A delightful and Hilarious Surprise!

A Delightful and Hilarious Surprise!

Following Craig’s killer show at the Venetian, I was thrilled to get a chance to talk with Craig briefly at the Meet and Greet in Las Vegas this past Saturday night.  After @Sjump54 had her criminally wonderful meeting with Craig it was my turn. I excitedly stepped up to Craig and brought my paper back copy of Between the Bridge and the River for him to sign.  I have 2 hard back copies but I thought he might find it amusing that I had taken notes and made comments throughout this copy of his amazing work of incredible and magical fiction.

He put his arm around me and our picture was taken.  I asked if he would please sign my book.  He put his hand on the cover and said, “It’s a dream maker.”  I agreed and told him I had written in it when I read it for our book club discussion.  He flipped through it and looked at my comments on page 48. Ignoring the comments that said “genius” and “like Craig” he noticed that I had circled “Boom Boom” on the bottom of the page and had written “what?”  Craig asked, “You don’t know what this means?” I said no.  He then said, “I want you to Google Basil Brush.” He said something about it being a character of some type. I assumed it was a literary character I did not know.  (So hard to remember his exact words. The moment is so exciting that you forget exactly what happened!) He seemed quite amused that we had read the book for our book club.

After Craig had a sweet conversation with @Colleen_Byrne we said thank you and goodbye and ran off to relive our encounter.  I had immediately forgotten the name of the character and we tried Googling several “B  Bash” names to no avail.  I was thrilled when I woke up the next morning with “Basil Bosche” in my head the next morning. (Close enough)

After my flight home the next morning I Googled “Boom Boom Basil Bosh” and found “Boom Boom-Basil Brush.”  What a hilarious and delightful surprise Craig had given me!   Another lovely insight into his past childhood influences that helped shape who he is today.   Thank you Craig! You never fail to surprise and delight your skellies.  http://youtu.be/8tzM5nhJmSw