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NBC Sports
17-05-2025
- Entertainment
- NBC Sports
It's a free, signed Son of Mine weekend
It's been a few weeks since I offered up a free copy of Son of Mine. Now that things are slowing down, I'll be offering up freebies more often. Which allows me to remind you that you can get all three books — Father of Mine, Son of Mine, and On Our Way Home — for a mere 99 cents in ebook format on Amazon. The print editions are available, too. But not for 99 cents. For Kindle Unlimited members, all ebooks are free. (As of this posting, 271,676 pages have been read.) All three are objectively good (in my inherently subjective opinion). And more are on the way, mainly because I've been spending 2-3 hours per night, 5-6 nights per week, for nearly five years blowing off steam by escaping to made-up worlds with made-up people and figuring out their made-up interactions (they're usually arguing, scheming, and periodically killing). The third book in the Father of Mine series will arrive, sooner than later. Audio versions of all books are definitely coming; we're just waiting for the final paperwork from the company that bought the rights. From the logjam on unfinished manuscripts, the current focus is a last major edit to a story that reimagines the aftermath of the mass escape from the West Virginia State Penitentiary in November 1979. There's also a cautionary tale about the intersection of gambling and pro sports that is 95 percent finished. Along the way, an idea inspired by intense fear of The Exorcist, fascination with the slowly-building tension that suddenly explodes into cartoonishly graphic violence in Tarantino films, and a past life of fumbling around in a courtroom became a short story that scared the shit out of me as the words flowed. (After the last line was written, I didn't sleep right for a week.) They're all coming, in time. For now, get a free, signed, personalized copy of Son of Mine. Three are up for grabs over the next three days, or so. To enter, send an email to florio@ with this subject line: '5/17/25 Book Giveaway.' No purchase is required. No purchase will be rejected, either.
NBC Sports
19-04-2025
- Entertainment
- NBC Sports
It's a book giveaway weekend
My mom would have turned 91 on Friday. We lost her nearly 30 years ago. I spend too much time thinking about the things she didn't get to enjoy, starting with her grandchildren. She would have showered them with love while pushing them harder than they've ever been pushed. She always pushed me to try to do more, and to try to do it better. Even if I've allowed my work-life balance to become entirely out of whack, she helped instill a desire to never slow down, to never coast, to never be satisfied. I also spend too much time thinking about what she'd think about the decisions I've made over the years. When I told her I wanted to go to law school, she voiced her displeasure. Loudly. When I gave up my law practice to write and talk about football on a full-time basis 14 years, she would have been very pissed about that, too. Starting nearly five years ago, I started devoting any free minute I could find to writing fiction. (Not to be confused with the fiction I'm often accused of writing here.) She would have read every word of it. If she thought any of it sucked, she would have said so. Plainly, clearly, directly. No one really knows what happens after our time here ends. It's nice to think maybe she has the ability to read the stuff I've written. It would be even nicer if she had a way to tell me what sucks, and what doesn't. You can make your own assessment. Three of the 10 or so I've cobbled together (Father of Mine, Son of Mine, On Our Way Home) can be had in ebook form for a mere 99 cents on Amazon. I'll give away two or three signed and personalized copies of the newest one, Son of Mine, based on the submissions I receive this weekend. You know the drill. Send an email to florio@ with this subject line: 4/19/25 Book Giveaway. I'll pick two or three at random and send out the books in a few days. Son of Mine is the sequel to Father of Mine. They're mob books set in the town where I grew up, and where my dad worked as a bookie for the crew that ran the place. The next book in the series has been written and edited/revised once. I need to make another pass through it. I should start today. I don't really feel like it. And I know exactly what my mother would say about that: 'Quit your bitching and do it.' I guess I will.
NBC Sports
05-04-2025
- Entertainment
- NBC Sports
It's a winner's choice book giveaway weekend
It's been a hectic couple of weeks. So hectic that I haven't had time to direct this platform toward the effort to sell a few books. Or to give a few away. This weekend, it's winner's choice. Father of Mine, Son of Mine, On Our Way Home. Hard copy, signed and sealed and delivered to the address of your choosing (within the continental U.S.). Or you can drop a mere 99 cents for the ebook version of any of them. Ninety-nine cents. You can find nothing that cheap. To enter, send an email to florio@ with this subject line: '4/5/25 book giveaway.' I'll pick the winner(s) early this week and send them out by Friday. In the meantime, 99 cents. Ebook. Start with Father of Mine. Give it a try. It's the safest bet you'll make all weekend, since the downside is the loss of less than a buck. And if you sufficiently hate it to want your dollar back, convince me that you've read it, explain why you think it was caca, and I'll send you a dollar. Or maybe 99 pennies.
NBC Sports
12-03-2025
- Entertainment
- NBC Sports
Son of Mine ebook remains free, for today only
At the end of an unexpectedly strong day for the PFT business on Monday, I was feeling impulsive. After dropping the price of the ebook version of Father of Mine, Son of Mine, and On Our Way Home to 99 cents for at least all of 2025 (if not longer), I decided to make the Son of Mine ebook free for two days only — Tuesday and Wednesday. It's still free today. The clock runs out at midnight PT, which gives the folks in the time zone around which the rest of the world revolves until 3:00 a.m. to claim it. Again, it's free. No strings attached. A reward for being one of the many who have visited the site this week. And, yes, it would be helpful to peruse Father of Mine (99 cents) before reading Son of Mine. Although Son of Mine was written as a standalone three-part story, reading it first will spoil the ending to Father of Mine.
NBC Sports
22-02-2025
- Entertainment
- NBC Sports
It's another book giveaway weekend
It's another non-football weekend. So we'll give away another non-football book. Winner's choice. Father of Mine. Son of Mine. On Our Way Home. Plus, this week I'll include an official flip card from the Week 18 regular-season finale between the Vikings and Lions. (Somehow, a stack of extras ended up in my bag. Peculiar.) To enter, send an email to florio@ with this subject line: '2/22/25 Book Giveaway.' If you tried last week and didn't win, keep trying. And if, in the interim, you want to check out any of them, the ebooks on Amazon are only 99 cents each. I mean, come on. 99 cents. You've got that more than that at the bottom of the thing where you keep your wallet and keys so you don't lose them. (And if you don't have one of those things, I highly recommend it.) I also highly recommend any of the three books. Quick read. Nice diversion from whatever might currently be troubling you, or boring you. Father of Mine. Son of Mine. On Our Way Home. Ninety-nine cents each. If you prefer a hard copy, the first two are $14.99. Which is still cheap, as books go. And On Our Way Home is only $9.99. And the next book in the Father of Mine mob series is coming. I cranked out three more chapters last night. (They're short, which makes the reading easier — not to mention the writing.) I'm cooking up a few other ideas and projects as well, which is a little easier to do during the non-playing season. Stay tuned. For now, send the email and then pull together the loose change and download one or two or all three of them.
