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March 4, 2011

Writing again…

http://www.authonomy.com/books/9977/u... So, I've started writing again.  Fits and starts.  I looked at what I had already written for book 2, and had about 9000 words.  I set a goal for myself to get to 10000 (the minimum before authonomy will let me make my work public) and open the first 9 chapters up to the [...]
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Published on March 04, 2011 20:10

The winners have been chosen!

20 winners of my book have been chosen.  They hail from 11 US 2 Great Britain 2 Australia 3 Canada 1 India 1 Armenia   Filed under: Literature, Science Fiction, Social Media, web 2.0
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Published on March 04, 2011 16:21

March 3, 2011

Less than 5 hours left…862 Entries…20 free copies at stake

  Goodreads Book Giveaway Urtaru by Armen Chakmakjian Giveaway ends March 04, 2011. See the giveaway details at Goodreads. Enter to win Filed under: Random
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Published on March 03, 2011 16:17

March 1, 2011

2 days left to enter in the book giveaway!

  Goodreads Book Giveaway Urtaru by Armen Chakmakjian Giveaway ends March 04, 2011. See the giveaway details at Goodreads. Enter to win 20 copies available, 677 people requesting! Filed under: Random
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Published on March 01, 2011 17:13

February 19, 2011

OK so I'm a nerd…

In the past 3 or 4 months I've been involved in an online Star Trek sim.  "What's that?" you say.   The idea is that there is a fleet and each ship in the fleet is off on missions.  The captain sets up the mission, without telling the rest of the crew exactly what is [...]
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Published on February 19, 2011 05:59

February 6, 2011

A Review from a Goodreads reader for Urtaru

http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/... Thanks to the reviewer for their honest opinions and kind delivery Filed under: Random
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Published on February 06, 2011 12:50

January 25, 2011

You need to enter the drawing by March 4!

The books have arrived here at my house, 20 fresh copies ready to be sent to the winners…but as the saying goes, you gotta be in it to win it!     Goodreads Book Giveaway Urtaru by Armen Chakmakjian Giveaway ends March 04, 2011. See the giveaway details at Goodreads. Enter to win Filed under: [...]
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Published on January 25, 2011 17:15

January 18, 2011

Follow up on Kindle DX

PDF's look awesome.  Just wish I could annotate them. I loaded an issue of the NYT on it and read it from cover to cover, avoiding the Sports section since it was the day after the Patriots' loss.  Enjoyable nonetheless The patagonia case arrived today.  It is a fine case, a bit stiff but roomy.  There [...]
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Published on January 18, 2011 20:31

January 16, 2011

Free book?

Book Giveaway II is still in progress…380 people have signed up for a chance at one of twenty free copies of my book…have you? (It's half-time in the patriots game…so I figured I'd do something to distract myself) Urtaru by Armen Chakmakjian Giveaway ends March 04, 2011. See the giveaway details at Goodreads. Enter to [...]
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Published on January 16, 2011 15:15

January 15, 2011

My new Kindle DX and why I didn't get an iPad for school…

I had a little bit money in the form of amazon gift certificates to be cashed in.  So I had to make a decision.  I pondered the situation.  I'd like to stop buying printed textbooks for my classes where possible.  I'd also like to have a larger view of PDF files that I get from [...]
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Published on January 15, 2011 12:38