I look through the blogs of everyone who “friends” me on LJ, but I know that not everyone who reads here has an LJ account.
Would you like to introduce yourself? Point me and whoever else reads here to your writing or blog or just tell me about yourself? I’d like to know. :-)
My internet access is going to be spotty for the next week, but I’ll visit everyone’s site when I can. :-)
Hi! I’m an F/SF short story writer whose first novel is currently under consideration. I’m here because I want to understand the whole publication process.
Wow. Those are some really impressive story sales! Best of luck to you on the novel!
Hello. I’m a book reviewer and unpublished mystery writer. I found your blog through another writing-related site (Miss Snark, maybe? Can’t remember), and I was curious about what life is like for a book copy editor. I’m a newspaper copy editor.
Regards,
Bill Peschel
http://www.planetpeschel.com
Hi, I’m Andy Wheeler, one of the SFBC editors. Since I pretend it’s work, I’m trying to read the blogs/LJs of everybody in the field. I think we’ve met once or twice in person, actually — you look very familiar. I blog at antickmusings.blogspot.com. And I’m fascinated by other people’s views of the editorial process, so your LJ is very enjoyable.
Andy
RPG author (books and online magazine) and line editor, one MZB anthology sale to my name, several fanzine appearances, and one small-press book short story…
And I write lots of fanfic, too. *hangs head*
But I love hearing other editorial-type stories!
Hi there. My name is Karl and I’m (supposedly) a humor writer. Like many, I have several unfinished novels under my belt (*cough*) and some short stories that are gathering dust. I have a weekly column in the local paper but I spend way too much time on my blog, SecondHand Tryptophan:
http://artistschmartist.typepad.com/secondhandtryptophan/
In a past life I was a technical writer to put food on the table. I think I found you through Ms. Snark. I enjoy your blog.
Found you through one of ‘s links. Aspiring writer, like many others.
Two flash-length pieces:An Eye for an Eye
The View from the Back Seat
Hi, Bill! Welcome. :-) Your blog looks interesting!
Hi Deanna Hoak –
I’m plugging away on a Historical Romance.
Working and hoping.
I guess my blog’s intended for folks coming from the same place.
I have a children’s book still in print, and an ooooold Romance that is now Out Of Print
under the name Joanna Watkins Bourne.
Besides the LiveJournal blog, I run a mirror at
http://jobourne.blogspot.com/
I delight in your posts BTW. I love the peek into the world of editing.
JoB
Oh, your name sounds familiar, too. Now I’ll have to go look for a picture of you to see if I remember you. :-)
Greeting carbon-based woman! I am Shevchyk, from Frameshift. Blame Scott Lynch for my presence here. It is entirely his fault.
Thanks! I added your blog to my reading list. :-)
I don’t even remember how I got hooked onto your LJ. Anyway, I go by domynoe — hardly even answer to my real name any more; I write primarily fantasy, but have tried to stretch myself with other genres as well. I’m trying to finish my first novel (leave it to me to choose advanced stuff to get into a first novel) and blog like mad. In my free time, I’m a substitute teacher until the county hires me full time, permanent — then I fear there shall be no such thing as free time in my life.
Hullo!
I found your LJ via another LJ (Jay Lake, I believe) and found your posts on writing/editing to be comprehensive, concise and helpful.
Who am I? I suppose that is one of those things that could fill up pages and pages but to simplify: I write, I read, I research and when I’m hired, I teach. And I do several other things as well.
I’m an escaped academic with an unpublished fantasy novel, two fantasy novels in progress, and a passel of unpublished short stories. I published a bunch of poetry in good places, though, before I escaped from academia. Mostly I blog about writing and teaching, but if something else grabs my brain and won’t let go, I’ll blog it.
Allo – Scott here, a writer that’s been courting TOR for a while, with a heavy background in story and IP continuity. Urban fantasy, a little urban romance, and a game designer to boot. Nice to make your acquaintance!
I thought I’d done this, but can’t find it . . .
I’m a grad student, and geek for hire. I’m writing a dissertation, interspersed with frequent bouts of cursing, about fairies/otherworld intruders in medieval English and Celtic literature.
Hello, I followed enough references to your lovely notes about copy-editing and what not that it seemed silly not to make your LJ a regular stop. I’m one of those early in the career writer types who is still banging his head against the wall on the gazillionth rewrite (or so it seems this week). Anyway, I’ve talked more about music in the past than fiction and that can all be found over at my site –> http://www.markteppo.com.
Hey there! ‘s been telling everyone to check out your blog; I’ve been visiting so often I figured it was time to add you to my list :) Though I’m a long way from writing a novel, I find your unique perspective in the industry informative and interesting. So far I’ve made some sales to online publications and print anthologies, working toward that ever-elusive pro-sale.
My name’s Jason. I found your LJ through Archangelbeth.
I’m graduate of Jeanne Cavelos’s Odyssey Workshop (SciFi, Fantasy, Horror), class of ’01. I’ve also gone back The Never Ending Oddyssey for 2004 and 2005. I would be going back this year if not for getting married in two months…
I have yet to send anything out for consideration, much less get anything published. I plan on changing that soon.
Take care.
Hi there!
I’m Paul aka WaywardClam of the Forward Motion writing site, aspiring sf/fantasy author with a “day job” of selling books in a mall bookstore. Your blog was recommended to me but sadly I don’t recall who recommended it anymore, it was some time ago.
So far, whoever it was was spot on the money. :D
Hi Deanna,
Was indirectly pointed your way when alg mentioned your fantabulous blog on copyediting. As one of many who desire to write for a living, I figure the more I can learn, the easier (I hope) I made someone else’s job down the road. I really enjoy reading your entries and find the tidbits of knowledge (and the giant rack of lamb selections as well) are something I can look forward to when I need a break from regular work.
I write contemporary fantasy, and am partial to pink flamingos, specifically the yo-yo flamingo from Fantasia 2000. I recently returned to the rainy, drizzly, wonderful Northwest after 10 months of being dehydrated in Southern California.
I found you through one of ‘s links.
I’m on the third draft of my first novel, currently a little stalled on the second, and have a short story going in the post to a relatively new small press as soon as work eases off enough for me to reach the Post Office when it’s open.
Mostly I write mysteries set against a contemporary fantasy or SF background, although I have a short-short supernatural story from a couple of years ago that I’d like to expand to around the 4000 word mark.
I’m UK based, which occasionally gets frustrating as most of the publishing-related bloggers I read seem to be US-based.
Hi Deanna! I found you through alg’s LJ. Not a writer, just a reader who is fascinated with the publishing process. Hope to meet you at WorldCon if you go-I’ll be helping run a party. Thanks for the great blog.
My name is John. I only have a minute before I head out of town. Found your site from Miss Snark I think. I am in the process of revising my first SF novel and I am trying to educate myself on all aspects of the business. Judging by your author list I have read many things you have worked on, so I find your comments particularly interesting. I don’t have a blog or website yet. My e-mail is Johnwrt1@yahoo.com. My first job was as a reporter for a small paper and about 30% of my present job is writing. I have been accused of writing fiction there but I keep telling people it really isn’t :-)
*waves* I sporodically blog (thanks to 4 house moves in less than two years), with most of my entries hidden behind friends-only. At work I edit and produce Access Journal; a professional magazine focused upon access to the built environment. A mutual friend, got me hooked on your blog.
>crawls out of woood worksmiles and slips back into the wood works
Hi,
I’m Ellen, and I’m a technical writer. I followed a link to you from Jay Lake’s LJ, and I’m really glad I did.
At the moment, I’m rewriting my first novel and I hope to have it ready to start sending out by the middle of May. I’ve written very slowly and reluctantly for many years, up until something clicked at the start of last November. Since then, there aren’t enough hours in the day!
I blog occasionally, and often it’s just to let family and friends know how life is going, or I post links to sites which amuse, interest, entertain or annoy me. Barebones, there’s not much to know about me that’s not in my lj bio.
Hi, Deanna! This is Carol. We met through the OWW way back when, and once I got a LJ myself I immediately looked for others from the OWW and that is how you got on my friends list. :D I write, but am not published (I guess you’d call me a hobbiest rather than a serious writer), so I earn my living teaching English language learners. My LJ blog is not just my writing musings, but often has to do with my teaching stuff. And sometimes personal stuff. And QUIZZES!
Hello, I am a science journal editor. I used to be a scientist but then I saw the light and switched to journal editing ;-) I started out as a subeditor (which we call copyediting in the UK) and have since done a very wide range of editorial, editorial management and writing jobs. I discovered the pleasures of blogging myself late last year; my blog Petrona is a miscelleny of thoughts about books, the web, blogs, science, movies, all kinds of things I am interested in. I have a lot of bloglines feeds and so I probably found your blog via being referred to it from a link on someone else’s. All best wishes, Maxine.
PS I can’t make your commenting system accept my blog url so here it is:
http://petrona-maxine.blogspot.com/
Found you via . Just a reader (lapsed Astronomer, currently a programmer) and liked your blog style.
Cheers!
*pounce*
hI! I’m and orange tabby kitten without many manners and possibly a wet nose. Just thought I’d pounce by and say hi.
Other news, you know me, since you talk to Scott :) I’m here because your intelligent, thorough, funny, bright, and definately better with grammer and punctuation than I am. :)
You have read my lj, and I haven’t filled it with much interesting stoff lately. I used to write fiction stories a long long time ago, but gave up after I met Scott. Not that I can’t write, I just chose to focus my energies elsewhere and let him steal the glory on that scene :)
Hey, I’m a writer and a reader and very interested in your posts (and Anna Louise’s, and Martha Wells’, and Jo Walton’s, etc) but I tend to use my Livejournal for fan fiction, vids and other fannishness, so there is a slight disconnect there. *G*
Hi there!
I found your LJ through the cranky editors LJ group. I’m a fledgling freelance copy editor (specializing in children’s sci-fi/fantasy novels) hoping to glean some more knowledge about editing and freelancing from you, and of course, to network :)
Best,
Anna
My name is Al. I found your blog — hell if I remember how. I read you because I’m a floundering, neophyte writer and I’d like to understand the editing process. Yes, I have a live-journal blog but I seldom update.
is a UK-based scholar and critic of SF/F. You might want to check her out and see if any of the folks on her friends list can give you a sense of the scene on your side of the pond.
Thanks for the tip. Shall take a look.
My name is Jerry, and I am a writer. It’s an odd conceit, really, to think that others are interested in day-to-day thoughts and observations of complete strangers, but it turns out there are some pretty interesting strangers out there.
I enjoy reading your site and cordially invite you to visit mine, if only for a day. Random ruminations on being a writer and commentary on life in Prague at:
http://muddledramblings.com
I’ve enjoyed having you here!
Heh. I like the “wandering” eye in “An Eye for an Eye.” :-)
That was me. :-)
Thanks! I’ve enjoyed your comments here and am wishing you the best on your novel. :-)
Greetings, Ohilya! Frameshift looks like a cool board. :-)
*sigh* That was me.
Do messages on Frameshift only stay around for a short while, or are there archives I didn’t have the patience to get to? I’m on slllloooooooowwwwwww dial-up this week.
Hi! It’s nice to have you here. :-)
Finishing that first novel is tough! You’ll come through it wonderfully, I’m sure. :-)
Hi. :-) Jay’s been really nice about linking my posts. I’m glad you’ve found the blog helpful!
Hi, and welcome! :-)
What does a background in story and IP continuity entail? It sounds interesting. :-)
Welcome!
Hi. :-) That sounds like a fascinating dissertation!