Deanna Hoak

My very first project back from LaunchPad, I got to query whether the effects of precession were missing from a discussion of the causes of interstadial periods, which made me very happy. Picking up knowledge like that is the reason I went!
The group they’d chosen for LaunchPad this year, though, was the best thing about [...]

I know a lot of you like the mini laptops, or netbooks, for writing, and PC World has a nice article about the various ones available now. You might like to check it out. (I’ve been wanting to get an MSI Wind for my nephew but am on the verge of giving up, as the [...]

I get a lot of queries about how to break into copyediting, and I sometimes end up not even being able to respond to everyone who inquires. (I have information on my website about how I broke into freelancing, but I must need to link it a bit more visibly: There. Done, and linked on [...]

One of the Del Rey folks sent me this video today. :-)

Blaine started fourth grade last Monday but only got in one day before Fay shut down school for the rest of the week. (We got about two feet of rain in three days with Fay.) Since Evan was supposed to start kindergarten on Thursday, his first day was delayed.
But he started today. Here are the [...]

I just received the following letter from Amelia Beamer’s family and thought I would pass it on:
Dear all,
Thank you for your help with the Arthur Jokela Memorial Fund. The whole family is overwhelmed and amazed by the show of generosity and sympathy from the science fiction community and all over the world, and it’s a [...]

Wil McCarthy’s world P2, from Lost in Transmission, which I happily got to copyedit, has been named one of the top ten SF planets by Discover magazine. Pretty cool. :-)

My blog went down yesterday when I tried to upgrade WordPress. :P The hosting company got it back up, and then the wonderful Cheryl Morgan stepped in and tweaked the settings, found a leftover spam hack hiding in an unused theme, cleaned everything up, saved me loads of server space, and generally saved the day [...]

(Photo by Ellen Datlow)
Via John Picacio’s blog, I’ve learned that Amelia Beamer’s father-in-law–a man who worked on behalf of poverty-stricken communities–has passed away, and her family is in need of help with funeral and other expenses. Amelia is one of the Locus editors, and I’m sure any of you who have met her remember her [...]

Yes, I know I’ve been posting a lot. Cabin Fever. :P We’re all trapped in the house, and news has just come that the kids’ school will be canceled for the third straight day in a row tomorrow.
But you know, I don’t think I ever mentioned that we adopted a bunny earlier this [...]