{"id":38,"date":"2016-05-29T13:40:00","date_gmt":"2016-05-29T20:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/2016\/05\/29\/who-just-got-paid-once-for-each-thumb-he-has\/"},"modified":"2016-05-29T13:40:00","modified_gmt":"2016-05-29T20:40:00","slug":"who-just-got-paid-once-for-each-thumb-he-has","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/2016\/05\/29\/who-just-got-paid-once-for-each-thumb-he-has\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Just Got Paid Once for Each Thumb He Has?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ll give you three guesses, and the first two don’t count:<\/p>\n

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For the record, that’s a check from University Book Store for sales of Thursday’s Children<\/i><\/a> trade paperbacks, which Duane Wilkins was kind enough to stock at their table during this year’s Rainforest Writers Village and Norwescon; and a check from SFWA for my “Special Synopsis Sauce”<\/a> blog post, which editor extraordinaire Christie Yant encouraged me to write and submit.<\/p>\n

And speaking of blogs, I know it’s been several months since I posted here, and the business of writing (as shown above) is a big part of what’s kept me away. I stopped doing my weekly “The I in Meat”<\/a> posts because they were taking time away from more important, possibly income-generating things, and IMHO social<\/a> media<\/a> has supplanted blogging as online tools of choice for personal oversharing.<\/p>\n

But just like Slack is no replacement for e-mail, there’s still a place for blogging in the new internet landscape. I’m going to spend a little time re-figuring out how best to use this platform, especially since I’ll be traveling a lot this summer<\/a> and it might be nice to record some of those experiences.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Happy Memorial Day Weekend, fellow Americans!<\/p>\n

\"Curtis\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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