tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79963670965871531532024-03-13T23:36:53.572-04:00JERROD EDSONCanadian AuthorUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger146125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7996367096587153153.post-54179423785699298642023-04-22T10:32:00.001-04:002023-04-22T10:32:54.173-04:00THE BOULEVARD SET TO BE RELEASED<p style="text-align: justify;">After years of hard work, and months of working with my publisher, Lee D. Thompson, THE BOULEVARD is set to be released within a couple weeks from Galleon Books out of Moncton, NB. As of now, a proof is in the mail, and if all checks out, it's a go; the book will be available to order. We've got some bookmarks too. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">I've also got three other manuscripts in various stages, and I'll get back to that focus once the dust settles from THE BOULEVARD. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMZ_2UzXmG4BBZ02bo52SDeTrjeS67zFTQJmC3bSgCIEe4iGor6Ema4ftRK25sFY5gG-6kJ6yJ96maeVpTfQniorvs4SUmDKwK5_q546inxRHSMymx2S9_Mf6Tcl2ZNrsaPxuhzqEghJUNfl0twjiSsduqtjGRmVJKPHvfgl7rQPqiVrbl9cgm3_ZEeg/s4032/888.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMZ_2UzXmG4BBZ02bo52SDeTrjeS67zFTQJmC3bSgCIEe4iGor6Ema4ftRK25sFY5gG-6kJ6yJ96maeVpTfQniorvs4SUmDKwK5_q546inxRHSMymx2S9_Mf6Tcl2ZNrsaPxuhzqEghJUNfl0twjiSsduqtjGRmVJKPHvfgl7rQPqiVrbl9cgm3_ZEeg/w150-h200/888.jpg" width="150" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVCw-at9ivtEBs3DSgbL9Niqcvau_Bh1MyTufjwScEeGOjIulSdl5GkWCNcg1f7LmfVusXqyaJOWdy8RP8ZvqkRVo4oiUhSrPlKYEDyHEh7LFzTAazxr96So9wwBAuvfmfjzCc6kkxKkQ4vUPK6zv4Tvcjd-hnB9T5r_sUvKLKwTZm1w-uxWtUZQlPBg/s4032/121212.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Part haunted house, part dark humour, part I don't know what. All I know is that the story works so far; the characters are alive and I'll let them take me wherever they go. The story takes place in the summer of 1975, in a huge Tudor-style house on Rothesay Road that looks onto the Kennebecasis River. A writer from Toronto, along with his wife and daughter, have rented the house for the year and right away they realize something isn't quite right. It should be a fun novel.</div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTZLwLiHjPVSLfI_Z8v0xOe71-tRF3qRCXdTlWPhnxX14_DacVrW3hrmogpEfsSXDmEW0YpnD3UzgXazxku5SLr4dKJzCU_2M-m26AE6acVGS79CIHLNkqfJX9PaP2fPZ3BYgWwM9ZPCSr-aT70B_2UtM16bP9-FjchmqFW5mp-JLx_A9K9lezYhqSrQ/s200/41632_Large.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="150" data-original-width="200" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTZLwLiHjPVSLfI_Z8v0xOe71-tRF3qRCXdTlWPhnxX14_DacVrW3hrmogpEfsSXDmEW0YpnD3UzgXazxku5SLr4dKJzCU_2M-m26AE6acVGS79CIHLNkqfJX9PaP2fPZ3BYgWwM9ZPCSr-aT70B_2UtM16bP9-FjchmqFW5mp-JLx_A9K9lezYhqSrQ/s1600/41632_Large.jpg" width="200" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Characters so far include novelist Thomas Cooper, his wife Beth, and their daughter Lily. They have a dog, a black lab named Burt. <span style="text-align: left;">There is also Hans Mueller, who owns the house. </span></div><div> <p></p></div><div style="text-align: justify;">As with every first draft, I've no plan for a timetable or length of the manuscript, but if I'm guessing, I'm hoping for a completed first draft sometime either late 2022 or early 2023, at roughly 300-350 pages.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7996367096587153153.post-19349311718707353332022-05-14T09:35:00.000-04:002022-05-14T09:35:04.063-04:00WORKS IN PROGRESS...<p> Current status of all works-in-progress:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>THE BOULEVARD</b> (Novel): Speculative fiction. To be published by Galleon Books, summer 2022</p><p><b>ANIMALS</b> (Novella): Speculative fiction. Ready for submissions. A bit of tweaking here and there.</p><p><b>LAMB TO THE SLAUGHTER</b> (Novel): My Streetsville novel. Literary fiction. Third draft complete. </p><p><b>UNCLE ANDY</b> (Novel): Literary fiction. Just begun. 30 pages in. Minimum a year away from first draft.</p><p><b>SKELETONS</b> (Poetry): Ongoing. 35 poems. A few years out.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7996367096587153153.post-11050539580640814402022-05-14T09:23:00.000-04:002022-05-14T09:23:02.120-04:00THE BOULEVARD coming this summer<p>THE BOULEVARD, my sixth novel, will be published this summer by Galleon Books out of Moncton, NB. What's more, Saint John Artist Pamela Marie Pierce is doing the cover art. I've seen the sketch already and it's fantastic. I can't wait for the cover reveal when it happens.</p><p>Ernest Hemingway, Vincent van Gogh, Satan, and a train. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUInohpeHCJq0gvzB0trSRm4lxVy6rZ15jlYg0QRLXhHlfO1XLWroqtfMntXnwiyY0dr4L-P2D3oUt4I96yXJhFSPdppee-nb8Ll56rB84xDWmHErJ_tKFQ3vD6XQyaweq2mQQvV_0G6qqdOd4T1W3lcMo57ycd90H6Cr4O_8ktjSz_wOPRMz_9HRntg/s1600/VG.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUInohpeHCJq0gvzB0trSRm4lxVy6rZ15jlYg0QRLXhHlfO1XLWroqtfMntXnwiyY0dr4L-P2D3oUt4I96yXJhFSPdppee-nb8Ll56rB84xDWmHErJ_tKFQ3vD6XQyaweq2mQQvV_0G6qqdOd4T1W3lcMo57ycd90H6Cr4O_8ktjSz_wOPRMz_9HRntg/w408-h229/VG.jpg" width="408" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div></div> <p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7996367096587153153.post-30895907686263102982022-03-18T11:42:00.004-04:002022-03-18T19:50:06.061-04:00Paintings mentioned in The Boulevard, in order...<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">1 <i>Mona Lisa</i>, Leonardo da Vinci, 1503-06</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWnf79Xnbf_werxSAokcydHztL1fU9HZTw4IkDRuNnk6BLDj-7QUZATqa5vADsyf1rRetGNPv3gi5YngS8AMAR5ufD9PXI-UuFoAb85lMXHFN43wvZmbaTSB11w4_6rp1p8FxqEjAXFQPHNeJtBQUfpvGi4FAJCnqwy8H9BD7Jfww2fwSmgMSaFQ9USA/s402/Mona%20Lisa.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="402" data-original-width="270" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWnf79Xnbf_werxSAokcydHztL1fU9HZTw4IkDRuNnk6BLDj-7QUZATqa5vADsyf1rRetGNPv3gi5YngS8AMAR5ufD9PXI-UuFoAb85lMXHFN43wvZmbaTSB11w4_6rp1p8FxqEjAXFQPHNeJtBQUfpvGi4FAJCnqwy8H9BD7Jfww2fwSmgMSaFQ9USA/s320/Mona%20Lisa.jpg" width="215" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-size: medium;">2 The Sistine Chapel, Michelangelo, 1508-12</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinswHSwzsEbKWjhSK9RPyfuqy3iwyzAca1Mn1MFnUr3k3RbnV_gV4-t1ndUbSNqjgwIiJqkY3j3I_b-zRy4yZ83EjNRxYTDwM79Vf2Ar0cJHxFJJVeDyXNj05oIanoQje_tsCPosu4SRn90KlSeA8q0hBAeyMcuRwBiqmx0Vkux9_oJafBIQMx06bb6Q/s528/Sistine_Chapel.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="528" data-original-width="350" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinswHSwzsEbKWjhSK9RPyfuqy3iwyzAca1Mn1MFnUr3k3RbnV_gV4-t1ndUbSNqjgwIiJqkY3j3I_b-zRy4yZ83EjNRxYTDwM79Vf2Ar0cJHxFJJVeDyXNj05oIanoQje_tsCPosu4SRn90KlSeA8q0hBAeyMcuRwBiqmx0Vkux9_oJafBIQMx06bb6Q/s320/Sistine_Chapel.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><br /><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-size: medium;">3 <i>The Milkmaid</i>, Johannes Vermeer, 1657-58</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK0QHE48WTTXGucLUuepszoBhrhU41coh2zfAvbH40aUNswXsqjiZpJp56WEad3CNzweAF8mNMWBErhAlc87sGyC9lQPEjGCfCAGKSOi3npfi3HhjgUBHdO1m0CS8d6sC-dj3Zh5YiJoI-H2CMCYHAgDEmksXGgUui1eCJoQL72Gnu2K4B167qiFMzug/s303/milkmaid.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="303" data-original-width="270" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK0QHE48WTTXGucLUuepszoBhrhU41coh2zfAvbH40aUNswXsqjiZpJp56WEad3CNzweAF8mNMWBErhAlc87sGyC9lQPEjGCfCAGKSOi3npfi3HhjgUBHdO1m0CS8d6sC-dj3Zh5YiJoI-H2CMCYHAgDEmksXGgUui1eCJoQL72Gnu2K4B167qiFMzug/s1600/milkmaid.jpg" width="270" /></a></div><br /><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-size: medium;">4 <i>The Magpie</i>, Claude Monet, 1868-69</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyap1VGXnn3DPhP-XEYc_zvumBXkhqpMb0OejYOlPWJPeoaVWaQtyB3LyUYVFNMBhwPc_tVuF9kYga656upsPTBmNPYzMaM2uXsaP2MZNZLCkPcwTtjZRgwcRm7aYwbOERPu88p1E-v2W6Da6m2G9HlWJcDXg1RGBV3J2dVEduUN5f6cNJtQ2-bVLWIw/s270/Claude_Monet.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="270" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyap1VGXnn3DPhP-XEYc_zvumBXkhqpMb0OejYOlPWJPeoaVWaQtyB3LyUYVFNMBhwPc_tVuF9kYga656upsPTBmNPYzMaM2uXsaP2MZNZLCkPcwTtjZRgwcRm7aYwbOERPu88p1E-v2W6Da6m2G9HlWJcDXg1RGBV3J2dVEduUN5f6cNJtQ2-bVLWIw/s1600/Claude_Monet.jpg" width="270" /></a></div><br /><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">5 </span><i style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">Impression, Sunrise</i><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">, Claude Monet, 1872</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi35LWUnthCctevMO0-ieuhLfZ5136i70TbvGbTCmu_-yZJyAXnS1Yy-neMXz2B2pGkuey-pe0Zb-P2esvTpvEtjF8B2DnZ2lQifjAOWTHBgK1sx9kiifTHfOlimfhmr8pzmwQ-xzmdyAVTtOfpxupImWR7xsluXkgmRA3asdGAtphW3UTYh-8yaY81tQ/s400/Impression,_Sunrise.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="310" data-original-width="400" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi35LWUnthCctevMO0-ieuhLfZ5136i70TbvGbTCmu_-yZJyAXnS1Yy-neMXz2B2pGkuey-pe0Zb-P2esvTpvEtjF8B2DnZ2lQifjAOWTHBgK1sx9kiifTHfOlimfhmr8pzmwQ-xzmdyAVTtOfpxupImWR7xsluXkgmRA3asdGAtphW3UTYh-8yaY81tQ/s320/Impression,_Sunrise.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-size: medium;">6 <i>A Bar at the Folies-Bergere</i>, Edouard Manet, 1882</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie_ga6TNYzgC_pdv8cl5fCV2AGagH4VEEbWCJb9gbbKZc-_5NezpeDG4Oddk4x3DwIv1tONmseJBtj7oEbm3FNhfqy3gs36YmDgTxElB-9vv6mGRi-daYr1iyjUUUeBXCtvIDUitfoif0ZskXjY01GyFUTPzUGHlidg2vFFrNj7-Rgj03aylD_AxvpkA/s350/Un_bar_aux_Folies-Berg%C3%A8re_d'E._Manet_(Fondation_Vuitton,_Paris)_(33539037428).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="260" data-original-width="350" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie_ga6TNYzgC_pdv8cl5fCV2AGagH4VEEbWCJb9gbbKZc-_5NezpeDG4Oddk4x3DwIv1tONmseJBtj7oEbm3FNhfqy3gs36YmDgTxElB-9vv6mGRi-daYr1iyjUUUeBXCtvIDUitfoif0ZskXjY01GyFUTPzUGHlidg2vFFrNj7-Rgj03aylD_AxvpkA/s320/Un_bar_aux_Folies-Berg%C3%A8re_d'E._Manet_(Fondation_Vuitton,_Paris)_(33539037428).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-size: medium;">7 <i>Portrait of Julien Tanguy</i>, Vincent van Gogh, 1886-87<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio3ONfeFOQTWzZdTEwkb9Y4fFsqX5xjQNFAf8ajMM5FbZwW1Gf27v8YFaFbQrYTea4OA3qiSc_bI4b_ZlJ1i3Gk9lP3olc2sOgiNQMvo9k_ynjqbLfzA0QQU4TcVfByBRF1L_2i-QRnje6CHIoF32kT1azwA-PtMy3doHhfVMVYxVhVr7sf8QhiNhkzg/s288/P%C3%A8re_Tanguy1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="288" data-original-width="220" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio3ONfeFOQTWzZdTEwkb9Y4fFsqX5xjQNFAf8ajMM5FbZwW1Gf27v8YFaFbQrYTea4OA3qiSc_bI4b_ZlJ1i3Gk9lP3olc2sOgiNQMvo9k_ynjqbLfzA0QQU4TcVfByBRF1L_2i-QRnje6CHIoF32kT1azwA-PtMy3doHhfVMVYxVhVr7sf8QhiNhkzg/s1600/P%C3%A8re_Tanguy1.jpeg" width="220" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-size: medium;">8 <i>Portrait of a Woman</i>, Andrea del Sarto, 1514<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfwEV-psyR9UcfXVUZTFDgMeZFqdJtibqJndn0TXU386WReRn3CRa0sE5aNQQyrMyKN64PZKvjLkd3yoH9E7g3GXdA1smLrtPrYryWLYsEbVsba2rRnWO0MsLhigCrxYV0Ud-JdutsPQktxlwvytpCMDBIGWG4T63LzXok-m-EQdXcOTC17ASg_UAtrw/s605/del%20sarto.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="605" data-original-width="454" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfwEV-psyR9UcfXVUZTFDgMeZFqdJtibqJndn0TXU386WReRn3CRa0sE5aNQQyrMyKN64PZKvjLkd3yoH9E7g3GXdA1smLrtPrYryWLYsEbVsba2rRnWO0MsLhigCrxYV0Ud-JdutsPQktxlwvytpCMDBIGWG4T63LzXok-m-EQdXcOTC17ASg_UAtrw/s320/del%20sarto.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-size: medium;">9 <i>Sunflowers</i>, Van Gogh, 1887 (studies)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVMsFG9f-XLVBR-lMSWqlQzgaYzROkhRkmYogiLUILZNcnoF2SSkXuRPNP4wEdpqhsC1YAitZ8v-7_asCC04HpIvZMSViaWJZUSOIk7jp78jg-gg8ob9FSE0l_b7XyeMthEYTpfh_TAgi_131IFfbUmgqDucY7RCYNj8QAYTSUx266-1gl5oDlGt7dSw/s120/s2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="93" data-original-width="120" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVMsFG9f-XLVBR-lMSWqlQzgaYzROkhRkmYogiLUILZNcnoF2SSkXuRPNP4wEdpqhsC1YAitZ8v-7_asCC04HpIvZMSViaWJZUSOIk7jp78jg-gg8ob9FSE0l_b7XyeMthEYTpfh_TAgi_131IFfbUmgqDucY7RCYNj8QAYTSUx266-1gl5oDlGt7dSw/s1600/s2.jpeg" width="120" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHN4_VlHgbWmsyJ_CzCqHgk3fIcBJf1LI8NE5CS0b7JmMbGK5imirW8TSqNDWLaPMKydo_-JFf3VhSCWElS9uJMqOHMZGqPPDYZqanJpPHsXoYnsPW4q3PrgV6RD856dAEHHOm1D54chYX1U1Dxp8yA3tqQuFMUmaqXOdi1n4TvVQpSitt3TEHAGEhXg/s130/s1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="92" data-original-width="130" height="92" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHN4_VlHgbWmsyJ_CzCqHgk3fIcBJf1LI8NE5CS0b7JmMbGK5imirW8TSqNDWLaPMKydo_-JFf3VhSCWElS9uJMqOHMZGqPPDYZqanJpPHsXoYnsPW4q3PrgV6RD856dAEHHOm1D54chYX1U1Dxp8yA3tqQuFMUmaqXOdi1n4TvVQpSitt3TEHAGEhXg/s1600/s1.jpg" width="130" /></a><br /></div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5TfGYIB0auI1X0UhQYHQFGGc9bpjEX9BsUXkynocpUauPgJoIk8D_QpU9ubz5ExTQDE0z3VH-JxVaN3J52q1rn6aoL0R_2HbqvQ4aA42uezd-cH9o-HFsCeTIa8ZvjneGonC7ED324_XQqIdg0j2SAN-FdsWuN1pHVERQArboe69nv4BiWIu9q8Upng/s153/s4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="90" data-original-width="153" height="90" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5TfGYIB0auI1X0UhQYHQFGGc9bpjEX9BsUXkynocpUauPgJoIk8D_QpU9ubz5ExTQDE0z3VH-JxVaN3J52q1rn6aoL0R_2HbqvQ4aA42uezd-cH9o-HFsCeTIa8ZvjneGonC7ED324_XQqIdg0j2SAN-FdsWuN1pHVERQArboe69nv4BiWIu9q8Upng/s1600/s4.jpg" width="153" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkMaicUpFgbLlEBRyYS9Avkasgi6lcWc5WV6laBOX6nZwwYa5Q2NDdK4f8URivTzyjhOVuVaiLW3xGVQnynnSoUUjsG5rDepN0JW3DSNi8iWIVMEdSzlln_A5IryBgKtYs-myC0_Aji2xxSzxV8ALFw2Lqtrfg436_lWu8Rjb5JJF8veH4IQFqnxXURw/s113/s3.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="92" data-original-width="113" height="92" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkMaicUpFgbLlEBRyYS9Avkasgi6lcWc5WV6laBOX6nZwwYa5Q2NDdK4f8URivTzyjhOVuVaiLW3xGVQnynnSoUUjsG5rDepN0JW3DSNi8iWIVMEdSzlln_A5IryBgKtYs-myC0_Aji2xxSzxV8ALFw2Lqtrfg436_lWu8Rjb5JJF8veH4IQFqnxXURw/s1600/s3.jpeg" width="113" /></a></div><br /></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-size: medium;">10 <i>Portrait of Joseph Roulin</i>, Van Gogh, 1888 (sketch)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZEFRGrSN5yba0kjLUZkStkAqKtBy_vlx-C9YHqrBdeTEiEdQIeNgd2Qp97l7zlciPMm7cW89X0HnCRnsoGVunTD35RUJU8EpJeU2l6Ef86a9ysfgkC0TbDhgmAim9yMLLmV-aXorg0PvodTs_uKZFXVIk2qGYCb3z0lnnnEaBnSN0gOL1GXEuLW7DOQ/s1053/roulin.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1053" data-original-width="800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZEFRGrSN5yba0kjLUZkStkAqKtBy_vlx-C9YHqrBdeTEiEdQIeNgd2Qp97l7zlciPMm7cW89X0HnCRnsoGVunTD35RUJU8EpJeU2l6Ef86a9ysfgkC0TbDhgmAim9yMLLmV-aXorg0PvodTs_uKZFXVIk2qGYCb3z0lnnnEaBnSN0gOL1GXEuLW7DOQ/s320/roulin.jpg" width="243" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-size: medium;">11 <i>Orchard in Blossom</i>, Van Gogh, 1888<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpM57XU7ew6e9wDYZnW7sQKauROIsAa1HDGd4O0rn_om8GyAWD__r0KCPlWe4G57PnvrwlF__1xAWFBTlnPjjdzDqTPgk8lpDpvFoN0v7CoS4GLxCaWxANqVQVsEzGE5jMrr1WzVmPXRurnjXlRUCquFXt_WbKARKUsAwKyAy_czyuV9vSwLWhhDtNcQ/s1280/orchard.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1007" data-original-width="1280" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpM57XU7ew6e9wDYZnW7sQKauROIsAa1HDGd4O0rn_om8GyAWD__r0KCPlWe4G57PnvrwlF__1xAWFBTlnPjjdzDqTPgk8lpDpvFoN0v7CoS4GLxCaWxANqVQVsEzGE5jMrr1WzVmPXRurnjXlRUCquFXt_WbKARKUsAwKyAy_czyuV9vSwLWhhDtNcQ/s320/orchard.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-size: medium;">12 <i>Sunflowers</i>, Van Gogh, 1888<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCBFd7nsQf89N81dRYxCVN9VwWrQjkG0IvU-9M_g6iiNrRqCWlOtzrk11y2mMi_KA8GoVcFx6pByEWepef3CSbkdGqIxE3lBGrQuE6YeYWgOLv_A2EuIUOzQsEdcdIp2gFErnrZYl7XkhzENRtuuezBZcq79Etz0odpVXLJ3D4HM5h5ln0Jrh93JdMOQ/s341/sunflowers.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="341" data-original-width="260" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCBFd7nsQf89N81dRYxCVN9VwWrQjkG0IvU-9M_g6iiNrRqCWlOtzrk11y2mMi_KA8GoVcFx6pByEWepef3CSbkdGqIxE3lBGrQuE6YeYWgOLv_A2EuIUOzQsEdcdIp2gFErnrZYl7XkhzENRtuuezBZcq79Etz0odpVXLJ3D4HM5h5ln0Jrh93JdMOQ/s320/sunflowers.jpg" width="244" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">13 <i>The Night Caf</i></span><em><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">é</span><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; font-style: normal;">, Van Gogh, 1888</span></em></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><em></em></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><em><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTLfUDLkZ3z7GbYlW6bNH_CtmxspGGw9UZdDvBSvcez8w2-urD3asaAH_nXhO3gNIGx-4AnvuEOtejI1Uo2iGuIvBsnAsE8Tk_cvshqP40xxHslDQUdidXS2VDDN22-_HGRbN-_RAirX_6SPI7-UVnMNrZeIGaLZQeh-4PKOuiGfkkuFZkVz-PI8b4AQ/s270/cafe.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="213" data-original-width="270" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTLfUDLkZ3z7GbYlW6bNH_CtmxspGGw9UZdDvBSvcez8w2-urD3asaAH_nXhO3gNIGx-4AnvuEOtejI1Uo2iGuIvBsnAsE8Tk_cvshqP40xxHslDQUdidXS2VDDN22-_HGRbN-_RAirX_6SPI7-UVnMNrZeIGaLZQeh-4PKOuiGfkkuFZkVz-PI8b4AQ/s1600/cafe.jpg" width="270" /></a></em></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><em><br /><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; font-style: normal;"><br /></span></em></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="FR" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; mso-ansi-language: FR;"><span style="font-size: medium;">14 <i>Les Alycamps</i>, Van Gogh, 1888<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="FR" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; mso-ansi-language: FR;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj7OTTJiYuMpOQniyVBSKswYNMjuJsg4Ws0626REdEHkpMxZpIz8vRBxEudSgz_bHSIIrMWA6_Kvq6mD6We-u16mlOJl97bL7R1le1O09Y3NUvK6YeK-s9bhzOfMGJAsd_QXx0BWW8p7-PC462lRbRSY9c9Aqyr2mwOvNWpXPhEmdnq7_DST68ZWFqkA/s338/alycamps.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="338" data-original-width="270" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj7OTTJiYuMpOQniyVBSKswYNMjuJsg4Ws0626REdEHkpMxZpIz8vRBxEudSgz_bHSIIrMWA6_Kvq6mD6We-u16mlOJl97bL7R1le1O09Y3NUvK6YeK-s9bhzOfMGJAsd_QXx0BWW8p7-PC462lRbRSY9c9Aqyr2mwOvNWpXPhEmdnq7_DST68ZWFqkA/s320/alycamps.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="FR" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; mso-ansi-language: FR;"><span style="font-size: medium;">15 <i>Les Alycamps</i>, Paul Gauguin, 1888<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="FR" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; mso-ansi-language: FR;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM1gNSO8kFUHY-67x1TFIHHj0eJzS3uQvijT4bzSsMmUt46lTz9bzMcgvPmbMfIo6qDDfUaaDr2GyWQltlMB_9tYVzAOy0JHjLQdNejgkrHIqa9gQabmSwyFocSr66UXoYenpQudw-kEozwIBm-7x6buyhkrAHqkpIrrGEcDuLBoRISksuZCv5S_vu0A/s235/alycamps%20gauguin.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="235" data-original-width="180" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM1gNSO8kFUHY-67x1TFIHHj0eJzS3uQvijT4bzSsMmUt46lTz9bzMcgvPmbMfIo6qDDfUaaDr2GyWQltlMB_9tYVzAOy0JHjLQdNejgkrHIqa9gQabmSwyFocSr66UXoYenpQudw-kEozwIBm-7x6buyhkrAHqkpIrrGEcDuLBoRISksuZCv5S_vu0A/s1600/alycamps%20gauguin.jpg" width="180" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;">16 </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><i>Portrait
of Madame Roulin</i>, Paul Gauguin, 1888<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzjFzFJsTBkTuUy256tOKi5Tz3yIDZgjIaYTdrrD9X3PhCLFDYVjbrFj2MuEtxPYEtzsjEsSA7Y2y3h0yjo8ib-hPvy_6hiTSF5F08DjqOEaCYN_u-xBBAo3Am6DLupLZBstvktXUqEwYpxqOJKYSUI5Uv-kd2A_fVXH42agYsZrHMt5mQLmQ17CpYcg/s350/Paul_Gauguin_-_Madame_Roulin.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="274" data-original-width="350" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzjFzFJsTBkTuUy256tOKi5Tz3yIDZgjIaYTdrrD9X3PhCLFDYVjbrFj2MuEtxPYEtzsjEsSA7Y2y3h0yjo8ib-hPvy_6hiTSF5F08DjqOEaCYN_u-xBBAo3Am6DLupLZBstvktXUqEwYpxqOJKYSUI5Uv-kd2A_fVXH42agYsZrHMt5mQLmQ17CpYcg/s320/Paul_Gauguin_-_Madame_Roulin.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br /></span></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-size: medium;">17 <i>Portrait of Madame Augustine Roulin</i>, Van Gogh, 1888<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTdgWsfL259nR8yWpmZ6p96mu-c-Ueddtd1R_yPVyD2oujVzggQGxg_-nZWTul31GU3Ri5yg750N5OMdsFSegrvT6kUlMKZUifACj-g0CZrHwFb7U9uHUBIrUzdjLwSjhXZ5FYIPA36wANG-tTmzsPuo7JjMhmUwoHhgjJZhyGdzRr9qcgakn17iqDeA/s625/Portrait_of_Madame_Augustine_Roulin_1888_van_Gogh_Winterthur.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="532" data-original-width="625" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTdgWsfL259nR8yWpmZ6p96mu-c-Ueddtd1R_yPVyD2oujVzggQGxg_-nZWTul31GU3Ri5yg750N5OMdsFSegrvT6kUlMKZUifACj-g0CZrHwFb7U9uHUBIrUzdjLwSjhXZ5FYIPA36wANG-tTmzsPuo7JjMhmUwoHhgjJZhyGdzRr9qcgakn17iqDeA/s320/Portrait_of_Madame_Augustine_Roulin_1888_van_Gogh_Winterthur.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="FR" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; mso-ansi-language: FR;"><span style="font-size: medium;">18 <i>Night Café at Arles</i>, Paul Gauguin, 1888<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="FR" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; mso-ansi-language: FR;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0KOvsky490gqEnrGYTMjtooLw9nQtelPQuQIYwqKmWqcwn2ULPfvWDKXfqoux-I9I1E-EYwM1WRMmumDEI3QY37jFFj3P9aEmzYW7-rd_vK6AO5g5lEqsfJq0tCpOWeCIJi3_yxCzcNckyGxzZaIExerrzBNhJ0V8hfhqawWs5s-Iynwj9gImsvpZPA/s220/220px-Paul_Gauguin_072.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="174" data-original-width="220" height="174" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0KOvsky490gqEnrGYTMjtooLw9nQtelPQuQIYwqKmWqcwn2ULPfvWDKXfqoux-I9I1E-EYwM1WRMmumDEI3QY37jFFj3P9aEmzYW7-rd_vK6AO5g5lEqsfJq0tCpOWeCIJi3_yxCzcNckyGxzZaIExerrzBNhJ0V8hfhqawWs5s-Iynwj9gImsvpZPA/s1600/220px-Paul_Gauguin_072.jpg" width="220" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="FR" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; mso-ansi-language: FR;"><span style="font-size: medium;">19 <i>The Red Vineyard</i>, Van Gogh, 1888<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="FR" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; mso-ansi-language: FR;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZRbGpWlZjU0HAZajAS1myQAfi423srXyhTQYfTZ4ysCyxsCY8wG1QmV2V_lkbgncelUtJhvrLv8sCsONgsq65ZhJ9XRBmHS8ZremM7EW9NNghKCawrkHHe6zez4caTrRRecAQD5q-Rqfo5jVDhq3br4ghHVDVSFOjwWQEqf9spa1F8AsfFu1d3HWOaw/s270/Red_vineyards.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="210" data-original-width="270" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZRbGpWlZjU0HAZajAS1myQAfi423srXyhTQYfTZ4ysCyxsCY8wG1QmV2V_lkbgncelUtJhvrLv8sCsONgsq65ZhJ9XRBmHS8ZremM7EW9NNghKCawrkHHe6zez4caTrRRecAQD5q-Rqfo5jVDhq3br4ghHVDVSFOjwWQEqf9spa1F8AsfFu1d3HWOaw/s1600/Red_vineyards.jpg" width="270" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: medium;">20 <i>Les Arènes</i>, Van Gogh, 1888<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOiKl8ih0ciHyl-W1Ips-PgVKxzna9ymzF92yS1wynd5tZ-5aDGPWx7oba25rbF3BIDfyZL1vRcZirK17Q8LYh2MoujgKb43l55opemYASW1UMdjr2EiGOYTNhnShaqNeeILKXAe1M1s6k2LcTLUzHrKRpjShlDEyObOYvEyn__3U5FT5xVW1S8WNNVw/s300/Vincent_Willem_van_Gogh_028.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="235" data-original-width="300" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOiKl8ih0ciHyl-W1Ips-PgVKxzna9ymzF92yS1wynd5tZ-5aDGPWx7oba25rbF3BIDfyZL1vRcZirK17Q8LYh2MoujgKb43l55opemYASW1UMdjr2EiGOYTNhnShaqNeeILKXAe1M1s6k2LcTLUzHrKRpjShlDEyObOYvEyn__3U5FT5xVW1S8WNNVw/s1600/Vincent_Willem_van_Gogh_028.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">21 <i>The Bullfight</i>,
Joan Miro, 1945<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxUMrDX8p99fc8mf3fxMcuw40v49Ig7uvP_qBlvWxZqoks9MYAVkB5ozAIXwzYI4X47tS8nlpqTw1nrtaTVwjdakQX-x1i7523IkrHl3LhjOTzvfotA8wGxO4qEJhEHoPg2EzqMz-h_s12iZ9QStiBPPVJvIgpim7b88Mqn9l37pn651iRRz6mFcj4iQ/s697/the-bull-fight.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="546" data-original-width="697" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxUMrDX8p99fc8mf3fxMcuw40v49Ig7uvP_qBlvWxZqoks9MYAVkB5ozAIXwzYI4X47tS8nlpqTw1nrtaTVwjdakQX-x1i7523IkrHl3LhjOTzvfotA8wGxO4qEJhEHoPg2EzqMz-h_s12iZ9QStiBPPVJvIgpim7b88Mqn9l37pn651iRRz6mFcj4iQ/s320/the-bull-fight.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">22 <i>Self-Portrait
with Bandaged Ear</i>, Van Gogh, 1889<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxDlHdDrPGQojWY_qc_XqKIk4lDUlBxqIusIQTUljrvQ11qqQGJWQSn3so4mIStEWjj1Z8w6w-QUSgxdRfeLcJODrjfIW3wfWWGTiMX88cM1dMwaFmwzzYdsA_uF_HAvGivogxKMuPLeW_pQALnQhiBKavQTCAD1oHmB4vW7LwzM_Ew5OyvKDzeTvxQQ/s328/Vincent_van_Gogh_-_Self-portrait_with_bandaged_ear_(1889,_Courtauld_Institute).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="328" data-original-width="270" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxDlHdDrPGQojWY_qc_XqKIk4lDUlBxqIusIQTUljrvQ11qqQGJWQSn3so4mIStEWjj1Z8w6w-QUSgxdRfeLcJODrjfIW3wfWWGTiMX88cM1dMwaFmwzzYdsA_uF_HAvGivogxKMuPLeW_pQALnQhiBKavQTCAD1oHmB4vW7LwzM_Ew5OyvKDzeTvxQQ/s320/Vincent_van_Gogh_-_Self-portrait_with_bandaged_ear_(1889,_Courtauld_Institute).jpg" width="263" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">23 <i>Irises</i>,
Van Gogh, 1889<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkCYyz8uRODLV_n6osFDZKiiNgN_2CnGloiPSp2pRqbiNHyvrKeYlbxZoFuaIlNHc_MMWvdMI6v1wakofFmRMa6QikGl4w4cFgpvNjKdylp_RUnGJ6B7xflpuSmulwMXN6y9Kau__FWz_KIW9C5RblBrBiOftlftSwqQqVGlbba3KhEQrxelrd5M3gNQ/s300/300px-Irises-Vincent_van_Gogh.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="229" data-original-width="300" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkCYyz8uRODLV_n6osFDZKiiNgN_2CnGloiPSp2pRqbiNHyvrKeYlbxZoFuaIlNHc_MMWvdMI6v1wakofFmRMa6QikGl4w4cFgpvNjKdylp_RUnGJ6B7xflpuSmulwMXN6y9Kau__FWz_KIW9C5RblBrBiOftlftSwqQqVGlbba3KhEQrxelrd5M3gNQ/s1600/300px-Irises-Vincent_van_Gogh.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;">24 <i>Landscape from Saint-R</i></span><em><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">émy</span><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; font-style: normal;">, Van Gogh, 1889</span></em></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><em></em></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><em><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm7cFcdFV4AS9qSQaEtl4LukK7jeXzeBGdPDBrg4tcQaIhnVHNHsA2zEaBLRvTnpwr7YnTzE-VsxjLbaP32x_MDwIBpMpk7n00knFeALoAF3BLSnKzc7yZtWwFd_rAPSH8hPpH47wNjLAG3BqN1q51unHV9pEEREA_-jh4hZKM4LF-iov2iT4z37PWsw/s254/download.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="199" data-original-width="254" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm7cFcdFV4AS9qSQaEtl4LukK7jeXzeBGdPDBrg4tcQaIhnVHNHsA2zEaBLRvTnpwr7YnTzE-VsxjLbaP32x_MDwIBpMpk7n00knFeALoAF3BLSnKzc7yZtWwFd_rAPSH8hPpH47wNjLAG3BqN1q51unHV9pEEREA_-jh4hZKM4LF-iov2iT4z37PWsw/s1600/download.jpg" width="254" /></a></em></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><em><br /><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; font-style: normal;"><br /></span></em></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">25 <i>Starry
Night</i>, Van Gogh, 1889<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5pPMl97klRSxEZEdstwNJj_RufHQbvhLkexByanBpLJcx6-r9wJmk1XrQJRAptFuhiHEUapTqDt-bfi1rlFJWdE12gabEkTr37aUFZUErk8njMjOowwc1z5ySOUz3OcSy-e0zYTdlnVVdlbOIKU_Q35lO-7xVxbH7RC7pcxInVdnMAqN7ly5KHcHwuQ/s270/starry.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="214" data-original-width="270" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5pPMl97klRSxEZEdstwNJj_RufHQbvhLkexByanBpLJcx6-r9wJmk1XrQJRAptFuhiHEUapTqDt-bfi1rlFJWdE12gabEkTr37aUFZUErk8njMjOowwc1z5ySOUz3OcSy-e0zYTdlnVVdlbOIKU_Q35lO-7xVxbH7RC7pcxInVdnMAqN7ly5KHcHwuQ/s1600/starry.jpg" width="270" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;">26 <i>Starry Night Over the Rh</i></span><em><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">ône</span><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; font-style: normal;">, Van Gogh, 1889</span></em></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><em></em></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><em><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKdwNR4a4rD9zaI6yUgd8JigDDzuSn9Y8PCdUpFZQ1yZfMh6PyiBaeisIAjk_TVM08ariKK1Fai6VxYIlJlQhA2b4d7DxRb_Cek_uDeBt56dGtbeosVnn0ocud6qtv2PJzfByEzeLjN5hcrOS0g7cKGJDD5GLzg9jHqyC14eW5t-ldbBNRsOvde-DF2g/s270/Starry_Night_Over_the_Rhone.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="209" data-original-width="270" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKdwNR4a4rD9zaI6yUgd8JigDDzuSn9Y8PCdUpFZQ1yZfMh6PyiBaeisIAjk_TVM08ariKK1Fai6VxYIlJlQhA2b4d7DxRb_Cek_uDeBt56dGtbeosVnn0ocud6qtv2PJzfByEzeLjN5hcrOS0g7cKGJDD5GLzg9jHqyC14eW5t-ldbBNRsOvde-DF2g/s1600/Starry_Night_Over_the_Rhone.jpg" width="270" /></a></em></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><em><br /></em></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-style: normal;">27 </span>Wheat Field with Reaper and Sun<span style="font-style: normal;">, Van Gogh, 1889</span></span></span></em></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; font-style: normal;"></span></em></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt0dTGvOWtGgBIu9Ua2ScI0JcJGG3F8_HISY0r-MT5n5U8O6ALdR1a_oIgX2LmCiWtKd88sHiAtNyKxZBrjTqy9Kk3sre3psDC0bbe5MRLASIRguld2zUFAhI-WwDZkR7883NlCKq806iAoeR_vZGACQ48O8jbNPhhHi1PjW4pielYj4S2BawkM-QS0g/s758/758px-Vincent_van_Gogh_-_Wheatfield_with_a_reaper_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="599" data-original-width="758" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt0dTGvOWtGgBIu9Ua2ScI0JcJGG3F8_HISY0r-MT5n5U8O6ALdR1a_oIgX2LmCiWtKd88sHiAtNyKxZBrjTqy9Kk3sre3psDC0bbe5MRLASIRguld2zUFAhI-WwDZkR7883NlCKq806iAoeR_vZGACQ48O8jbNPhhHi1PjW4pielYj4S2BawkM-QS0g/s320/758px-Vincent_van_Gogh_-_Wheatfield_with_a_reaper_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg" width="320" /></a></em></div><em><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></em><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><em><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; font-style: normal;">28 </span><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">View of Auvers-sur-Oise</span><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; font-style: normal;">, Paul C</span></em><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">ézanne, 1879-80</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgduwkm0VoJsiWR41TPswhVsXS88nutGI-Q2kaBPoVvVrXguZDbth-RKxvgYHKnqldXUBSa4epEpXePjUk5-Ml9bRn1uuY5QYsCZr6EsEsysAjKZ2nsygVdX7EYhRsODWrTrPj2vEL5B5yw7SK4oyIrsNMADoaD3lQtfzC1sC6enK3Og7Qbct9sNxWRQ/s220/View_of_Auvers-sur-Oise_Paul_Cezanne.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="188" data-original-width="220" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgduwkm0VoJsiWR41TPswhVsXS88nutGI-Q2kaBPoVvVrXguZDbth-RKxvgYHKnqldXUBSa4epEpXePjUk5-Ml9bRn1uuY5QYsCZr6EsEsysAjKZ2nsygVdX7EYhRsODWrTrPj2vEL5B5yw7SK4oyIrsNMADoaD3lQtfzC1sC6enK3Og7Qbct9sNxWRQ/s1600/View_of_Auvers-sur-Oise_Paul_Cezanne.png" width="220" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">29 <i>The Church at Auvers</i>, Van Gogh, 1890</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguTvFohZaUrT85Bdx-YcI8c16ljfIuv3YeiAOTwYY9re0tYTU18noIj0WICGMVS-TcNsyNyrnOU-AHADWF5apzuenPZYANuLxcjJDWlBFJtOt6ier3lAcj-xRkIQYv5qFlNhxRUAMtjIoyI643lK1amU8QzZGxhmZOXqQYNGXQp9gSOnRMYmYALI9Opg/s348/church.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="348" data-original-width="270" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguTvFohZaUrT85Bdx-YcI8c16ljfIuv3YeiAOTwYY9re0tYTU18noIj0WICGMVS-TcNsyNyrnOU-AHADWF5apzuenPZYANuLxcjJDWlBFJtOt6ier3lAcj-xRkIQYv5qFlNhxRUAMtjIoyI643lK1amU8QzZGxhmZOXqQYNGXQp9gSOnRMYmYALI9Opg/s320/church.jpg" width="248" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">30 <i>Portrait of Dr. Gachet</i>, Van Gogh, 1890</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS7Ks-cOFY48nuzpV-gbRqkAWB30M6u4QizMFYK9VIavphwHpIEvp2gLMW6MRQ-6X4FTkUwcUyzEGBzgUCGyg13VjjT_FrimbUx844kVRx2R8ojREgmKUBq8W64Q6KJU4mOSgllmr5g62eGE7sdpl41B9O44PdD7RtSGqm_GgPKlKaaVxztXx2SFSk7A/s331/270px-Portrait_of_Dr._Gachet.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="331" data-original-width="270" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS7Ks-cOFY48nuzpV-gbRqkAWB30M6u4QizMFYK9VIavphwHpIEvp2gLMW6MRQ-6X4FTkUwcUyzEGBzgUCGyg13VjjT_FrimbUx844kVRx2R8ojREgmKUBq8W64Q6KJU4mOSgllmr5g62eGE7sdpl41B9O44PdD7RtSGqm_GgPKlKaaVxztXx2SFSk7A/s320/270px-Portrait_of_Dr._Gachet.jpg" width="261" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">31 <i>Marguerite Gachet at the Piano</i>, Van Gogh, 1890</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Van Gogh, 1888<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB3V0pd7xx7loSEOXgVvYQpl9YtkdBY4zLmHL9sJKFxVuZpnGU0IL6A0izVN5R05BRmw7mcMUJFL-s2wW89OL4hTBjmJVt2HW3xmvZSeTHUsgKUdlqP1isCcN6jojU9yA6s7T9G5n47fQEwzdazUva69kEGPEdTSe2PqnKiNUhgebx_21RyF6OZjkjrQ/s270/bedroom.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="214" data-original-width="270" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB3V0pd7xx7loSEOXgVvYQpl9YtkdBY4zLmHL9sJKFxVuZpnGU0IL6A0izVN5R05BRmw7mcMUJFL-s2wW89OL4hTBjmJVt2HW3xmvZSeTHUsgKUdlqP1isCcN6jojU9yA6s7T9G5n47fQEwzdazUva69kEGPEdTSe2PqnKiNUhgebx_21RyF6OZjkjrQ/s1600/bedroom.jpg" width="270" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p>
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of Adeline Ravoux</i>, Van Gogh, 1890<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheK8PtgK1XXsh1prLZirENz3JVbH0VhQxNoySinMXwy1q6jaA_xesCKjc-sL3dDnwJw13VMnZ6mW72gDNkWgzZBXf03GLkSP3vPMJ9Y8EobBYK_Zx0iIL-kVmcVH1rDRKVdSprZxffvxSolPohKM6od5V-1SZ5p1vttmTaXW1dp3xOE0Vi7VhQ-TPL2w/s984/Portrait_of_Adeline_Ravoux,_by_Vincent_van_Gogh.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="984" data-original-width="800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheK8PtgK1XXsh1prLZirENz3JVbH0VhQxNoySinMXwy1q6jaA_xesCKjc-sL3dDnwJw13VMnZ6mW72gDNkWgzZBXf03GLkSP3vPMJ9Y8EobBYK_Zx0iIL-kVmcVH1rDRKVdSprZxffvxSolPohKM6od5V-1SZ5p1vttmTaXW1dp3xOE0Vi7VhQ-TPL2w/s320/Portrait_of_Adeline_Ravoux,_by_Vincent_van_Gogh.jpg" width="260" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p>
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Field with Crows</i>, Van Gogh, 1890</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTXkw9buomq7spm-iG9jgCXtnT-Lf-wYX3sTOPK6Z2qPrhB39kMTYuaRYPtubnpQj2dZ0qB7n0GPyvbc-G9XKdPn_DXX1cY6hZPt4m51VqFsrHSMNIX6wINl4TXxERb3_e4mYyntLHdHGIncaZrTvl7SeMY5WRXqDfpXfrc7GNJ4pqmAvvUkRn5_0DZw/s260/crows.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="124" data-original-width="260" height="124" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTXkw9buomq7spm-iG9jgCXtnT-Lf-wYX3sTOPK6Z2qPrhB39kMTYuaRYPtubnpQj2dZ0qB7n0GPyvbc-G9XKdPn_DXX1cY6hZPt4m51VqFsrHSMNIX6wINl4TXxERb3_e4mYyntLHdHGIncaZrTvl7SeMY5WRXqDfpXfrc7GNJ4pqmAvvUkRn5_0DZw/s1600/crows.jpg" width="260" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7996367096587153153.post-10287349178375337652022-03-13T12:10:00.009-04:002022-05-23T08:32:59.193-04:00THE BOULEVARD <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhplL00RhyzLvMAto7oAzVN1ESBhoH87pmSHddjSYq8VKQ3Zypb-QLLOf1QpHRZ6TEOVNqlmyWPMKpaxwNQ9iK9ihlg6OQPhOd2VpBnxV_dMwHndIRbE094uy004MX3cYAC3pmX7TIVqaIj6WGDjG8ZeTierXdDp9yzDxBE_tLPDELTYzDoD9VC49ilRA=s1280" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1280" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhplL00RhyzLvMAto7oAzVN1ESBhoH87pmSHddjSYq8VKQ3Zypb-QLLOf1QpHRZ6TEOVNqlmyWPMKpaxwNQ9iK9ihlg6OQPhOd2VpBnxV_dMwHndIRbE094uy004MX3cYAC3pmX7TIVqaIj6WGDjG8ZeTierXdDp9yzDxBE_tLPDELTYzDoD9VC49ilRA=s320" width="320" /></a></div><p><span style="text-align: justify;">I'll be announcing some exciting news in the near future about my new novel, THE BOULEVARD (formerly known on this site as Dogs in Heat). This has been a project of more than twenty years and I am pleased to say that it has found a home. </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This has been a long journey filled with ups and downs but that's what the writing life is all about. I've worked longer and harder on this novel than any other and am very pleased with its evolution over the years.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Stay tuned! </div><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7996367096587153153.post-57240633875849435302022-03-11T07:09:00.003-05:002022-03-11T07:09:50.609-05:00New title! THE BOULEVARD<p><span style="text-align: justify;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiyKwY6zFsoYk0c7XIUPoq3DAIqGOL6b2BLNCziQpL7v_FSKsosv7dnQRw5ZyxSCbqOP5WyRpXDaHSwcqPfR2rlN3jA61OWGsLMkfINuKuIBZe12CrcMwVCRLpvLBBbwOEMr7u_h2cZ8NCcjqc9UO1phCX0BQ6kzhN7ib-wd8jHhba01bHDg8ZT3fuT2Q=s559" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="559" data-original-width="455" height="108" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiyKwY6zFsoYk0c7XIUPoq3DAIqGOL6b2BLNCziQpL7v_FSKsosv7dnQRw5ZyxSCbqOP5WyRpXDaHSwcqPfR2rlN3jA61OWGsLMkfINuKuIBZe12CrcMwVCRLpvLBBbwOEMr7u_h2cZ8NCcjqc9UO1phCX0BQ6kzhN7ib-wd8jHhba01bHDg8ZT3fuT2Q=w88-h108" width="88" /></a></div><p>The work-in-progress I've known for twenty years as "Dogs in Heat" will now be called "The Boulevard". News of this new novel will be forthcoming, and it's exciting.</p><p></p><p><span style="text-align: justify;">This title was suggested to me just yesterday, and funny enough, an early draft of this story was called "The Boulevard". I needed an outside set of eyes, and now I'm sitting back and letting it be what it becomes. I'm ready. </span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7996367096587153153.post-47152623951962152442021-04-22T11:18:00.003-04:002021-04-22T11:20:42.565-04:00PAINTINGS<p> I'm not a painter, but I like to paint. My kids love to paint too. Here is a series of paintings I did in 2020-21. Saint John cityscapes, Streetsville buildings, and a few others.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOgFnJgRNAx0MlI6-kkPL5Heq0E0X60jduyxXYn8SeGKVGBxPlyYCc-SqTpxLbh6M58DqU9qrZrpvHvjF2NdieIG41FyzFK2eT3zFzugTxaHAoG8yM1oLKQSNpHZ9kTecRr677LFJIFbDc/s3797/IMG_1646.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="777" data-original-width="3797" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOgFnJgRNAx0MlI6-kkPL5Heq0E0X60jduyxXYn8SeGKVGBxPlyYCc-SqTpxLbh6M58DqU9qrZrpvHvjF2NdieIG41FyzFK2eT3zFzugTxaHAoG8yM1oLKQSNpHZ9kTecRr677LFJIFbDc/s320/IMG_1646.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8I0bOzMr8R-TyUzLKyORtdIaDK_f3a7-cug5W_OkEkFYI_pwtrcIIvOgaKdxRxD8JZnz56GzudXOerHVcAQQHKbf_L8bs-2NNyacdsLSNSsMeWx0KBIhUwFnHQO6Wz2J7URTVn7jRwCUn/s3651/IMG_1650.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; 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I finally (finally) finished THE BOULEVARD and
am shopping it again. The highly-respected and super-awesome Bethany Gibson
helped me get the manuscript to where it is today and I'm hopeful I'll find a
home for it soon. It's an odd story and so I expected it would take some time
for it to sell. I'm in no hurry. <div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhERrpKZxzyJp9gtcyjhsRXJ_7FG25mx2rPqmNd7p4Ls9DcAjD6kjII-e48872L9mK84xzVdoMcOrSYd_h_GWbI000j5pwRFtB89iFAVeNyz3vRgRbc4fpEtbi5aHGQ2feamAIb5_TdE2JW/s1256/photo.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1256" data-original-width="708" height="193" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhERrpKZxzyJp9gtcyjhsRXJ_7FG25mx2rPqmNd7p4Ls9DcAjD6kjII-e48872L9mK84xzVdoMcOrSYd_h_GWbI000j5pwRFtB89iFAVeNyz3vRgRbc4fpEtbi5aHGQ2feamAIb5_TdE2JW/w112-h193/photo.JPG" width="112" /></a></div><br /></div><div>As for new work, I have finished reading the
first draft of my Streetsville novel LAMB TO THE SLAUGHTER (and yes, I used the
same title as the famous Roald Dahl short story). After the first reading I'm
happy with it; it works. There is naturally work to do, but as a whole, it
should be easier to find a home for it, as it is straight literary fiction like
my Saint John novels. </div><div><br /></div><div>I have also finished reading the first draft of my novella
ANIMALS. This is a weird one too, and it will no doubt be difficult to sell, but
hey, I'm writing what I want to write. As my editor at Oberon Press, Dilshad
Engineer, once said to me, write for you; anything else -including publishing-
is a bonus.
</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7996367096587153153.post-77252258951855497012019-12-22T09:05:00.000-05:002019-12-22T09:07:04.093-05:002020...This is going to be a rewrite year for me; DOGS IN HEAT is on its final, final stage. LAMB TO THE SLAUGHTER will get its first proper rewrite and sit pretty as a somewhat polished second draft. ANIMALS will get its first thorough read-through and its first proper rewrite.<br />
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I'm thinking any new original work will begin in 2021; a new novel hasn't found me yet, but I'm feeling some sporadic itchings, so it's only a matter of time. For now it's cleanup time. By the end of 2020, I will have hopefully found a home for Dogs, and have two others approaching the queue.<br />
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The older I get, the less inclined I am to rush my work. My first novel was nearly 20 years ago and I rushed it and it reads as such. I just wanted to be published. That was it. But I was young; part of the process of trying to find my way in this strange bubble of being a writer. Now all I care about is getting it right. DOGS IN HEAT has been a project of mine for over 20 years now, going all the way back to my Carleton days. It has evolved into what I first envisioned while working my shift that one afternoon in the Fiction section at the South Keys Chapters; that lightbulb moment: "What if God?..."<br />
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There's something to be said about the intimacy of an unpublished manuscript. It really feels like a part of you; a secret side, as intimate as the voice in your head; your other you. Once it's published, you lose that. But it's a nice problem to have. I won't complain if 2020 is the year I unleash the DOGS and set them free. They're ready, finally, and so am I. <br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7996367096587153153.post-775904398903066192019-07-11T15:55:00.000-04:002019-12-22T08:28:36.804-05:002019 progress...After a down year in writing in 2018 (I wrote the first draft of a novella titled ANIMALS but that's it), I made a New Year's Resolution to write an average of a page per day each month. I started a new novel on January 3rd and have never looked back. It's titled LAMB TO THE SLAUGHTER, is set in my hometown of Streetsville, ON, and I'm flying through it. I'm expecting to have a completed first draft by the end of August. Expected word count is around 90,000; the biggest by far of any of my previous novels, which are all around 53,000 words (with the exception of DOGS IN HEAT at 63,000).<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My novels: The Making of Harry Cossaboom (Dreamcatcher Publishing, 2000), The Dirty Milkman (Oberon Press, 2005), A Place of Pretty Flowers (Oberon Press, 2007), The Goon (Oberon Press, 2010), The Moon is Real (UFP, 2016)</td></tr>
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In the Fall I plan on a complete rewrite of DOGS IN HEAT. I'm in a good place right now and I'll be in a good place for a while; sitting on three complete manuscripts; one needing a bit more work, and the other two in their infancy. I'm in no hurry to publish again; five novels in and I'm learning what kind of writer I want to be and what kind of press I want to be with, regardless of the time and effort it's going to take to get there. After I put in the work over the winter I'm hoping to have some big news in the Spring. That's the goal.<br />
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Whatever happens, 2019 has been productive for me. I'm happy with my work, and that's all that really matters.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An earlier version of Dogs in Heat, along with Animals, and Lamb to the Slaughter</td></tr>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7996367096587153153.post-43746781848026306462018-08-14T10:47:00.001-04:002018-11-08T17:43:09.778-05:00New work in progress, ANIMALS, underway...Over the past winter/spring/summer I've been working on a new book, a short novel, with a working title of ANIMALS and I'm hoping to have a first draft complete by September. It's a weird one, but fitting that it should follow up the weirdness of Dogs in Heat. After this I think I'll be bringing things back more toward my first five novels, but with a setting in my hometown of Streetsville, ON, and not Saint John. It'll be my first book of this kind not set in Saint John but I've lived in Streetsville long enough to write about it, and what a little gem of a place it will be to write about.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Ken Pobo delights in his latest collection,
</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Loplop in a Red City</span></i><span style="font-family: "calibri";">. Like a
carefully guided tour through an art gallery, Pobo takes us from room to room,
and each with a different view. His work continues to use language to its full
potential. His simplicity, his directness to the words are what I enjoy most
about his work. There’s no ego here; it’s laid bare, without any ribbons or
bows, and in that simplicity, somehow more complex than most. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">…My aunt Cass </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">looked dour too, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">died a millionaire, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">not in money, but in
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Pobo’s reflections on life and
death, told through the minds of various artists, is built too with a subtle
hand. From Van Gogh in the Hague to his death in Auvers, Pobo weaves a visual experience
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Crows took his body
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in a Red City</span></i><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> is a much different collection than the one I previously
reviewed here, </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Booking Rooms in the
Kuiper Belt</span></i><span style="font-family: "calibri";">; it’s not as rhythmically rendered; the language is more
direct, but this is to be expected; here is art in words, where the previous
collection brought us, quite literally, on a whimsical tour of the celestial flow of the universe. But
it’s equal in execution, and Pobo’s talents for finding the right words, his
precision as an artist, sing from the canvas in this collection. </span><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span></div>
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<u>Gord Downie is all of us</u><br />
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He's our winter jacket<br />
Our frozen mitts<br />
Our sneakers in the snow<br />
Our Hockey Night in Canada<br />
And all the things we know<br />
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He's our 99<br />
Our 87<br />
His beloved #4<br />
Our Bob and Harry in the booth<br />
Our guy who shoots and scores<br />
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He's our Stanley Cup<br />
Our morning skate<br />
Our mullets fit to groom<br />
Our local minor hockey teams<br />
Our beers in dressing rooms<br />
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He's our bonfire chairs<br />
Our Blue Jays games<br />
Our fishing at the camp<br />
Our CBC, our Double-Double<br />
Our card games 'round a lamp <br />
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He's our Bay of Fundy <br />
Our Hudson Bay<br />
Our tides and waves and breaks<br />
Our rivers, streams, and puddles too<br />
He's all of our Great Lakes <br />
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He's our Group of Seven<br />
Our Hugh MacLennan<br />
Our Atwood and MacLeod<br />
Our David Adams Richards<br />
And all who make us proud<br />
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He's our Secret Path<br />
Our dew in grass<br />
Our sunlight and our glow<br />
Our morning rain<br />
Our pleasure pain<br />
He's everyone you know<br />
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He's our 401<br />
Our CN Tower<br />
Our fields and forests too<br />
He's everything Canadian<br />
He's all of me and you<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7996367096587153153.post-78702628404938855162016-08-14T20:37:00.005-04:002016-08-14T20:39:37.166-04:00THE MOON IS REAL Launch<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A great turnout yesterday for the launch of <i>The Moon is Real</i>. Lots of friends, lots of fun. A big thank you to my good friend Clive Baugh for a great introduction and all his hard work helping me sell the book. </div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7996367096587153153.post-51534762914808984482016-08-14T20:33:00.001-04:002016-08-14T20:46:39.528-04:00Introducing the author Hadley Grace Edson<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hemingway step aside; I've got a new favorite author. Let me be the first to introduce to the writerly world my daughter, Hadley Grace Edson. She's six years old and has already started her first book. It's titled "The Stolen Crown" and is full of adventure; there's a stolen crown, a stolen rabbit, and a kidnapped princess! Can it get any better than that?</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7996367096587153153.post-46604936082811302002016-08-05T10:32:00.003-04:002016-08-05T10:32:57.571-04:00THE MOON IS REAL available at AmazonYou can now order your copy of <i>The Moon is Real</i> at Amazon by clicking on the link below. (This is the pre-sale; release date is August 15th.)<br />
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Here it is, the cover for my fifth novel, <i>The Moon is Real</i>, by Urban Farmhouse Press. The background pic is of Saint John and the harbour, taken by friend and fellow NB writer Lee Thompson (whose short story I reviewed on this blog a few months ago). The book design was by UFP Editor-in-Chief Daniel Lockhart and he did a fantastic job. I'm very pleased with it and am looking forward to getting the book in my hands and getting it out there. </div>
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My secret crush, and one of the best writers of the 20th Century, Jean Rhys. </div>
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7996367096587153153.post-85439088006062839832016-07-13T12:56:00.003-04:002016-07-13T13:00:56.035-04:00Curious Connections by Karen Sylvia Rockwell <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">I’m one of those readers who has several books on the go at
once. This doesn’t necessarily mean that I’m reading all the time, but as busy
as life is for me these days, it’s nice to have variety. Fortunately for me,
variety is exactly what Karen Rockwell serves up in her new flash fiction chapbook,
</span><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><i>Curious </i></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><i>Connections</i> (Urban Farmhouse
Press, 2016). Part of UFP’s Cities of the Straits Chapbook Series, this one
doesn’t disappoint. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Right from the first page, Rockwell seamlessly zaps you into
her world with “Remembering Corporal Yeryk”; the story of an Afghanistan War
vet who has lost his legs and is visiting his daughter’s school to talk to the
kids. Rockwell paints a vivid picture of the limbless man struggling to find
himself, and all in two-and-a-half pages.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Moving forward to another lovely vignette, the epitaph-like “Knowing
Nora” introduces us to a woman whose strength lies in her ability to either
mask her worries or shove them down others' throats in typical Scottish bravado.
Either way, you’ll find her to be the most interesting character in the book. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">From the curiously connected pseudo-love story, “That’s
Amore?”, to the dark humoured “Frankel”, Rockwell does a great job of revealing
to readers the (as the back covers says) “disconnect in our modern world”, all
the while reminding us that life, with its many curious connections, is such an
interesting place to be. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">If you’re curious to connect, you can find this title at
Urban Farmhouse Press by clicking <a href="http://www.urbanfarmhousepress.com/" target="_blank">HERE</a></span></div>
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Taken by my sister-in-law. This will never be used on a book as my author photo but for those who know me, it's spot on!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7996367096587153153.post-46199876641986583882016-07-01T12:10:00.000-04:002016-07-01T13:27:09.508-04:00ANOTHER GEM FROM UFP’s CITIES OF THE STRAITS SERIES<br />
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is producing some of the best chapbooks out there, both in terms of aesthetics
and quality of work. Before I talk about this work, let me take a minute to
comment on the hold-in-your-hands book itself. It’s beautiful. Tight binding, along with
an attractive simplicity makes this series compete with anyone for quality
and design. When asked about this, UFP Founder and Editor-in-Chief D.A.
Lockhart says: “I wanted to up our game on them. Looking at City Lights’ series
and trying to create a good literary line like that.” Mission accomplished. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">SMACK IN THE MIDDLE OF SPOTLIT OBVIOUS by Laurie Smith
(Urban Farmhouse Press, 2016)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Along with the likes of Ken Pobo’s </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Booking Rooms in the Kuiper Belt</span></i><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> (part of UFP's <u>Crossroads Poetry Series</u>, and reviewed already on this blog),
Laurie Smith adds to a growing reputation for quality poetry in UFP’s lineup.
From the dust jacket, this collection “brings us through the wonder and the questionable
in our everyday lives” and connects “on a profoundly personal level”. Case in point, my favourite of the lot, </span><u><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Breakfast
with Dad</span></u><span style="font-family: "calibri";">, wherein Smith’s subtle humour and needle-sharp style reveal the
profound in something as everyday as having breakfast with her father. With the clarity and simplicity of a written recipe,
Smith cleverly separates the parts from the whole into five pieces: </span><u><span style="font-family: "calibri";">1)
how to butter toast</span></u><span style="font-family: "calibri";">, </span><u><span style="font-family: "calibri";">2) cereal</span></u><span style="font-family: "calibri";">, </span><u><span style="font-family: "calibri";">3) poached eggs</span></u><span style="font-family: "calibri";">, </span><u><span style="font-family: "calibri";">4) Quaker</span></u><span style="font-family: "calibri";">,
</span><u><span style="font-family: "calibri";">5) coffee</span></u><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><u><span style="font-family: "calibri";">5) coffee</span></u><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></div>
he told me I made better coffee than my sister<br />
that was to me a great source of pride<br />
but how could you screw up a teaspoon of instant hills bros or<br />
maxwell house, pour in boiling water from the kettle<br />
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no sugar, enough milk to make it the colour of an acorn<br />
in a mug that says <i>World's Best Dad</i>?<br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Indeed, this is what this collection is: parts that make a
whole; the breaking down of the complicatedness of life and simplifying it for
us to understand and enjoy. Smith’s work is perfect for summers on the lake, on
a couch, a lawnchair, in sun or shade, wherever and whenever you need to cut
away from the hustle and bustle of our everyday lives and figure out why,
despite it, it’s just so good to be smack in the middle of it all. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">To order your copy, check out Urban Farmouse Press online <a href="http://www.urbanfarmhousepress.com/citiesofthestraits.html" target="_blank">HERE</a></span></div>
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No publication date yet, but <em>The Moon is Real</em> is coming this summer. Word from my publisher, Urban Farmhouse Press, is that it'll be here sometime around mid-June / early July. I'm starting to organize readings in Saint John, Moncton, Windsor, and Mississauga so far. I should be getting a cover preview soon enough so I'm excited for that. The photo being used is a beautiful shot of Saint John by my friend Lee Thompson, whose short story I reviewed on this blog a short while back. So here we go again, book #5, and my first since 2010. It's an exciting time. </div>
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