Once again I find myself regretting the lack of posts here. This is still connected with my new book, Autism dreaming, but not because I'm still writing. The book's first draft was finished in January. What's going on now is hard to explain. My three previous books - The Birdcatcher (2006, 2016), The Shyness Guide (2013, 2017), and Skol (2019) … Continue reading Trying to rescue my books | Free PDF download of the novel Skol
Alanconrad.com/Alternative World | What’s happening here?
While I've been missing.....something remarkable has been happening on this site.
Autism Dreaming – update
Two years ago I began working on this book about dreams and autism, which I first mentioned in my June 11/2024 post. The book continues to be the reason why there are so few posts here. But it's gone far beyond what I expected. Simply combining autism with dreams has sent it soaring into regions … Continue reading Autism Dreaming – update
Alan Conrad from the past, trying to rescue the future
.....I was struck once more at what a good writer my young self was.....
My Books |The Birdcatcher and The Ugly Duckling
Someone once said that my novel The Birdcatcher is just another version of the story of the Ugly Duckling ....
Rescuing Fiction | the quotable Birdcatcher | Are there any people more misunderstood than those who are solitary?
..... he and I stared at one another. Two men who despised one other, both knowing how easy murder was in the midst of combat.....
Rescuing Reality | The Birdcatcher, the Vietnam war, and autism | Michael Bowden and Huế 1968
......four dreams in The Birdcatcher lead Stone to a revelation about how autistic people have come to exist - to who they really are.
Autism | seeing a world other people don’t see | autism in my novel The Birdcatcher
But those Toronto writers weren't finished with just setting me straight about dreams. They also informed me that my novel doesn't work because Chris Stone himself is unreal.
Rescuing Quotations | Flaubert and me out on the sea
All my life I have tried to live in an ivory tower. But a sea of shit has......
Alan Conrad 