In early January, I wrote a post about utility impostors. These impostors are people who call or email you to demand payment for a past-due bill—a bill that you never received. That’s where this post comes in. What if you do receive a utility bill, but the bill is from a different company or the information on the bill is different from normal?On Friday, January 24, the … [Read more...] about Utility impostors – the bill
Scrivenings
Behind the story with NYT bestseller Allison Brennan
What will a New York Times bestselling author who has written twenty-three novels do to make her books accurate? For Allison Brennan, the author of “If I Should Die” and “See No Evil,” that answer is to travel far and wide. In this interview, Brennan discusses her upcoming release “Notorious” and what her life is like as a full-time writer.Brennan, who really does love her … [Read more...] about Behind the story with NYT bestseller Allison Brennan
Review of The Blood Promise by Mark Pryor
In “The Blood Promise,” Mark Pryor weaves a historical myth from 1795 France into a modern day murder mystery to answer the question: what really happened to the son of Marie Antoinette.Hugo Marston, the US Embassy Head of Security in Paris, is asked to “babysit” US Senator (Presidential candidate) Charles Lake, while he’s in France to negotiate Guadeloupe’s petition to … [Read more...] about Review of The Blood Promise by Mark Pryor
Five tips to help protect your identity
On Jan. 21, Chris Wang, owner and portfolio manager at Runnymeade Capital Management, posted five steps to help consumers protect themselves on the Huffington Post blog. In a telephone interview on Jan. 22, Wang said, “I wrote the story because protection of their financial information is a rising concern of consumers and targeting consumers is the growing trend of … [Read more...] about Five tips to help protect your identity
Behind the story of Ethan Justice with Simon Jenner
Simon Jenner writes action thrillers featuring protagonist Ethan Justice. For this interview, Jenner discussed how this popular series came about.“I do try to stay current and include newsworthy topics in all of my stories,” said Jenner. “In the first book in the Ethan Justice series (‘Origins’) the main topics covered were the sex trade (i.e. vulnerable Caucasian women … [Read more...] about Behind the story of Ethan Justice with Simon Jenner