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	<link>http://deannahoak.com</link>
	<description>SF/F Copyeditor</description>
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		<title>CMS, Novels, and Formal Writing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s been a while since I came out with a copyediting post, but I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the usefulness of The Chicago Manual of Style (henceforth CMS, as it’s known in the industry) for copyediting fiction. CMS is an excellent style guide, and when I edited college textbooks, I relied on it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://deannahoak.com/2011/03/29/cms-novels-and-formal-writing/</link>
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		<title>Interview with WoW Insider</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve mentioned before that I play World of Warcraft. Those of you interested in that side of me might like to check out the interview that WoW Insider&#8217;s Lisa Poisso posted with me yesterday. It was a fun interview, and I get to name some of the fiction I think WoW players would find particularly [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://deannahoak.com/2011/02/16/interview-with-wow-insider/</link>
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		<title>Copyediting compliments from Ernest Cline, author of Ready Player One</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m incredibly fortunate in having a job I truly enjoy, and I never feel more so than when I get to copyedit a book that is exciting and touches on my interests and that I find difficult to put down, even though I&#8217;m working. When the author of such a book appreciates my work and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://deannahoak.com/2010/12/28/copyediting-compliments-from-ernest-cline-author-of-ready-player-one/</link>
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		<title>Words and sounds</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I often become enamored of certain words I see while copyediting, and the latest comes from China Miéville&#8217;s novel Embassytown, which I&#8217;m working on now: panjandrum. I love it when the sound of a word and its meaning match up so well. Panjandrum was coined by the dramatist Samuel Foote, which is undoubtedly how it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://deannahoak.com/2010/11/16/words-and-sounds/</link>
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		<title>Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I spent a glorious afternoon yesterday hiking in the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge and took photos until my camera ran out of battery power. I&#8217;m unfortunately not the best photographer in the world, but I did get a few good shots, like the ones below, and the refuge itself is a gorgeous place. You [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://deannahoak.com/2010/11/15/merritt-island-national-wildlife-refuge/</link>
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		<title>Renovation WorldCon</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So I know it&#8217;s early for the question I&#8217;m about to ask, but I&#8217;m turning a significant number of years old next year (45, as a matter of fact) and would like to celebrate the occasion with my friends in the genre. To that end, I&#8217;m thinking of planning a birthday party at next year&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://deannahoak.com/2010/11/12/renovation-worldcon/</link>
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		<title>Gator</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Would you like to see a picture of the gator that was sunning at the pond near my house today? I often see gators and a variety of birds when I&#8217;m out unicycling. (I&#8217;ve been riding about three miles a day lately!) He was about five feet, I think&#8211;not the biggest I&#8217;ve seen, but not [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://deannahoak.com/2010/11/11/gator/</link>
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		<title>Veterans Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been thinking about losses today&#8211;mine and those of other families. My dad, whom I miss so much, died at 56 from cancer caused by the Agent Orange he was exposed to in Vietnam&#8211;he worked on planes that sprayed it. Several of my uncles also served in that war. My mom&#8217;s dad fought in WWII [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://deannahoak.com/2010/11/11/veterans-day/</link>
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		<title>Missing email</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hi, all. I wanted to let you know that I just last night discovered the existence of a web-based spam filter on my email. Because I never use web-based email, I had no idea that my ISP had it in place. The filter was deleting mail every month, and when I discovered it yesterday, there [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://deannahoak.com/2010/11/05/missing-email/</link>
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		<title>Fake Facebook profiles (featuring China Miéville)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[EDIT: Facebook has now removed the fake profiles. Really, this was a ridiculous amount of trouble for China to have to go through, though, and he reports that he has still never heard from Facebook about it. Hello, all. I realize I haven’t been blogging much lately. Truthfully, I’ve found myself hanging out more on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://deannahoak.com/2010/10/18/fake-facebook-profiles-featuring-china-mieville/</link>
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