This resonates very, very powerfully as someone who has one wonderful kid, and another on the way, obsessed about tech, his startup and a million other things.<p>Now this has me asking why I'm spinning that crank so hard. I look at my beautiful family and I realize that he's painfully right.
Merlin can really turn a phrase, powerful. But...<p>He has complained publicly that he has about 3x too much for the book. I'd say it is about time to let the editor do some editing, at least let her take a pass to make suggestions on how to simplify.<p>Or perhaps he is deliberately scuttling the book deal after realizing he can make more money self-publishing an ebook?