Deanna Hoak

Mother’s Day is in just a few hours, and I’ve been thinking about what it means to me. I’ve had a lot of different jobs in my life: I’ve woken at 4 a.m. to pick peaches before the sun came up, then driven to market to sell them by the basket out of the back [...]

Him: Mom, are boys and girls different species?
Me: Species? No, we’re the same species. Why do you ask?
Him: Well, because, like, boys like video games and girls like–
Me: But I like video games, and I’m a girl.
Him: I don’t mean you. But aren’t boys and girls different species? Because boys like video games, and girls [...]

Glorious. I always enjoy being ashamed of the state in which I reside.
A substitute teacher has been fired for “wizardry” after doing a magic trick for students.

We spent the afternoon at the beach today, and it was lovely for the first time since the beaches here were “restored” following the 2004 hurricane season. (That one was rough on us–we had to evacuate three times.)
I haven’t had the joy of living near a beach before, so I’m not sure how much the [...]

All right. A shamefully long time ago I responded to a post on Mary Robinette Kowal’s blog that read thus:
I will send a gift to the first 3 people who leave a comment here on my blog.
I don’t know what that gift will be yet, but you will receive it within 365 days (likely sooner [...]

*sigh* I just made a correction throughout an 800-page manuscript that was…well, the wrong correction. And I didn’t realize it till twenty pages from the end of my final read.
So…back through again to fix it. Damn I hate working with hard copy. :P