As I've juggled my Business stories for The Boston Globe and writing my fourth novel, I've slightly neglected this site. Lo siento! :)
I'll be posting another interview with one of the characters of my books (Ted Williams the TV reporter from Miami Manhunt) in a few days.
In the meantime, here is a link that takes you to my most recent media articles for the Globe.
And here are three recent stories:
FOX25 Jumps Into 6 p.m. Fray
Comcast adds Red Sox to On Demand Channel
Hearst Passes NECN torch to Comcast
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
La Doctora's Soap Therapy
When I'm in Miami as I recently was, I tune into the radio show of Dr. Isabel Gomez-Bassols. (When is it coming to Boston?)She's better known as la doctora on Univision Spanish radio.) She gives her listeners a dose of tough love and common sense. For those of you who read my blog faithfully, I've mentioned Isabel before. (I wrote a profile of her for The Globe in 2003 because her show can be heard all around the country on Univision Radio.)
She's also the inspiration behind the Latina psychologist whom Tommy Perez and his new Cuban Boston friend Carlos Martin meet in Boston in my upcoming novel, Beantown Cubans. She gives them, especially Carlos, some guidance on how to move on in life and how to start over in a new city.
La Doctora also appeared on my favorite soap opera The Bold and The Beautiful as herself in 2002, counseling self-destructive Brooke Logan-Forrester. I was happy to stumble upon some of those clips on Youtube recently. Watching la doctora in action reminded me of what's really important - honoring your spirit!
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When she appeared on the soap opera (the episode above has been recently de-activated by CBS)Brooke escapes LA by going to a resort. She has just learned that she is pregnant with her daughter's husband, Deacon. Distraught over the news of her pregnancy, Brooke meets Dr. Isabel at the resort and she offers to listen and help her through several visits. In this episode, La Doctora introduces herself to Brooke as the "Latina version of Dr. Joyce Brothers.'' She tells her "I can't seem to say no to anyone who needs help. I specialize in broken hearts and broken promises."
Below is a segment la doctora hosted on spirituality for PBS.
And for those of you who speak Spanish, here's a commercial on Spanish TV for one of Isabel's books Seven Steps to Happiness. You'll seen a scene of Isabel doing her radio show and you'll understand why her advice call-in show is so popular.
Friday, June 12, 2009
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