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Welcome to the official blog of Ron Blumenfeld. Be sure to buy my new book, The King’s Anatomist and check out my other writings!
Why Aren’t Most Novels Illustrated?
These days, illustrated novels are hard to come by, continuing a hundred-year trend. In the early 20th century, novelists began to feel that their prose did not require any help from pictures. And observers of the current literary scene feel that visual media –...
Grandpa Writes a Novel
If internet surveys are to be believed, most debut novelists are thirty-somethings, the outliers being a smattering of teenage wunderkinds and a British woman who in 2019 published her first novel at age 93. “The King’s Anatomist” was accepted for publication in my 74th year, far distant from the crowd of newbies young enough to be my grandchildren and within sight of that extraordinary nonagenarian. But what of it? In the end a novel gets written when the author is ready, willing, and able.
Chevy Bolt driver shares Amazing EV experience with 6 years driving other EVs
Ron gives his first-hand account of his experience driving his 2020 Chevy Bolt EV and how it compares to his previous Bolt EV and e-Golf.
Andreas Vesalius, the Father of Modern Anatomy (1514-1564)
In 1543, Andreas Vesalius, a 28-year-old professor at the University of Padua medical school, published a textbook of anatomy unlike any that had come before—revolutionary for its careful detail, exquisite illustrations, and enlightened design as a reference tool. But...
A Closer Look at Galen of Pergamon (129 – c. 210 CE)
In my novel, “The King’s Anatomist,” the Greek physician Galen serves as a foil for the triumph of Andreas Vesalius; it was Galen’s anatomical findings that Vesalius overturned thirteen centuries after Galen’s death. But don’t be left with the impression that Galen...