{"id":11,"date":"2024-11-05T01:00:51","date_gmt":"2024-11-05T01:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scottmehno.com\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2025-12-10T21:32:05","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T21:32:05","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/scottmehno.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"11\" class=\"elementor elementor-11\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-106e4ff e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"106e4ff\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1769892 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1769892\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Scott Mehno<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c492678 e-transform e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c492678\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" 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data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d2c232 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7d2c232\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scott Mehno has been writing for artists and companies in the entertainment industry for well over two decades. A New Jersey husband and dad with two kids, he is a true believer in the Dickens adage that a joyful Christmas only requires \u2018heart, love, and family\u2026\u2019 It\u2019s the universal family dynamics on display in nearly every small-town Christmas Eve that inspired him to write Shorte List.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e53b0bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"e53b0bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/s4f-mUQ02pc?si=asjNlffj1usfkp8j&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div 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http:\/\/scottmehno.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Shorte-List-Kindle-e1730771407587-1334x2048.jpg 1334w, http:\/\/scottmehno.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Shorte-List-Kindle-e1730771407587.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 667px) 100vw, 667px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85b15da elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"85b15da\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/books2read.com\/TMABOOKS-SHORTELIST\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">BUY NOW<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30123dd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"30123dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">BIO<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-683f4fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"683f4fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Scott Mehno is the author of the acclaimed new holiday novel <i>Shorte List,<\/i> available on TMA Books. <i>\u201cMehno has written a captivating novel that is difficult to put down, with its characters coming to life so wonderfully,\u201d<\/i> raved the Union News Daily, making the New Jersey-based Christmas tale a must-read debut for the holiday season. <i>\u201cShorte List reminds us that if we just believe, anything is possible.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>The tale is Jersey all the way!\u201d<\/i> seconded Bert Baron, Morning Show host of WRNJ.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>The story unfurls on a snowy Christmas Eve, when a workaholic inventor\u00a0and his nine-year-old daughter team up\u00a0with two visitors claiming to be the real Santa Claus and\u00a0the real\u00a0Charles Dickens; together they must\u00a0save their town and their family and restore the magic of Christmas<\/p><p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>A New Jersey husband and dad with two kids, it\u2019s the universal family dynamics on display in nearly every small-town Christmas Eve that inspired Mehno to write <i>Shorte List.<\/i><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cScrooge in Dickens\u2019 A Christmas Carol challenged readers to \u2018keep Christmas well,\u2019\u201d says Mehno. \u201cDickens and Santa in <i>Shorte List<\/i> aim to show all \u2018kno\u2019ers\u2019 how they can keep Christmas in front of them, forever.\u201d<\/p><p>Mehno is gearing up for a festive book tour this holiday season in November and December (schedule to be released soon), reading excerpts from Shorte List accompanied by unique and entertaining visuals.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>The author will also be engaging fans and readers in fun question and answer sessions, signing books and providing lively insights into the creative process.<\/p><p><b>\u2018Enjoy this modern-day Dickensian journey through the cozy streets &amp; heartfelt earnestness of the Hatchell family. This story captures the essence of small-town holiday cheer. Friendship, family, skepticism, redemption &amp; forgiveness \u2013 all wrapped up in a beautiful present that is the Shorte List!\u2019<\/b><b><\/b><\/p><p>Abbie Galie, Medford Dickens Festival<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eedab3c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"eedab3c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bfb37ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bfb37ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>It\u2019s Christmas Eve in Townlee, NJ and the former holiday oasis has fallen on hard times. The small town\u2019s hopes are all riding on Bail Hatchell, an overworked AI\/hologram designer who\u2019s made a walking, talking Charles Dickens that spins tales and spurns fools like the famous author of A Christmas Carol. Bail\u2019s invention, 7 years in the making, could save the hologram company, revive the town, and most importantly \u2013 restore his relationship with his 9-year-old daughter\u2026who loves Christmas. What follows is a high-stakes race against the clock, with Dickens and Santa leading the charge. 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