I wish I had a dollar for every time the novel Don Quixote is mentioned and someone then has to make a remark about old fools charging at windmills. In a 2002 survey of 100 authors around the world, who were asked to name the book they considered to be the “most meaningful of all … Continue reading Rescuing Fiction | The real Don Quixote and why, and how, you might want to read him
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 ....
Autism | restricted activities and interests | Who says you’re restricted?
I used to think I didn’t read phone books, but........
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.
Autism | Restricted activities and interests | What’s wrong with independent thinking?
........ tell a psychologist that you read phone books or dictionaries and they'll start to worry about you
Rescuing Science and a scientist |Edwin Hubble’s forgotten battle against the Big Bang and how the James Webb Telescope is coming to his rescue
I wish I had a dollar for every time I've heard, or read, that Edwin Hubble discovered the Big Bang.
Rescuing Loners | Ivor Thord-Gray and the Mexican Revolution
For a long time I avoided writing about Mexico....because once I got started I knew I wouldn't be able to stop.
Alan Conrad 