The Writings of Terrance A. Crow
Science Fiction Can Show a Way Forward
Quick Summary of The Quantum Garden In The Quantum Garden, Belisarius Arjona and Cassandra Mejía, as members of the homo quantus race, are just like us “normal” homo sapiens — except that they can perceive the quantum universe and have boundless engineered curiosity. Arjona and Mejía had just finished using those quantum talents to help […]
The Road to Plotting I thought I was trying to learn to write beats. But those really weren’t the beats I was looking for. So I have to admit to myself, and to you, that I was on the wrong track. What I’m about to tell you should prove, conclusively, that I’m an honest man. […]
Progress Has Slowed My lack of progress recently has become a concern. Back in October, my last update, I felt proud to report that I increased my count from 32 beats in July 2020 to 72 beats in October 2020. But progress has slowed to a crawl, and I’ve tried to understand why. I could […]
Introduction Partly as a way to keep myself honest, and partly because I want to keep you in the loop, I wanted to give a quick status update. I’m making steady progress on the beats for the novel tentatively titled A Ghast in the Machine. It seems like my September update was right in that […]
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 […]