So you’ve finished your book. Its been edited and published, and now you’re trying to figure out how to get to your potential readers. While beginning your marketing campaign usually happens well before your book is completed, getting your first reviews can’t begin until your book is done or in a final draft status. Many […]
Kirk Douglas, One of the Last Surviving Stars of Hollywoods Golden Age, Dies at 103
Kirk Douglas liked a good fight. He fights with his wife, he fights with the maid, he fights with the cook, Burt Lancaster, his late costar, friend and running partner once said. God knows, he has fought with me. It is hardly surprising then that Douglas, who died on Wednesday, nearly two decades after suffering […]
Apple unifies its app stores by extending the universal purchase option to Mac apps
Apple surprised its app developer community today with the official announcement that they’ll soon be able to sell their cross-platform apps as one universal purchase including, for the time, apps that run on macOS. For consumers, a universal purchase option allows them to just pay once for an app that works across devices, including iPhone, […]
I Dream Of Living A Zero-Waste Life, Here Are The Struggles I Face (31 Comics)
I dream of living a zero-waste life, but very often I fail miserably, and it makes me sad and discouraged. The simple truth is—zero waste living can be hard! But I realized the following: the more I become “aware” of what I buy and what alternatives I have, the more conscious I become; my decision-making […]
Meghan returns to Canada as Queen seeks solution
Your questions answered on Harry and Meghan statement Where do Prince Harry and Meghan get their money? How Meghan ‘tripped and fell’ into Harry’s life Prince Harry: A life in the spotlight In their announcement on Wednesday evening, Prince Harry and Meghan revealed they intend “to step back as ‘senior’ members of the Royal Family, […]
Amazon’s push for Prime sign-up ‘misleading’
“The ASA has instead based its ruling on a handful of complaints and a subjective opinion of the page. “We will continue our discussions with the ASA.” It said users had understood the options and only “a very small number of members” who signed up through the page had cancelled their membership within three days. […]
The Best Science Fiction Novels To Read When Youre Sick Of The Real World
By Yuri Efremov By Yuri Efremov 1. When you want a YA series about aliens (with just the right amount of romance) – by Rick Yancey “After the 1st wave, only darkness remains. After the 2nd, only the lucky escape. And after the 3rd, only the unlucky survive. After the 4th wave, only one rule […]
I AM Manifesto by SB Hilarion
Book Summary: A book of 366 mantras or affirmations to raise and encourage the self-esteem and self-belief of children (plus adults), told through the eyes of young siblings Hao Finley Lee and Sabine Yi Lee. Written in the form of a journal and calendar, there is a mantra for each day of the month. For […]
Britfield & The Lost Crown: The Better Alternative to Harry Potter for Our Youth
ShareTweetPin By C.R. Stewart Do we really need to re-visit the Harry Potter controversy? When the book series was launched on June 26, 1997, conservative Christians were alarmed about the dangerous acceptance of the occult. Evangelicals made their case, but clearly the church lost this battle. Ironically, the controversy may have fueled the popularity of […]
“Why Is Your Mom White?”: Sons Response to Strangers Question Leaves Mom in Tears
ShareTweetPin I glanced in the mirror one night when I was putting my children to bed and suddenly remembered that I didn’t grow them in my belly when I saw our reflection staring back at us. It might sound weird that I forget that my children are adopted, but I do. Because to me, they’re […]
Meet the makers of modular
When Dieter Döpfer, the founder of music instrument manufacturer Doepfer, decided to launch a brand new modular synthesiser system in 1995, no one could have predicted what would follow. Today, his “Eurorack” format supports an ecosystem of hundreds of manufacturers that have collectively produced thousands of compatible modules used by famous musicians, such as Radiohead, […]