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Terran Shift Anthology, Vol 1 now at Smashwords

Jamie Alan Belanger — Fri, 17 May 2013 19:32:26 +0000

Last year we put together an anthology ebook of stories set exclusively in our Terran Shift universe. The result is a collection of seven stories from five authors, spanning from the high-tech cyberpunk dystopia of the Bio-Tech Era to the Sol-Bect War Era. When we originally released this ebook, we decided to make it an [...]

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Review: Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void

Jamie Alan Belanger — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 20:34:33 +0000

Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void by Mary Roach My rating: 5 of 5 stars I grabbed this book at my local library two days ago and have already read the entire thing. It’s not that it’s a short book, at slightly more than 300 pages it does take some [...]

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Hackathons Seem To Be In Vogue Now

Jamie Alan Belanger — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 22:00:25 +0000

What The Heck’s a Hackathon? I’ve seen quite a few articles, magazines, and websites talking about hackathons lately… as if they are something new. These articles don’t always explain what hackathons are. So I thought I’d take a moment to talk about them, some of the hackathons I’ve done in the past, and what I’m [...]

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Review: Meltdown: A Free-Market Look at Why the Stock Market Collapsed, the Economy Tanked, and the Government Bailout Will Make Things Worse

Jamie Alan Belanger — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 12:06:00 +0000

Meltdown: A Free-Market Look at Why the Stock Market Collapsed, the Economy Tanked, and the Government Bailout Will Make Things Worse by Thomas E. Woods Jr. My rating: 4 of 5 stars Very interesting analysis of where we are today and why. The author draws some fascinating comparisons between our current economy and the Great [...]

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Review: Tales of Terror

Jamie Alan Belanger — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 14:54:04 +0000

Tales of Terror by Time-Life Books My rating: 4 of 5 stars Terror? There wasn’t anything in here that I would call terrifying. I read these stories right before going to bed, sometimes reading two or three in a sitting. I didn’t get a single nightmare, and I was hoping for some since they tend [...]

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Review: The Silver Chair: The Chronicles of Narnia

Jamie Alan Belanger — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 13:44:34 +0000

The Silver Chair: The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis My rating: 3 of 5 stars The Silver Chair wasn’t a terrible book, not by any means. But I didn’t enjoy it as much as the first two books in Narnia. Maybe I just got attached to the Pevensie kids and wanted to see more [...]

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The Sol-Bect War, Part 3 now at Kobo, Diesel, and Barnes and Noble stores

Jamie Alan Belanger — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 13:53:48 +0000

The Sol-Bect War Part 3 is starting to show up at all the Smashwords Premium Catalog stores. So far, it’s appeared at Kobo, Diesel, and Barnes & Noble stores. We are still waiting for it to show up at iTunes and Sony Reader Store. The Sol-Bect War, Part 3 at Kobo The Sol-Bect War, [...]

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EPUB Book Updates and Annoyances

Jamie Alan Belanger — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 02:53:10 +0000

Smashwords And EPUBs Smashwords made a change recently and now allows publishers to upload hand-formatted EPUB files. Originally, the only EPUB files you could have at Smashwords were the ones automatically generated by their Meat Grinder program. While Meat Grinder does a pretty decent job, I always found the ebooks to be rather plain looking. [...]

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The Sol-Bect War, Part 3 now available at Smashwords

Jamie Alan Belanger — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 18:29:47 +0000

Part 3 of Paul’s ever-growing Sol-Bect War science fiction war saga is now available at Smashwords! Almost six years after the end of the Sol-Bect War, peace is still elusive. While the Bectolothian home world is being torn apart by civil war, their military ignites another conflict with the Terrans. As the Terran war machine [...]

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Blizzard 2013 Pics

Jamie Alan Belanger — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 21:18:14 +0000

So Much Snow I have been sharing a few pictures of this mess on my Facebook page, but for those of you who don’t subscribe, you can now see the pictures from Nemo on my Flickr stream. I posted 8 pics, all taken from and around my condo in Southern Maine. http://www.flickr.com/photos/lljamie/sets/72157632725388563/with/8458605335/

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Surveys Back Up Again

Jamie Alan Belanger — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 20:40:17 +0000

A few days ago, I wrote about our surveys no longer being active. Since then, I received some suggestions for survey sites to check out. Thanks to everyone who responded. I did a lot of digging and searching, but in the end, I decided to program my own solution (like I needed another project, lol). The survey [...]

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Well, We Used To Have Some Surveys…

Jamie Alan Belanger — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 16:29:18 +0000

We used to have a couple of surveys running at an external site. I had created a survey for our Thanks page, to ask people who had just made a purchase or a donation how they found us. I also had a survey for the official Batch Image Converter Wish List. I’m currently planning on [...]

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Review: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

Jamie Alan Belanger — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 02:29:03 +0000

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis My rating: 3 of 5 stars I got into the mood to read this series after watching the movies (the recent ones) for about my third time. Since I hadn’t read these books before, I decided to read them in the original order, not the chronological [...]

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Plans for 2013

Paul — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 14:12:01 +0000

Sorry I haven’t posted anything in a while. It was a crazy end of 2012, spanning 4 continents. My plans for 2013 include a compilation of short stories (12 total, written mostly in the late 80s and early 90s), a book (written in the early 90s), and a novella (only a couple of years old). [...]

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White Mountains, Aug 4th

Jamie Alan Belanger — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 14:50:49 +0000

White Mountains, Aug 4th, a set on Flickr. Some photos I took while on a road trip with my mother this past August. These include some nice views of the White Mountains in NH and Lake Willoughby in VT. Today I also uploaded these other two pictures:

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The Sol-Bect War, Part 1 is now available at Libboo!

Jamie Alan Belanger — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 18:22:16 +0000

The Sol-Bect War, Part 1 is now available on Libboo. Humanity is near the tail end of an intergalactic war with an alien race called the Bect — a war we are losing. The only thing we have in shorter supply than combat pilots is hope. After a rough skirmish, a strange object is picked [...]

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Review: The FairTax Book: Saying Goodbye to the Income Tax and the IRS

Jamie Alan Belanger — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 12:05:42 +0000

The FairTax Book: Saying Goodbye to the Income Tax and the IRS by Neal Boortz My rating: 5 of 5 stars The FairTax Book is a quick read — I read the whole thing in a single day, most of it in one sitting. But there is a lot of information crammed in there. I [...]

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The Sol-Bect War, Part 3 now available!

Jamie Alan Belanger — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 23:42:26 +0000

Part 3 of Paul’s ever-growing Sol-Bect War science fiction war saga is now available! Almost six years after the end of the Sol-Bect War, peace is still elusive. While the Bectolothian home world is being torn apart by civil war, their military ignites another conflict with the Terrans. As the Terran war machine builds momentum, [...]

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Terran Shift Anthology Giveaway… last call!

Jamie Alan Belanger — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 23:00:08 +0000

Our free promotion days for the Terran Shift Anthology are coming to a close… grab a copy for your weekend reading. This promotion will end in just a few hours. Free Nov 15 & 16Grab it. Read it. Review it. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00A447IC0

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Day 2 of the Terran Shift Anthology giveaway

Jamie Alan Belanger — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 13:00:20 +0000

Here we are on day 2 of giving away free copies of the Terran Shift Anthology in the Kindle store. If you haven’t grabbed your freebie yet, head on over and do so. Then please consider helping us out by writing a review. Free Nov 15 & 16Grab it. Read it. Review it. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00A447IC0

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