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Nvidia Walkback on Quantum Timeframe
It seems like Nvidia's CEO Jensen Huang is having second thoughts about his earlier prediction that useful quantum computers was a good...
David Atkinson
Mar 211 min read
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Free Shipping Now Through BookBaby!
If you like Amazon's free shipping but discover that they have sold out of my paperback, and thus are not even allowing you to place an...
David Atkinson
Dec 5, 20241 min read
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If Amazon tells you that your book will be delayed, here's the scoop
I heard about a person who ordered a paperback version of my book from Amazon back when it was still in pre-order status (which ended on...
David Atkinson
Nov 18, 20241 min read
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Soft-cover editions now shipping!
As of November 8th, on-line retailers such as Amazon and Barnes & Noble along with wholesalers such as Ingram are now shipping the...
David Atkinson
Nov 9, 20241 min read
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Pre-orders are now a go!
Secure , Washington has been available in eBook format at numerous locations as well as paperback on the BookBaby website since August...
David Atkinson
Oct 6, 20241 min read
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Cast of Characters
Secure , Washington is a big story, covering a timeframe from 1972 through mid-2039. In order to tell it, I used 69 named characters in...
David Atkinson
Aug 10, 20244 min read
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Rita!
The book briefly touches upon a kitty character named Rita, with her approaching George in the Wellness Center with a big "EEEK!" As I...
David Atkinson
Jul 30, 20242 min read
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The Real Red Shed
The book talks about the original members of the MM Group first getting together as a coffee klatch at the Red Shed Coffee Shop in...
David Atkinson
Jul 30, 20241 min read
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Mr. Sock
The inspiration for the character Mr. Sock came from a story I heard from a neighbor about a man that the Sequim police had arrested a...
David Atkinson
Jul 28, 20241 min read
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Reggie's stories
The character Reggie, along with Beth and Jim, made up the core of the MM Group. Reggie’s love for traveling via motorhome comes back to...
David Atkinson
Jul 27, 20241 min read
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Jim's stories
Readers are introduced to the character Jim early on in the book. Jim was one of the three founding members of the coffee klatch, which...
David Atkinson
Jul 27, 20242 min read
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One-legged maple man!
The character Leslie talks about losing her husband Roy to sarcoma cancer. Naturally, that part of Roy mirrors me, except that I didn’t...
David Atkinson
Jul 27, 20242 min read
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Our cats
I dedicated my book to my wife Amy and to our two cats, Lucy and Rita. Naturally, I had to squeeze those two little furballs into my...
David Atkinson
Jul 27, 20242 min read
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What does my Yonder Years book have to do with Secure, Washington? Quite a bit, actually.
On the last leg of our adventure, my brother and his wife rode with us from Mesa, Arizona to Huntington Beach, California, where we...
David Atkinson
Jul 27, 20243 min read
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How did I come up with the idea of Secure, Washington?
Hoo boy, this might take some time! I think you’d first have to go back a few decades. Back to when Amy and I would make somewhat...
David Atkinson
Jul 26, 20243 min read
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