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Introduction The theme in my July post was that doing the obvious helped me move A Ghast in the Machine’s beats forward. I have the dubious honor of building on that theme, but at least this time lesson is a little less obvious. But first, I want to go over some numbers to figure out […]

The Obvious Worked In the same spirit as standing on a roof top declaring that water is wet and the sky is blue, I can now declare that setting time aside to focus on writing helps. Yes, I’ve rediscovered the obvious. And I couldn’t be happier. In my previous post, I talked about picking anime […]

It’s Not COVID… In mid March, 2020, I learned that the leadership team at my place of primary employment was smart: They instructed those of us who could work remotely do so. Since then, I’ve worked from home five days a week. I credit their decision with keeping my family health. There’s no down side […]

Writing begets writing. Today’s Obvious Day at www.TerranceACrow.com! But sometimes I have to take comfort in obviousness, especially if it moves the novel forward. In my previous post, I talked about my plans to build out fictional China, because it’s going to be important soon. But realized that my protagonist, Melchizedek “Dek” Conrad, was seriously […]

Tonight, for the first time since the Fall 2019 anime season started, I spent an evening working on A Ghast in the Machine. In the beats for the 17 chapters I’ve written so far, I had introduced the main characters from Terran Consolidated Products, TransStell, and the United Nations. There are two groups remaining, and […]