Going through the copyedit of Monsters of Ohio and I am once again reminded how much value a truly excellent copy editor offers, particularly in saving sloppy writers like me from ourselves. @deannahoak.bsky.social, you are the actual best. Fellow authors, hire her, she is worth every single penny.

Thank you, as always, John!

It’s always a treat to work on John’s books!

Thank you so much, John! I always count myself lucky when one of your books crosses my desk.

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.

Ha!

Ha! Definitely niche knowledge.

Thank you, John! It was a pleasure, as always.

The techbros bizarrely underestimated the number of shitposters there are when they decided AI should be used to resolve search engine queries.

That’s where I am on this too—just not worth it.

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...

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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This was a fun panel and conversation. Check it out!

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...

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!

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Thank you for the invitation!

The panel was a lot of fun. I felt like we could have kept talking for hours.

Come listen to us chat about editing!

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...

Spoutible was breached. They got phone numbers and all. allinfosecnews.com/item/spoutib...

Thank you!

Not bad! Take a UV flashlight with you into thrift shops and antique stores. Sometimes they don’t know what it is.

A uranium glass lamp under natural light.

A uranium glass lamp glowing under a UV light.

I recently started collecting uranium glass, and this is a pretty I got today.

Thank you!

Deanna Hoak, smiling and about to enjoy a lovely feast.

I like this selfie I took the other night. Hadn’t gotten dressed up in a while!

Oh, no. So sorry, Bo. 😢

A simmering pot of rich green chile stew.

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.

Wild turkeys walking in woods

Wild turkeys walking in woods

Wild turkeys walking in woods

A wild turkey rises up and flaps his wings

Some wild turkeys enjoying a stroll on Christmas Eve.

So very sorry for your loss, Garth.

I found a gift link for this elsewhere. Important reporting. wapo.st/3RDnfko

A buck walking through snow, his form blurred and ghostly.

The snow last night made this buck look spectral.

Aw! Beautiful kitty! I have one about her age too.

Oh no! So sorry to hear something has hit all of them at once!