{"id":36,"date":"2016-06-22T09:24:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-22T16:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/2016\/06\/22\/the-kanga-roundup\/"},"modified":"2016-06-22T09:24:00","modified_gmt":"2016-06-22T16:24:00","slug":"the-kanga-roundup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/2016\/06\/22\/the-kanga-roundup\/","title":{"rendered":"The Kanga-Roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday was the “book birthday” for my debut novel WAYPOINT KANGAROO<\/a>, and I did a bunch of guest blog posts and interviews to coincide with its release! But first things first…<\/p>\n

Tor.com<\/b> is running a sweepstakes to give away five copies of the book! Enter before 12noon Eastern Time this Friday, June 24th (US\/Canada only).<\/a><\/p>\n

And now on to the blog posts! Some of these may be more interesting to writers and other publishing professionals, but I hope they give every interested party some more insight into what went into creating Kangaroo<\/i>:<\/p>\n

John Scalzi<\/b>, one of my instructors at Viable Paradise XII<\/a>, was kind enough to offer me a spot on The Big Idea<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Mary Robinette Kowal<\/b>, erstwhile Portlandian and all-around outstanding human being, generously let me ramble on about My Favorite Bit<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Alex Shvartsman<\/b>, editor of the Unidentified Funny Objects<\/i> anthology series, hosted my breakdown of WK’s opening chapter on The Hook<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Sally ‘Qwill’ Janin<\/b>—who, coincidentally, founded The Qwillery on my birthday in 2008—interviewed me about a variety of writing-related topics for the Qwillery’s 2016 Debut Author Challenge<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Stephen Geigen-Miller<\/b>, a fellow writer in Toronto and friend of the fabulous Claire Humphrey<\/a>, interviewed me about Breaking In<\/b><\/a> as a writer.<\/p>\n

BONUS: related to “My Favorite Bit” above, you can hear an excerpt from the forthcoming audio book<\/a>!