Deanna Hoak
@deannahoak.bsky.social
Copyeditor specializing in fantasy and science fiction.
It’s always a treat to work on John’s books!
ALSO, a shoutout to @deannahoak.bsky.social, who is the copyeditor of The Shattering Peace (the novel I'm currently going through the edits of). I've said this before and undoubtedly will say this again, but as an author, a good copy editor can save you from yourself. Deanna is just the best.
February 17, 2025 at 7:46 PM
It’s always a treat to work on John’s books!
Reposted by Deanna Hoak
Just got my copyedit for When the Moon Hits Your Eye, and once again @deannahoak.bsky.social has done a terrific job saving me from myself and my apparent tendency to give multiple entirely unrelated characters the same last name. I 100% recommend her for all your copyediting needs.
June 25, 2024 at 6:34 PM
Just got my copyedit for When the Moon Hits Your Eye, and once again @deannahoak.bsky.social has done a terrific job saving me from myself and my apparent tendency to give multiple entirely unrelated characters the same last name. I 100% recommend her for all your copyediting needs.
The techbros bizarrely underestimated the number of shitposters there are when they decided AI should be used to resolve search engine queries.
June 1, 2024 at 12:36 AM
The techbros bizarrely underestimated the number of shitposters there are when they decided AI should be used to resolve search engine queries.
Reposted by Deanna Hoak
Part 2 of the edited transcript of last month's Word for Word Editorial Panel featuring @datlow.bsky.social, @deannahoak.bsky.social, and @joemts.bsky.social is now up on the Penmen Review. Check it out!
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penmenreview.com/spotlight/pr...
Professional Editors Discuss Self-Publishing, Networking and More
Each year, Southern New Hampshire University’s (SNHU) Word for Word Literary Series dedicates an event to a panel of creative writing professionals. This year, the spotlight was on the role of the edi...
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April 25, 2024 at 2:21 PM
Part 2 of the edited transcript of last month's Word for Word Editorial Panel featuring @datlow.bsky.social, @deannahoak.bsky.social, and @joemts.bsky.social is now up on the Penmen Review. Check it out!
penmenreview.com/spotlight/pr...
penmenreview.com/spotlight/pr...
This was a fun panel and conversation. Check it out!
Hot off the presses, the recording of last month's Word for Word Editors Panel featuring @datlow.bsky.social, @deannahoak.bsky.social, and @joemts.bsky.social is now ready for your viewing pleasure!
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Word for Word Editors & Editing Panel, Featuring Ellen Datlow, Deanna Hoak, and Joe Monti, 3/20/24
Two top New York editors and a top copyeditor join Word for Word in a lively, freewheeling discussion about the role of editors in the publishing process, th...
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April 23, 2024 at 1:26 AM
This was a fun panel and conversation. Check it out!
Reposted by Deanna Hoak
Part I of the edited transcript of last month's Word for Word Editors Panel featuring @datlow.bsky.social, @deannahoak.bsky.social, and @joemts.bsky.social is now up on the Penmen Review. Check it out!
penmenreview.com/spotlight/th...
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The Role of the Editor in Publishing
Each year, Southern New Hampshire University’s (SNHU) Word for Word Literary Series dedicates an event to a panel of creative writing professionals. This year, the spotlight was on the role of the edi...
penmenreview.com
April 19, 2024 at 3:02 PM
Part I of the edited transcript of last month's Word for Word Editors Panel featuring @datlow.bsky.social, @deannahoak.bsky.social, and @joemts.bsky.social is now up on the Penmen Review. Check it out!
penmenreview.com/spotlight/th...
penmenreview.com/spotlight/th...
The panel was a lot of fun. I felt like we could have kept talking for hours.
Next Wednesday, 3/20, from 8-9 pm EST, three top editors--@datlow.bsky.social, @deannahoak.bsky.social, and @joemts.bsky.social--share their wisdom on the roles that editors play in today's publishing world. Please join for this online panel!
Register here: events.blackthorn.io/1N1TpJJ7/5a3...
Register here: events.blackthorn.io/1N1TpJJ7/5a3...
March 21, 2024 at 11:03 AM
The panel was a lot of fun. I felt like we could have kept talking for hours.
Come listen to us chat about editing!
Next Wednesday, 3/20, from 8-9 pm EST, three top editors--@datlow.bsky.social, @deannahoak.bsky.social, and @joemts.bsky.social--share their wisdom on the roles that editors play in today's publishing world. Please join for this online panel!
Register here: events.blackthorn.io/1N1TpJJ7/5a3...
Register here: events.blackthorn.io/1N1TpJJ7/5a3...
March 14, 2024 at 3:43 PM
Come listen to us chat about editing!
Spoutible was breached. They got phone numbers and all. allinfosecnews.com/item/spoutib...
Spoutible - 207,114 breached accounts
In January 2024, Spoutible had 207k records scraped from a misconfigured API that inadvertently returned excessive personal information. The data included names, usernames, email and IP addresses, pho...
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February 5, 2024 at 11:05 AM
Spoutible was breached. They got phone numbers and all. allinfosecnews.com/item/spoutib...
I recently started collecting uranium glass, and this is a pretty I got today.
February 2, 2024 at 10:01 PM
I recently started collecting uranium glass, and this is a pretty I got today.
I like this selfie I took the other night. Hadn’t gotten dressed up in a while!
February 1, 2024 at 10:31 AM
I like this selfie I took the other night. Hadn’t gotten dressed up in a while!
My sister gifted us some hot Hatch green chiles, and I used an entire pound of them to make green chile stew tonight.
It was painfully good.
It was painfully good.
December 25, 2023 at 2:03 AM
My sister gifted us some hot Hatch green chiles, and I used an entire pound of them to make green chile stew tonight.
It was painfully good.
It was painfully good.
Some wild turkeys enjoying a stroll on Christmas Eve.
December 24, 2023 at 6:14 PM
Some wild turkeys enjoying a stroll on Christmas Eve.
I found a gift link for this elsewhere. Important reporting. wapo.st/3RDnfko
December 12, 2023 at 1:01 PM
I found a gift link for this elsewhere. Important reporting. wapo.st/3RDnfko
The snow last night made this buck look spectral.
December 11, 2023 at 2:10 PM
The snow last night made this buck look spectral.
Old tree reflecting new.
December 4, 2023 at 11:50 PM
Old tree reflecting new.
Want to watch my brilliant daughter, @blainehoak.bsky.social, present at USENIX Security earlier this year on “The Space of Adversarial Strategies”? The link is here: youtu.be/2NtITExkv5M
USENIX Security '23 - The Space of Adversarial Strategies
USENIX Security '23 - The Space of Adversarial StrategiesRyan Sheatsley, Blaine Hoak, Eric Pauley, and Patrick McDaniel, University of Wisconsin-MadisonAdver...
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December 1, 2023 at 1:19 PM
Want to watch my brilliant daughter, @blainehoak.bsky.social, present at USENIX Security earlier this year on “The Space of Adversarial Strategies”? The link is here: youtu.be/2NtITExkv5M
This is part of the reason that search engine results are so unreliable now.
November 27, 2023 at 2:53 PM
This is part of the reason that search engine results are so unreliable now.
According to the Verge, OpenAI is in talks to rehire Sam Altman.
I have no idea what to make of the whole mess. www.theverge.com/2023/11/18/2...
I have no idea what to make of the whole mess. www.theverge.com/2023/11/18/2...
November 19, 2023 at 1:38 AM
According to the Verge, OpenAI is in talks to rehire Sam Altman.
I have no idea what to make of the whole mess. www.theverge.com/2023/11/18/2...
I have no idea what to make of the whole mess. www.theverge.com/2023/11/18/2...
This is far too funny.
How is the OpenAI board gonna fire Sam Altman just because he gave answers that sounded plausible but weren't actually accurate?
November 17, 2023 at 10:39 PM
This is far too funny.
My eldest, @blainehoak.bsky.social, lecturing on machine learning in security to college students this week.
November 17, 2023 at 3:55 PM
My eldest, @blainehoak.bsky.social, lecturing on machine learning in security to college students this week.
Babiest of babies (Shanty my orange tripod) with my cat-whispering son. 🥰
November 12, 2023 at 1:26 PM
Babiest of babies (Shanty my orange tripod) with my cat-whispering son. 🥰
I was on The Source as a kid in the late ‘70s, posting on message boards and interacting with people online before the internet was really even a thing.
Everyone who was on USENET, IRC or had a blog looking at Millennials being labeled "First Gen Social Media Users":
The fuck did you just say, my dude
www.wired.com/story/first-...
The fuck did you just say, my dude
www.wired.com/story/first-...
First-Gen Social Media Users Have Nowhere to Go
The collective erosion of X, Instagram, and Facebook marks a turning point for millennials, who are outgrowing a constant need to be plugged in.
www.wired.com
November 8, 2023 at 1:05 AM
I was on The Source as a kid in the late ‘70s, posting on message boards and interacting with people online before the internet was really even a thing.
Voted! Got my yearly mammo! Personal AND civic preventive care accomplished!
November 7, 2023 at 2:43 PM
Voted! Got my yearly mammo! Personal AND civic preventive care accomplished!
@gregvaneekhout.bsky.social on his book The Ghost Job, at @scalzi.com: “Everybody hurts, take comfort in your friends. Maybe this is biggest idea in The Ghost Job, but it doesn’t sound as fun as ‘ghosts pull off heists.’ Still, I think it’s an important truth.” whatever.scalzi.com/2023/11/01/t...
The Big Idea: Greg van Eekhout
Is death truly the end? Not for the kids in The Ghost Job! Author Greg van Eekhout is bringing you a tale from beyond the grave(s) of his main characters who aren’t letting a little death sto…
whatever.scalzi.com
November 1, 2023 at 5:52 PM
@gregvaneekhout.bsky.social on his book The Ghost Job, at @scalzi.com: “Everybody hurts, take comfort in your friends. Maybe this is biggest idea in The Ghost Job, but it doesn’t sound as fun as ‘ghosts pull off heists.’ Still, I think it’s an important truth.” whatever.scalzi.com/2023/11/01/t...