{"id":6535,"date":"2014-12-23T23:56:10","date_gmt":"2014-12-23T23:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orcutt.net\/weblog\/?p=6535"},"modified":"2014-12-24T01:20:54","modified_gmt":"2014-12-24T01:20:54","slug":"the-night-before-the-night-before-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orcutt.net\/weblog\/the-night-before-the-night-before-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"The Night Before the Night Before Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2019Twas the night before the night before Christ\u00admas,
\nAnd all through this writer\u2019s head,
\nNot a bad thought was stir\u00adring, not even dread.
\nThe writer was thank\u00adful, most of all for Alexas,
\nAnd his many read\u00aders and fans, from Lon\u00addon to Texas.
\nThank\u00adful, too, for advance read\u00aders Hillary<\/a> and Tony,
\nUpon whom he could always count not to be pho\u00adny.
\nCov\u00ader artist Elis\u00ada\u00adbeth Pinio and book design\u00ader Lisa DeSpain<\/a>,
\nWork\u00ading ever so assid\u00adu\u00adous\u00adly even though he\u2019s a pain.
\nAnd of course tal\u00adent\u00aded voiceover artist Jill Cas\u00adsidy<\/a>,
\nWho turned his mod\u00adest book trail\u00ader<\/a> into a mys\u00adtery rhap\u00adsody.
\nHelped this year by pros of the air\u00adwaves and the almighty pen,
\nBy radio hosts, review\u00aders and news\u00adpa\u00adper\u00admen.
\nThe scin\u00adtil\u00adlat\u00ading Pam Stack<\/a> of Authors on the Air,
\nWho con\u00adduct\u00aded her inter\u00adview with great charm and care.
\nSteve Camp\u00adbell of The Author Biz<\/a> host\u00aded him bril\u00adliant\u00adly too,
\nAnd let him dis\u00adcuss his new mys\u00adtery and his quirky world view.
\nHe talked about his bipo\u00adlar on Empow\u00adered Liv\u00ading Radio,
\nWith host Tori Eldridge<\/a>\u2014mas\u00adter of the micro\u00adphone and To-Shin Do(e).
\nHe did a Q&A with Authors in the Spotlight\u2019s Lucie Dunn<\/a>,
\nAn inter\u00adview this writer found gra\u00adcious, thought\u00adful and fun.
\nHe was fea\u00adtured in a short doc\u00adu\u00admen\u00adtary by his friend Jason Scott<\/a>,
\nTo whom he is grate\u00adful, even though 20 years ago Scott broke his cot.
\nReview\u00aders Kate Gold\u00adsmith<\/a>, Nina Shein\u00adgold<\/a>, Ann La Farge<\/a>,
\nIn prais\u00ading One Hun\u00addred Miles<\/em> they led the charge.
\nKirkus Reviews<\/a><\/em> favor\u00adably com\u00adpared him to his hero John Cheev\u00ader,
\nIn a review so stel\u00adlar, it gave him a fever.
\nIndieRead\u00ader declared his books Best Books both last year<\/a> and this<\/a>,
\n\u201cThere\u2019s a new word sher\u00adiff in town,\u201d they said, \u201cand his name is Chris.\u201d
\nThen Stu Shinske<\/a> and John Bar\u00adry<\/a> of the PO-kipsee Jour\u00adnal<\/a>
\nWith a long fea\u00adture made this for\u00admer reporter feel ver\u00adnal.
\nThe writer is thank\u00adful also for his fam\u00adi\u00adly and friends;
\nThey are much bet\u00adter than scu\u00adba div\u00ading and get\u00adting the bends. :)
\nAnd so this writer says to every\u00adone, \u201cYou made this year out of sight!
\nNow please excuse me while I sharp\u00aden a pen\u00adcil and sit down and write.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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