The inner workings of an Author's Brain

I find that studies on Alzheimer's and other brain detrimenting diseases/conditions to be quite fascinating. Mostly because my Grandmother suffers from some pretty severe Alzheimer's and it also seems that I am starting to meet more and more people with social disorders such as autism.

So when I listen to a short podcast about how an author is affected by natural degradation of the mind, I am interested. I come to sit on the edge of my seat, however, when I learn that her first book that was published after she started going "downhill", was written about an author who was trying to help a detective (mystery novel), but kept forgetting about clues and minor details.

This author's book was reviewed as being quite horrible. Which is astounding to most people, because she wrote the top selling books of all time (besides the bible), and she was never diagnosed with any type of disorder. If you have a few minutes, listen to this spectacular little podcast.