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October 4, 2019
What’s Happening! October 2019
Here’s where you can find me out and about this month…
10/6 Vancouver, WA – conversation & signing at Vintage Books with fellow Asian-American speculative fiction writers Fonda Lee and Mike Chen (no relation)10/12 Vancouver, WA – Words & Pictures Festival at Cascade Park Community Library with other local authors and illustrators10/22 Portland, OR – SFWA Portland Publishing Happy Hour at Rose City Book Pub10/31-11/3 Los Angeles, CA – World Fantasy Convention at Marriott Los Angeles Airport Ho...
September 1, 2019
September 2019 Happenings
I’m doing three events in the Pacific Northwest this month:
9/12 Portland, OR – hosting SFWA Readings with authors Ted Chiang, Daryl Gregory, and Jack Skillingstead; Lucky Lab on SE Hawthorne (FREE)9/24 Seattle, WA – quizmaster for Clarion West Trivia Night Fundraiser; Lagunitas Brewery ($20 per ticket)9/28 Salem, OR – lunch at Summer Reading Summit; Salem Public Library (register online)Remember, you can always find my upcoming appearances listed on my website at curtiscchen.com/events!
July 30, 2019
High School Reunion
Last month, DeeAnn and I traveled to Southern California to visit family and friends, and while we were there I also caught up with two of my high school teachers: Kathy Jensen and David Spaid.
“Ms. J” 
Mr. Spaid They’re both retired from teaching now, and have been for a few years. Kathy taught choir (I joined senior year), and was also the choral director for our spring musicals (Fiddler on the Roof was my first; Guys and Dolls was my last). David taught freshman English, and also sponsored...
May 24, 2019
Space Remixes
It’s been a good long while since I documented one of my random research spirals, but this one was pretty interesting.
While catching up on my Instagram friends today, I saw this intriguing background on Aaron Duran‘s laptop screen:
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bx2gh9dhKPe/ I wasn’t the only one who thought it was a cool pic:
Since Aaron helpfully provided attribution, it was easy to find his source:
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bxr-hBClHLb/ And since the artist included their name in the lowe...
March 22, 2019
My Norwescon 42 Schedule
It’s less than a month until Easter, and therefore just about a month until Norwescon! Here’s where you can find me then:
Friday (4/19) – it’s all about MEWriting Class: Dialogue, She Wrote with Curtis Chen
Cascade 13
11:30am–1pm
More than one editor has accused me of writing “good-ass banter,” and I’m okay with that. Many writers struggle with writing natural speech (reality is no excuse for fiction) or having characters talk their way out of trouble (looking at you, Scalzi!). We can also get...
January 28, 2019
Animated GIF of the Moment
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January 16, 2019
Are You Curious About My Fictions?
NOT IN A CREEPY WAY tho. Wow, I really am terrible at post titles.
Here’s the deal: I’m now set up as an author on Curious Fictions, a new site for connecting writers and readers. You can follow me to read public posts in which I expound on storytelling (kind of like this blog, but different), and subscribers can read my classic stories (read: reprints) which are not available anywhere else online. Such a deal!
The first story I’ve made available to CF subscribers is “Somebody’s Daughter,” a...
January 1, 2019
What I Did in 2018
I guess it’s time to take stock of what’s happened in my life over the last twelve months, both professionally and personally…
In 2018, I had two fiction stories published:
“Go, Space Racer!” in Playboy Magazine “Players” in KaleidotropeI also wrote a nonfiction article based on several workshops I’ve presented recently:
“How to Write a Query Letter” in the SFWA Bulletin #213And I narrated three other writers’ stories for podcasts:
“The Heaven-Moving Way” by Chi Hui; translated by Andy...December 31, 2018
I'm Movin' On Up
I will no longer be updating this site. So long, Blogger, and thanks for all the... dish?
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New Year, New Blog
As you can see, I finally bit the bullet and joined everyone in the 21st century with a WordPress “journal” (which sounds classier than “blog” and I’m classy af). I’ve imported everything from my old blog and it seems to have gone reasonably well. Stay tuned for more content here, and hopefully more often!
