Seeming as I'm new to this Yahoo Group I might as well start up an
introductory message.

Anne Droyd is something new to me that I suddenly realised that I'm
not the only autistic author there is. However there are still very
few. But I suppose most of us are the rejected sort that require a
level of academic advice as I had tremendous rejection and therefore
took a course in creative writing. I've had one novel published and a
few articles.

My first novel is the oddly titled 'A Baffling Unoriginal looking
with a Voice to Prove Postive'. It's about this autistic journlist
who ends up on a 7/7 train at Russell Square. As he survives he finds
a corrupt lawyer hell bent on legal manipulation to make sure she
makes a name for herself out of the carnage in a deceptive manner.
Scott then finds himself challenging her to let the truth come out...

It's out now and read it if you will, because you'll be surprised by
the number of engaging themes to emerge from it!

I haven't read Anne Droyd yet, but I do hope it's something like I've
tried in my novel. A breakaway from all those cliches of autistic
characters being special needs dependent, muttering, clumsy people
whose only usefulness in a story is they're ability to be fully
usefully knowledgable about most subjects like Rain Man and the
characters of Magnificient 7. That explains why I've made the title
of the book describe an unusually new type of autistic character: 'A
Baffling Unoriginal'.

Now I'll think I'll go and buy that book now. Maybe Will Hadcroft
could share his inspirations with us.

Charlie.