{"id":24,"date":"2017-01-25T21:48:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-26T05:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/2017\/01\/25\/how-far-ill-go\/"},"modified":"2017-01-25T21:48:00","modified_gmt":"2017-01-26T05:48:00","slug":"how-far-ill-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/2017\/01\/25\/how-far-ill-go\/","title":{"rendered":"How Far I&#8217;ll Go"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Short answer:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/melonhk.com\/\">Hong Kong<\/a>, in April.<\/p>\n<p><b>Long answer:<\/b> Below is a list of all my currently scheduled author events and appearances in 2017. Bookmark <a href=\"http:\/\/curtiscchen.com\/events\/\">curtiscchen.com\/events<\/a> for the most current details, and <a href=\"http:\/\/curtiscchen.com\/contact\/\">contact me<\/a> if you&#8217;d like to invite me to something in your neck of the woods!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>January 28th (Saturday), 2pm &#8211; reading\/signing at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1278705865528446\/\">Vintage Books<\/a> in Vancouver, WA with fellow local author <b>Alexis Radcliff<\/b>.<\/li>\n<li>January 31st (Tuesday), 7pm &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/597682303763185\/\">SFWA Reading in Kirkland, WA<\/a> with <b>Fonda Lee<\/b> and <b>Randy Henderson<\/b>.<\/li>\n<li>February 2nd (Thursday), 7pm &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1654129298218054\/\">SFWA Reading in Portland, OR<\/a> with <b>Fonda Lee<\/b> and <b>Randy Henderson<\/b>.<\/li>\n<li>February 10th (Friday), 8pm &#8211; the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.getsmartoregon.org\/events\/2017-smart-alphabet-ball\/\">SMART Alphabet Ball<\/a> (fundraising dinner and auction) at the Portland Art Museum, where you can bid on a personalized short story written by me and illustrated by the fantastic <b>Natalie Metzger<\/b>!<\/li>\n<li>February 15-19 (Wed-Sun) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/rainforestwriters.com\/retreat-2017.html\">Rainforest Writers Village 2017, Session One<\/a>, where I&#8217;ll be giving a talk entitled &#8220;Dying is Easy, Young Man, Comedy is Harder.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>March 2-5 (Thu-Sun) &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1782696758615555\/\">Emerald City Comicon 2017<\/a> in Seattle, WA, where I&#8217;ll be one of the guests for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emeraldcitycomicon.com\/en\/Sessions\/35911\/Inconceivable-A-Game-of-Nerdery-and-Nonsense\">a live recording of the &#8220;Inconceivable!&#8221; game show podcast<\/a>. Other schedule items TBD.<\/li>\n<li>April 13-16 (Thu-Sun) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.norwescon.org\/con\/\">Norwescon 40<\/a> in SeaTac, WA, where I&#8217;ll be one of the panelists for &#8220;First Page Idol.&#8221; Other schedule items TBD\/TBA.<\/li>\n<li>April 19-20 (Wed-Thu) &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/melonhk.com\/\">Melon Hong Kong<\/a>, a new conference intended to &#8220;bring together Asia&#8217;s best Science Fiction writers, filmmakers, game developers, technologists and investors.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>May 18-21 (Thu-Sun) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/nebulas.sfwa.org\/nebula-conference\/\">Nebula Conference and Awards Weekend<\/a> in Pittsburgh, PA.<\/li>\n<li>June 20 (Tuesday) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/kangaroo2.com\/\"><i>Kangaroo Too<\/i><\/a> launch party featuring <b>Ariel Waldman<\/b> at <a href=\"http:\/\/hoodline.com\/2016\/10\/booksmith-expanding-into-second-act-space-with-the-bindery\">The Bindery<\/a>, The Booksmith&#8217;s new event space in San Francisco, CA!<\/li>\n<li>July 9 (Sunday) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfinsf.org\/\">SF in SF<\/a> with <b>Megan E. O&#8217;Keefe<\/b>!<\/li>\n<li>November 17-19 (Fri-Sun) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/39.orycon.org\/\">OryCon 39<\/a> in Portland, OR.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you&#8217;d like to get periodic reminders and related updates in your inbox, <a href=\"http:\/\/news.curtiscchen.com\/\">sign up for my mailing list<\/a>. Also feel free to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/curtiscchen\">follow me on Twitter<\/a>, or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/curtis.c.chen\">&#8220;like&#8221; my Facebook Page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/snout.org\/HotSheet\/CKL.jpg\" alt=\"Curtis\" title=\"Curtis\" border=\"0\" height=\"32\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Short answer: Hong Kong, in April. Long answer: Below is a list of all my currently scheduled author events and appearances in 2017. 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