In case you were wondering, that's how you say Coercion in Estonian. I just got the good news that Ersen Publishing has picked up the rights to my latest book.

Translated into Estonian, check.

The notice from my editor at Thomas & Mercer immediately conjured up memories of a train trip I took to the Baltic States back in 1992 (pictured) with the six other students in the Wharton/Lauder Russian program and our professors.

As I recall, we spent most of the time visiting churches and chasing women, a combination that may be a bit unorthodox, but then we were grad students in a foreign country, so anything less would have been sacrilege. What a kick to be going back 25 years later--in print.