Son of a Gun now available from Loose id

A re-edited, re-formatted 'Son of a Gun' is now available from Loose id here.  There's a little bit more added to the ending as well.  And check out the pretty new cover.  There will be a contest in the next week to win a free ebook version, for those of you who may have bought the original, but are still interested in reading this one.  I wanted to give you a chance to own it without having to pay for it.

More info will follow shortly.  Meanwhile, huzzah for release day!

Lord Stanley and his cup

It's playoff weekend around here:

My dogs are rocking their team jerseys.

My dog, Lord Stanley, knows which team is going to win the cup.

Why I Love (Hate) the Playoffs

On the nhl.com website there is a Stanley Cup Playoffs Bracket Challenge that one can enter every year just before the puck drops in the first game of the first series.  I ALWAYS play it.  I ALWAYS think I know absolutely positively who is going to win each series.  Well, except for a few wild cards that is.

HAH!

The Blues are up two games on the LA Kings! Last years Stanley Cup Champions look surprised out there.  Their supermagical must-have-signed-a-deal-with-the-devil-goalie, Jonathan Quick, gave the first game away.  Last night?  Was close and the Kings have a history of coming out ahead on close games.  But they didn't.  Surprise!

Detroit beat Anaheim last night.  That's a series I believe could go either way.  The Red Wings are a mere ghost of what they once were but they still have a coach who knows how to win.  And they still have that faith that comes of being on a team that makes the playoffs every year and frequently wins the cup.  That counts for a lot in a fast and hard sport. 

Minnesota's goalie was out during warm ups so Josh Harding, who is currently struggling with MS, had to step in at the last moment.  Chicago barely beat them.  Good for Josh!  

I think Toronto should just be allowed to go home quietly.  The Bruins are going to kill them out there.  BUT I COULD BE WRONG.  A miracle could happen.  Toronto could suddenly find the pride of all Canada somewhere deep in their guts and rise up and thunk them.  Wouldn't that be something to see?

And that's what I love about the playoffs.  ANYTHING can happen.  It's as exciting as Basketball, as romantic as Baseball and as brutal as any sport can get.  I may not win that danged Bracket Challenge but so far it's looking like a really awesome playoff year.