{"id":2610,"date":"2017-07-26T07:20:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-26T11:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.graymanwrites.com\/blog\/?p=2610"},"modified":"2017-07-26T07:20:00","modified_gmt":"2017-07-26T11:20:00","slug":"today-is-not-quite-the-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grayrinehart.com\/blog\/today-is-not-quite-the-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Today is &#8230; Not Quite the Day &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t pray for patience, because someone taught me long ago that the answer to a prayer for patience is to be put in situations that require it.<\/p>\n<p><em>Walking On The Sea of Clouds<\/em> is <strong>almost ready<\/strong>. We are waiting for all of the e-commerce dominoes to fall &#8212; they&#8217;re lined up, and the first one has been pushed, but the rest of them are behind a curtain and we have to trust that they are falling in order.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned &#8212; I&#8217;ll blast out every link I can, as soon as I get them!<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, we are still holding the Debut Novel Giveaway Drawing today at lunchtime. The local event will be at Rally Point Sport Grill starting at 11:30, and if we can get it to work we&#8217;ll run a &#8220;Facebook Live&#8221; event from there.<\/p>\n<p>I know I promised the book would be released today, so if you can&#8217;t wait any longer, shoot me an e-mail and I&#8217;ll send you an electronic Advance Reader Copy.<\/p>\n<p>Otherwise, it&#8217;ll just be a little longer &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/d\/d1\/Lunar_Eclipse_on_10th_of_December_2011.jpg\/640px-Lunar_Eclipse_on_10th_of_December_2011.jpg\" alt=\" \" \/><br \/>\n<span class=\"imagecaption\" style=\"font-size: 50%;\"><em>What happened to the Moon? 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