I was just a kid when Cassius Clay (later Mohammed Ali) fought Sonny Liston for the first time. I remember, though, the interest in the fight--and in Ali's big mouth. Because Ali became possibly the greatest champion in the history of boxing, I'd never really thought much of how he beat Liston. I've been reading a mystery, THEY FALL HARD, which is based on the Ali/Liston fight (although author Alistair Boyle changes the names just slightly (Sonny Liston becomes Buddy Benson, etc.). I'm not sure what I think about fiction based so completely on actual events. I spent some time on Wikepedia and learned that there are a lot of people who think Liston took a dive in his title fights against Ali. I still think Ali is the greatest. Still, Liston was a hard guy. I'll review this later in the week (along with THE RIGHT MISTAKE). Now I'm reading TO DIE FOR by David Champion.

Karen and I took a walk to the park and saw a nice Eagret. These are beautiful birds. I also got started on the edits for Joshua Calkins-Treworgy's MOTOR CITY SHAMBLER.

I'm going to make SPRING RAIN ON THE WIND by Kristina O'Donnelly the www.BooksForABuck.com book of the day. A woman's soul transmigrates through several generations as she battles an evil wizard. Set in England and Colonial America. Powerful stuff. Only $3.99. Learn more, read the free excerpt or buy the eNovel here: http://www.booksforabuck.com/rompages/rom_2007/spring_rain.html. (Available in HTML, Adobe Acrobat PDF, eReader, Microsoft Reader and Mobipocket formats). Here's the cover:

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