That’s the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America to you: (For the record, I’m glad Jim Kelly told me this summer to wait, and I’m glad Mary Robinette Kowal told me last week to go for it.) But speaking…
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I Survived My First Surrey International Writers’ Conference #SiWC14
And the proof, as usual, is on Twitter: twitter.com/search?q=%40curtiscchen%20%23siwc14&src=typd Highlights included: finally meeting Stephanie and David in person, after many online writing Hangouts; seeing my VPXII classmate Katrina again and getting an autographed copy of her book; learning about book…
I’M OLD
AND THAT’S OKAY. ISN’T THAT RIGHT, THE DOUBLECLICKS? RIGHT. http://youtu.be/zCF_js2y0Ec I don’t have any big plans for my birthday this year—mostly because, honestly, it’ll be hard to top last year’s incredible awesomeness—but it’s been a really good year so far……
I May Have Gotten a Bit Drunk along the Way
DeeAnn and I went on an epic quest last weekend to collect McMenamins Passport stamps. She was our designated driver, and I did my best to chronicle our journey on Twitter and Instagram: StampsQuest 2014https://twitter.com/sparCKL/timelines/504524715923230720 In all, we visited 25…
I Will Miss Being Here
It’s the middle of Week Six now, the final week of Clarion West 2014, and I’ve turned in my final story for critique tomorrow morning. It’s all downhill from here: just seven more stories to read and give feedback on,…
SnoutCast #207: The Last Six Months
It’s been half a year since we changed up our podcast format. How do we think it’s going so far? (And what do you think, listeners? Contact us!) [ Download mp3 ] Show length: 34:17File size: 32.9MB The women of…
I Am Going to Clarion West
When the phone rang on the afternoon of Saturday, March 15th, I didn’t answer it because I didn’t recognize the number. The call rolled over to voicemail, and a few minutes later I got this transcript by e-mail: (Though that…
I Am in the One Percent
…of unsolicited stories which were accepted for publication in Cohesion Press‘ upcoming military horror anthology SNAFU. Just signed the contract last night! Here’s the cover: Per the official announcement: “Out of a total of just over 1100 submissions, only 11…
SnoutCast #200: What’s Next
In which we reveal our podcasting plans for 2014, and look back on some great interviews from our first four years. [ Download mp3 – 25 MB ] 01:10 – “bicentennial”01:34 – Listener Mail: it’s pronounced LEHD-beet-ur02:56 – you, too,…
SnoutCast #199: Breakout Things
In which we recount our excellent “room escape” experience at Puzzle Break Seattle, and respond to some more listener mail. [ Download mp3 – 28 MB ] 00:59 – “escapist”01:20 – Team Goats Under Snout escaped the room in 40…