into music.
On the copyediting front, for those LJ users who might have missed it over the weekend, you might be interested in checking out my post “Copyediting, Illustrated.” It was a [...]

When I made my post “Understanding Your Copyedited Manuscript” about a month ago, several people noted that the information would be much easier to understand if illustrated. Since I obviously can’t post someone’s actual manuscript up on my website (and since it’s highly unlikely there would be enough marks in a few pages to be [...]

I’m home and exhausted. I had a wonderful time despite spending a large portion of Saturday incredibly ill with a migraine (I even had to leave the WF awards because I started seeing glowing purple rectangles).
WFC is by far my favorite con–it’s small enough you can have long conversations with people, and the atmosphere is [...]

I’m off to World Fantasy in the morning! I managed to pack lighter for this con than I have for any ever, somehow. I keep double-checking, but I seem to have everything I need.
I’ll see some of you tomorrow!