Another summer of free young adult audio books has started from YA Sync.  Yea!  Each week two audio books are offered for download from the Sync website.  You can download them on your phone, tablet or desktop, but you have to have the Overdrive program installed.  I wrote about the program last year. There is a good […]

There is no question that Young Adult (YA) books are popular.  Just look at the Hunger Games, Divergent, Harry Potter, The Fault in Our Stars, and many others that top the best seller lists and have been made into movies.  As a genre, YA books often deal with issues relevant for teens and those in […]

Why Protein Shakes? Protein shakes are often recommended as a meal replacement for loosing weight*.  In my experience, the protein helps to reduce hunger.  If the goal is loosing weight then watch the other ingredients that you put in your shake to avoid adding too many carbs and sugars.  People who are working out and […]

Computer security is a big deal.  If you have a camera that can be used for web based video chat built-in or attached to your computer then you may want to consider adding an additional “advanced” webcam security device.  Can your camera come on without you knowing it and allow others to spy on you? […]

This was the first year that I participated in the National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo.  In case you don’t know what this is, it is a one month sprint in November to write at least 50,000 words of your novel.  I heard about it before and noticed that a couple of books I enjoyed […]