{"id":5038,"date":"2012-11-19T10:48:38","date_gmt":"2012-11-19T02:48:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/?p=5038"},"modified":"2012-11-19T10:49:07","modified_gmt":"2012-11-19T02:49:07","slug":"launch-the-chickens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/19\/launch-the-chickens\/","title":{"rendered":"Launch the chickens!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/opening.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5042\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/19\/launch-the-chickens\/opening-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/opening.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"With Kenny of Books Actually\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/opening.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5042\" title=\"With Kenny of Books Actually\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/opening-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/opening-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/opening.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Ayam Curtain book launch was held on 16th November at Books Actually. There was a launch at the Singapore Writers Festival but this is the main one!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/junejoyce.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5041\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/19\/launch-the-chickens\/junejoyce\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/junejoyce.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"The editors!\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/junejoyce.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5041\" title=\"The editors!\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/junejoyce-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/junejoyce-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/junejoyce.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The editors of the anthology, Joyce and June. So that&#8217;s how they look like if you ever meet them at literary events or the such.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/reading.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5043\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/19\/launch-the-chickens\/reading\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/reading.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Turn to page&amp;#8230; ?\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/reading.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5043\" title=\"Turn to page... ?\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/reading-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/reading-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/reading.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Turn to page whatever. Heh, you can see more pictures in the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/17882102@N07\/sets\/72157632039239714\" target=\"_blank\">album here<\/a><\/strong>. Ayam Curtain is an anthology of a LOT of speculative fiction. I like quite a lot of them and it&#8217;ll be really spoilerish if I described them so you&#8217;ll have to buy it!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/thened.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5044\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/19\/launch-the-chickens\/thened\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/thened.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"The end!\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/thened.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5044\" title=\"The end!\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/thened-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/thened-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/thened.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And the end of it. By the way, do shop at Books Actually. As of the weekend, they need to raise up money to renew their lease at their location. Which, at the time of is post, is today. I don&#8217;t know if they made it. I hope they did. IN ANY CASE, buy your books, stationery and other stuff at <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/booksactually.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Books Actually<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1152\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/2010\/01\/28\/young-writers-seminar-and-a-submission\/meanwhile-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/meanwhile.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"400,80\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"meanwhile\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/meanwhile.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1152\" title=\"meanwhile\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/meanwhile.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"80\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/meanwhile.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/meanwhile-300x60.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/afa.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5039\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/19\/launch-the-chickens\/afa\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/afa.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Anime Festival Asia ticket!\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/afa.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5039\" title=\"Anime Festival Asia ticket!\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/afa-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/afa-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/afa.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I went to AFA 2012 and that was quite fun.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/chyesenghuat.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5040\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/19\/launch-the-chickens\/chyesenghuat\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/chyesenghuat.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"525,700\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Chye Seng Huat Hardware\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/chyesenghuat.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5040 aligncenter\" title=\"Chye Seng Huat Hardware\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/chyesenghuat-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/chyesenghuat-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/chyesenghuat.jpg 525w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Also, some of us went to check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cshhcoffee.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Chye Seng Huat Hardware<\/strong><\/a> coffee shop. If you have the chance to go there, you have to enter by the &#8216;no entry&#8217; gate. It&#8217;s a thing.<del> A hipster thing. <\/del><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ayam Curtain book launch was held on 16th November at Books Actually. 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