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Write-a-Thon 2011, Day 32: movin’ right along

Curtis Chen
July 27, 2011
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(LJ is still sucking wind–for me, anyway. YMMV.) New Words: 1,096Current Total: 29,342 wordsGoal: 43,008 words in 42 days Breakdown: +583+513 on two drafts of this week’s 512 story, which is set in the same world as the novel-in-progress. I…

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Write-a-Thon 2011, Day 31: over the hill

Curtis Chen
July 27, 2011
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(LiveJournal is still down. WTF?) New Words: 991Current Total: 28,246 wordsGoal: 43,008 words in 42 days Breakdown: +509 on the novel breakdown, +482 on notes for this week’s 512. It’s now week 5 of the write-a-thon, and apparently I’m one…

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SnoutCast #75: “P4 Debrief”

Curtis Chen
July 26, 2011
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In which two-fifths of the Puzzled Pint Pub Progression (P4) Game Control (GC) recap the event! [ Download mp3 – 23 MB ] 00:59 – “puzzled”02:23 – P4 or “pub crawl” or whatever04:20 – Ana‘s location puzzle04:58 – locations and…

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Friday Flash Fiction: “Rescue Gone”

Curtis Chen
July 22, 2011
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Inspired by a recent re-watch of VOY “Message in a Bottle.” This, too, will someday grow up to be a longer story, but first I have to finish a damn novel. #writeathon Read “Rescue Gone” at 512 Words or Fewer

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SnoutCast #74: “Ancient History”

Curtis Chen
July 19, 2011
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Oddly enough, the shows where we don’t prepare well are the ones that tend to run long. Like, um, this one. Sorry? [ Download mp3 – 35 MB ] 00:59 – “historical”02:01 – in which DeeAnn does not do her…

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Friday Flash Fiction: “Players”

Curtis Chen
July 15, 2011
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Yes yes yes, I am working on turning this one into a longer story. And by the way, the original idea came to me–as so many of them do–in a dream. Go subconscious! Read “Players” at 512 Words or Fewer

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SnoutCast #73: “Listen, Do You Want to Know a Secret”

Curtis Chen
July 11, 2011
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In which we catch up on some listener mail, and the cats duke it out nearby. [ Download mp3 – ?? MB ] 00:00 – Teaser: literal catfight01:53 – “perennial”02:07 – Happy Birthday, Puzzled Pint!06:02 – Listener Mail: who gets…

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Friday Flash Fiction: “Drive On”

Curtis Chen
July 8, 2011
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Some musical accompaniment for this week’s story: http://youtu.be/5CtEvMIImOc Read “Drive On” at 512 Words or Fewer ALSO: please support me in the Clarion UCSD Write-a-Thon!

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SnoutCast #72: “Haiku Raisin Quest”

Curtis Chen
July 5, 2011
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Double bonus points (and possibly a small prize) for the first commenter to correctly explain what the title means! Because that would indicate you had also actually read these show notes. 🙂 [ Download mp3 – 31 MB ] 00:58…

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Game Canada

Curtis Chen
July 1, 2011
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Below, an excerpt from the Official Rules for a current Holland America cruise line sweepstakes. My emphasis: “If the potential winner is a Canadian resident (with the exception of Quebec, residents of which are not eligible to enter this sweepstakes),…

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