The Writings of Terrance A. Crow
Science Fiction Can Show a Way Forward
I only had one (major) Real Life Family Event (RLFE) this week, and its timing was about as good as I could have hoped. How much impact did it have on my output? I’ve moaned and complained how hard it is to write about Nazis. Turns out that’s not the whole story. A combination of […]
Wayland’s Hammer Book 1: Conventional Forces continued to wage war with my psyche. But finally, after starting to plot this monster all the way back in the beginning of February, I think I finally understand what it was trying to tell me. In addition, I think I had a moment of clarity regarding the audio […]
I haven’t had a week this bad in years. While the raw count of Real Life Family Events (RLFE) wasn’t too bad, I ran into a cumulative effect I hadn’t counted on. And, wow — it was costly. Also, I started a technological experiment that might kickstart my marketing. It’s certainly not likely to hurt […]
I got an e-mail that triggered a philosophical crisis. That might sound like an exaggeration, but it’s not. I had to think longer and harder to come up with a response, and I’m still not sure I got it right. Also, the character Gerhard Wimmer continues to be difficult to write, but not impossible. And, […]
At the risk of sounding like a broken record (or audio playback stuck in a loop, if I try to modernize the old saying), my God, writing from the perspective of a an honest-to-goodness Nazi is hard. I feel like my sanity is taking hits for every chapter! And that’s not even the worst of […]