Archive for December, 2007



Happy New Year!

You know, I’ve never been the type to make New Year’s resolutions. In years past, I’ve just never had all that much I wanted to change–or if I did want to change something, I did it right away. Those of you who know me fairly well, though, know that 2007 has been really rough for [...]

Yes, I’m a cold-weather wuss

Thankfully I live in a good climate for it, though. Today is the coldest it’s been here all year long–it’s 55°F–and I feel like I’m going to freeze to death. :-P

David Louis Edelman has posted (with my permission) an IM conversation he and I had this morning, as I was copyediting his novel MultiReal. I love it when I get to communicate with an author in real time during the copyediting process, because I think the back-and-forth helps clarify matters better than a simple query.

Wired

So, I was looking for the connector that the Xbox microphone plugs into today, and I feel compelled to wonder…

Does everyone these days have a junk drawer that looks like this, or are we just waaaaaaay too technogeeky for our own good here? :-)

Survival in a Parallel Universe

Wil McCarthy has a fun article up at Scifi.com this week. You guys might enjoy the portion entitled “Survival in a Parallel Universe.”
It’s odd to think, though, that we rarely follow those eating rules in our regular diet. :-)

When WoW and word-nerdery mix…

So there’s this hunter in my guild who’s named…Hunter (with a random letter in front because for some unimaginable reason that name was taken already). He’s looking for a new name, so I suggested…
Epwnem!
Ha! Get it? Huh? Huh? “Eponym” plus a funny “He pwn them” double play! And it’s totally untaken on any server!
Well, [...]



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Deanna 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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