Th Orphans of the Creek: Excerpt Two

The Orphans of the Creek: Sleep Late this Sunday

Introducing...Shireen Jeejeebhoy

The Orphans of the Creek – Excerpt Two
Hey all! I thought I’d give you another sneak peek at my upcoming novel, The Orphans of the Creek. It’s a fairly early draft but you’ll get the idea. If you haven’t read the previously posted prologue, you can do that here. Then come back and read on… Chapter 1 If you were to ask me what I remember most about the Town Pump, Scanlon Creek’s biggest dance club, it would be the lights. Every Friday night over the past nine years I’ve watched those lights move over the darkened room from the

The Orphans of the Creek: Sleep Late this Sunday
The Orphans of the Creek is an assault on those who judge others based on differing values. The lead character, a small-town DJ named Whiteboy, suffers a devasting emotional trauma and begins to see the world in a whole new light. He then embarks on a destructive path towards redemption, destroying all that made him what he was in an effort to be reborn. In writing a scene for Orphans, I recalled an episode in my own life that proved a turning point in my view of organized religion, and thought I would share it with you. I was about age 10, at Sunday school in Newmarket a

Introducing…Shireen Jeejeebhoy
Heroes in medicine are too often unsung and when praises are meted out they usually go to medical practitioners. But what about the brave souls that allowed these practitioners to treat them with untested new methods? Judy Taylor was one such hero that will be remembered in Lifeliner: The Judy Taylor Story, a passionate biography by Shireen Jeejeebhoy. Shireen found the time between her writing and photography to tell us about her book in this edition of Introducing.

Massaging the Soul
Hi everyone. I just wanted to remind you all that I’m still around. As the summer closed out I had my head into various projects, which included working through the mire of my new novel The Orphans of The Creek as well as picking up guitar again for the first time in a while. Most of you probably don’t know that before I became an author I was an aspiring musician. My 1997 album Roadfood didn’t really go anywhere and I hung it up a few years after, opting to go to college and seek more gainful employment.  But I never really got the bug out of my system and have lately returned home (or at least began an extended visit) to my