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…
My OryCon 38 Schedule
Next weekend (Nov.18-20) I’ll be reading, paneling, and drinking at Oregon’s premier, fan run, annual science fiction/fantasy convention held in Portland. Please stop by the Portland Marriott Downtown Waterfront if you’re around. We can raise a glass to freedom, if nothing…
1,356,976,800 Seconds Old (Approximately)
I turned 43 years old this past Saturday. We celebrated without much fanfare, and that was by choice: I guess I’m now on the even-numbered-birthdays-blowout plan, after the big Trek puzzle hunt for my 40th and the karaoke extravagana for…
Saturday Night’s Alright for #WritersWithDrinks
September’s Writers With Drinks includes multi-award-winning author Anuradha Roy. Plus survival poetry, kickass comedy, and tons of science fiction and fantasy! When: Saturday, September 10 from 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM, doors open 6:30 PMWho: Anuradha Roy, Margaret Wappler, Hollie…
Schrödinger Sessions II Debrief
One month ago, I was fortunate enough to attend the Schrödinger Sessions II (SS2), a “science for science fiction writers” workshop at the University of Maryland (UMD), organized by the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI) and focusing on quantum physics. The…