Author Archives: Karlos

Felix Stories – J.J. Byrne Playground

There was a girl that said to her mom, “Mommy” and then she said “I can fit in the the tub” and she pointed at her butt and then she said “I peed in my pants” and she laughed. The woman laughed. – Felix after visiting the new Old Stone House Playground for the first …

May.20.2012 – 09:32 | By Karlos | Posted in A Writer's Life, Bilingual Kids, Brooklyn, Felix Stories, Personal | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)

New Mayan Calendar Found. The World – Surprisingly – Won’t End in 2012.

On the wall of a tiny structure buried under forest debris in Guatemala, archaeologists have discovered a scribe’s notes about the Maya lunar calendar, which they say could be the first known records by an official chronicler of this ancient civilization.” That’s according to an article in this month’s Scientific American. This news was all over the Interwebs since …

May.13.2012 – 20:29 | By Karlos | Posted in Bilingual Kids, Columbus Circle, The Maya and 2012 | Comments (0)

“I refuse to lie to children.” Maurice Sendak, RIP

Here’s the first paragraph of the NY Times obit: …widely considered the most important children’s book artist of the 20th century, who wrenched the picture book out of the safe, sanitized world of the nursery and plunged it into the dark, terrifying and hauntingly beautiful recesses of the human psyche, died on Tuesday in Danbury, …

May.8.2012 – 22:19 | By Karlos | Posted in A Writer's Life, Book Reviews, My Digital Life, Personal | Comments (0)

My Mom and Dad Celebrate 50 Years of Bliss

My parents just celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. 50 years. That’s half a century. They were married in 1962 in Panama City, Panama and just celebrated the event with their friends in Ventura. I love the story of how they met, were married, and spent their honeymoon and want to share some of this with …

April.14.2012 – 11:06 | By Karlos | Posted in Bilingual Kids, Personal, Time Travel | Tagged , , , , | Comments (3)

6 Tips for Using the Time Between (Writing) Projects

I’m between novels. That means I just finished one and am gearing up for the next one. I’m lucky in that I usually know what I’m writing next (the next novel involves Hernán Cortez, there’s a screenplay about cloning dragons that needs revising, and a space opera that keeps begging for attention). (OK, THE COLUMBUS …

April.3.2012 – 09:18 | By Karlos | Posted in Motivation, My Digital Life, Personal, Publishing | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Hunger Games vs. Battle Royale – Great Artists Steal

With the release and the tremendous success of The Hunger Games movie, I’ve seen (but can’t remember where) several haters commenters bashing author Suzanne Collins. Their reasoning? The Hunger Games is a rip-off of the Japanese movie Battle Royale. How’s that? Both stories involve a group teenagers fighting to the death for the amusement of …

March.25.2012 – 17:24 | By Karlos | Posted in Personal, Publishing, The Dragon Burns, The Novel | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Movie Review: STRANDED

The first Mars Mission crashes, leaving its five crew members stranded on the Red Planet. Since they are two years from Earth, they need to figure out how to survive. The premise of Stranded (Naufragos) sounded promising – especially, since it’s a Spanish science fiction movie  and you don’t see too many of those. The …

March.7.2012 – 04:24 | By Karlos | Posted in Motivation, Movie Reviews, Music Vids, My Digital Life | Comments (0)

The Final Artemis Fowl

The eighth and last book in Eoin Colfer’s Artemis Fowl series will be published later this year on July 1 According to Colfer “Artemis’s story always had to end with him being a hero. He had to go from being a selfish criminal to a hero who is prepared to sacrifice everything for a good …

February.23.2012 – 14:55 | By Karlos | Posted in Book Reviews, Publishing | Comments (0)

Happy Birthday: 49 Things I’m Thankful For

I just celebrated a birthday and wanted to thank everyone who wished me the best. I am without a doubt, one of the luckiest people ever, and thought I would share the following list of things I am so grateful for. Kristen. The love of my life who puts up with me every day. She …

February.23.2012 – 10:00 | By Karlos | Posted in Bilingual Kids, Columbus Circle, Motivation, My Digital Life, Personal, Publishing, The Dragon Burns, The Novel, Time Travel | Tagged , , , , | Comments (2)

Why We Work Hard at It: Henry Rollins

I joined Black Flag by showing up at an audition in New York City in the summer of 1981. I sang two sets with them in a small practice place and they gave me the job . The first days were a jolt because they were living hard and low to the ground and I had …

February.17.2012 – 14:02 | By Karlos | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments (0)