Archive for September, 2007
Morpheus as a highway repair worker
0 Comments Published by Deanna Hoak September 29th, 2007 in blogMy friend Pointoforigin has written a description of Morpheus that anyone who’s ever suffered from insomnia can appreciate:
Damn, it would be nice to be UNCONSCIOUS right about now. Morpheus! You sullen and ineffectual slut! Call yourself a god of sleep? You’re no god. You’re the highway repair worker of the pantheon. Always having a smoke [...]
“I’m a sci-fi fanatic, a mild asthmatic…”
1 Comment Published by Deanna Hoak September 26th, 2007 in blogWe always get such a bad rap. :-)
If any of you haven’t seen the video to Brad Paisley’s song “Online,” I highly recommend you go watch it, even if you don’t care for country music. Music.yahoo.com lets you watch videos for free, so pop the name in the search box there and enjoy.
It’s by far [...]
This mildly SF-themed and humorous take on the Myers-Briggs personality test was going around my LJ f’list last week, and the description of INTJs (which is how I always test on those things) cracked me up. :-) You can go read the types for yourself, but here’s a bit of mine:
INTJs are solid, competent personalities [...]
My brilliant friend Josh Darcy has written a play on the General Strike that’s going to be showing at Conway Hall in London this weekend. If I were there, I would go, but alas. :( Here’s the flyer, though, for any of you who might be able to attend!
If you see Josh (who’s playing A. [...]
I might have to surrender my gamer-girl card…
24 Comments Published by Deanna Hoak September 13th, 2007 in blogBecause I gave up buying a PS3 to get this dress for the World Fantasy Awards instead. :-)
It was just too pretty to pass up, though!
Why is the SFWA screw-up embarrassing?
1 Comment Published by Deanna Hoak September 2nd, 2007 in blogBecause it resulted in mistakes like this.
Honestly. Do you have any idea what that does for SFWA in the eyes of the younger generation?
Kudos to Capo for his apology, though.
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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, Golden Spur, John W. Campbell Memorial, Quill, Locus, Philip K. Dick, British Science Fiction, British Fantasy, and World Fantasy awards. In 2007 I was short-listed for a World Fantasy Award for my copyediting.
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