My sister Maritza gave birth on Monday to my first niece, the beautiful Olivia Zoraida Torres, after a whopping 29 minutes in the delivery room. Dani and I went to visit the little bundle of joy yesterday, and took a few pictures. I held little Olivia for about an hour while she slept peacefully. Even [...]
The Walk-Away
In negotiations, one of the most difficult things to do is the walk-away. When you tell the seller their price is too high, and you turn to go. Even if you REALLY want what they’re selling, you need to be prepared to turn your back on it and walk off, or you run the risk [...]
I am as Hip as a Teenage Japanese Girl
It was interesting to see that the lead article on this morning’s NYTimes.com was on how cell phone novels have come to dominate Japanese publishing. Fully half of the top ten bestsellers of the last year were novels written a little at a time on cellphone keypads, in text message form, and then uploaded to [...]
Technology, a Love/Hate Relationship
The TiVo broke the other day. Anyone who knows me knows how much I love TiVo. It’s one of the greatest inventions of the last 20 years, and that’s saying a LOT. I’ve gotten so many of my friends hooked on the TiVolution that I should be a goddamn salesman for the company. And yet, [...]
Old School
So. With the baby coming, I am feeling a lot of pressure to finish this second book on time, so I will essentially have two in the can during the panicked period of diapers and late night feedings. Even if the UK goes ahead with their plan to print in August, I will still be [...]