ICYMI last weekend: my debut novel is one of this year’s finalists for the Endeavour Award, “for a distinguished SCIENCE FICTION or FANTASY BOOK written by a Pacific Northwest author or authors and published in the previous year.” Hearty congratulations…
Kangaroo Cocktails
As you know, Bob, space tourism features pretty heavily in both of my Kangaroo books: the first one takes place mostly on an interplanetary cruise spaceship, and the second book sees Kangaroo going undercover as a civilian on the Moon….
Waypoint Kangaroo is a Locus Award Finalist!
This pleasant surprise appeared in my inbox today (email truncated): http://www.locusmag.com/News/2017/05/2017-locus-awards-finalists/ I’m flattered that enough people voted for Waypoint Kangaroo to put it in the top ten for the first novel category, and I’m honored to be listed alongside these…
My Norwescon 40 Schedule
Earlier today I realized that Norwescon is NEXT WEEK. Time to start making plans! Here’s where you can find me at the con (other than the bar): Thursday, April 13 Write Your Elevator Pitch WorkshopCascade 122–3 p.m.Got a good elevator…
I Got Yer Oscar Nominations RIGHT HERE
TL;DR: I care about the Academy Awards and I care about data reporting. This year’s Oscar nominations (honoring films released in 2016) were announced on January 24th, and ever since then I’ve been checking Oscars.org periodically to see if they’ve…
How Far I’ll Go
Short answer: Hong Kong, in April. Long answer: Below is a list of all my currently scheduled author events and appearances in 2017. Bookmark curtiscchen.com/events for the most current details, and contact me if you’d like to invite me to…
#Xmasmoviethon Index, 2016 Edition
Every year around Christmastime, DeeAnn and I spend an entire day at the movies seeing as many first-run shows as we can. Here are some statistics recounting how we spent our Boxing Day this year… (with apologies to Harper’s) Movies…
Saturday Night #LongKiss2016
WHAT: livetweeting movie THE LONG KISS GOODNIGHTWHEN: 8:00PM Pacific Time (UTC/GMT-8) on December 24th (Xmas Eve)HASHTAG: #LongKiss2016 You may recall this film from Day 15 of #42Movies, my birthday blog series last year. A few of our live-tweet participants have…
Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about my post-election ennui. Now I’m doing something about it. Today is #GivingTuesday, and regardless of how you feel about the proliferation of Thanksgiving holiday adjuncts (Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, Cyber Monday,…
We Can Be Heroes
Hello. This is my post-terrible-election blog. There are many like it, but this one is mine. I’ve had a lot of thoughts and feelings over the past week. I haven’t been very productive, writing-wise. But here, I think, is some…