Top 20 Online Toy Stores and All the Rest Thousands of parents and kids are still reeling from the 2018 closing of Toys”R”Us. While there's no serviceable replacement for the physical toy store, the internet is bursting with a wide variety of shops the sell toys! Here are 20 of...
Top 100 Online Retailers In 2018, online sales made up nearly 12% of all retail sales around the world. Researchers predict that e-commerce sales will generate 17.5% of total retail sales by the year 2021. As consumers continue to choose online shopping over visiting physical stores, some major retailers have...
The Top 20 Online Bookstores (and all the rest) The internet can be a fantastic resource for avid readers, but it’s important to know which online stores are the most reputable and suitable when it comes to buying new and used books online. So, we did the research for you!...
October 30th, 2012 I used to have an apartment within a ten minute walk from my mom's house. At the end of her street was the local cemetery. Every time I walked past it, I would look in, and I started noticing little details about the place. In fact, every...
January 16th, 2013 What happens when you find yourself dating again after divorce? Lots of disappointing dinners, so many moments of laughing with your friends about dates gone bad, frustration beyond belief, and hopelessness, thinking the last of the good guys are taken. Until that heart stopping moment when you...
What three books inspired me to start the Cue Ball Mysteries and write Playing With Poison? Finally, an easy question! Here's my answer: Sue Grafton's A is for Alibi, Joan Hess's Malice in Maggody, and Janet Evanovich's One for the Money. Playing with Poison: A Humorous and Romantic Cozy (Cue Ball Mysteries Book 1)...
My Background Since childhood I've been an artist and worked as a graphic designer in the corporate world and for newspapers for twenty-three years before I quit to write full time. But I'd already begun writing novels at 21, over forty-four years ago now, and have had twenty-four (romantic horror,...
I'm often asked if my debut novel, Mortom, was inspired by other works. The short answer is yes: Stephen King's Salem's Lot and the brilliant A Simple Plan (Scott Smith) both factor into the finished project. But what most people don't know is the biggest influence didn't come from another author . . . but...