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Autographed copies of Jeffrey’s books are now available through this website. 

A Casualty of War
Arcadia Books, edited by Peter Burton
Short fiction:  Isle of Women
May 2008
Jeffrey's short story, Isle of Women, will be featured in this forthcoming anthology of short stories.

Nashwaak Review
Literary criticism:  Radical Modern: F. Scott
Fitzgerald and New York
Summer 2008

Forthcoming books:
The P'Town Murders (reprint--Summer 2008)
The Honey Locust (Spring 2009)
Death In Key West: A Bradford Fairfax
 Murder Mystery (Fall 2009)
Cormorant Books
 

A Valediction Forbidding Mourning: Trent Hurry
Reflections on the death of a former lover

Intimations of Mortality
Recent poetry

Two Poems for Nelson Trent Hurry
Not so recent poetry


      
 
July 2008

June was busy on many fronts, notably with the Cormorant re-release of The P-Town Murders (If by any chance you missed it, you can pre-order it from: Chapters/Indigo or Amazon.ca) and the writing of a first draft of a new book, Mystery at Sulphur Springs.

The latter part of the month saw our Annual Solstice party, which was well attended and lots of fun. I accompanied soprano Lilac Caña on two songs, including the opening piece (The Rose Is A Rose by Robert Frost) from a set of chansons I’m composing for her on flower poetry by other writers.

Somewhere in there I also began revisions on A Cage of Bones (see JULY 1 blog entry for details) for e-book publication and re-release.

And if that isn’t enough looking back, this month sees me begin revisions on The Honey Locust, a literary novel about a Canadian family in crisis, scheduled for publication by Cormorant next spring.

Find June's Intro Here

"Ah! The glamour, the fame and the glories. Keep them, please and just send me some money."

July 1, 2008
 
Yesterday I finished the revision of A CAGE OF BONES, first published ten years ago. Not surprisingly, I found the writing uneven, with some remarkably good bits and some very embarrassing patches. My strongest objection lay with the longer descriptive passages. I was able to cut out much of the excess while maintaining the book's simplicity and charm--it's a story about young people, after all, and I didn't want to change it too much. When I got to the final chapter, however, I had a moment where I thought I might not be able to re-publish it without substantial rewriting. To me it seemed excessively flowery and I couldn't see any way around it. For comparison, I re-read the ending of Joyce's A PORTRAIT OF ... [Read More]



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