Ryan M. Patrick

I hope each and every one of you is having a great 2024! Lag Delay comes out at the end of the month, expect a heavy marketing push on my end between now and then.

I’m going to change the format of these blog posts a little. Planning on doing 2 posts a month, one at the beginning with my goals for reading and writing, and another at the end to see how I did. This – even though it’s on day 5 – is the former.

Writing first.

For this month, I want to get to Chapter 16 of my “secret project” science fantasy series and Chapter 9 of Crush Depth (version 2!). I also want to get “First Contact” – my recently completed short story – out on a submission to a mag and start the next short, tentatively titled “Off Axis.” We’ll see how I do – slightly worried about Crush Depth because that is taking longer to draft than I’d like. Currently on Chapter 11 of the “secret project” and Chapter 2 of Crush Depth, so we’ll see how I do at the end of the month.

For reading, I want to finish:

I feel like I should be able to get this done, not seeing any huge issues with my reading time. The stretch goal is to review each and every one of them – that is much more challenging, but I really want to get more reviews out there, especially for indie books.

I also have Ryan Skeffington’s follow-up to his excellent Lost Souls to beta read.

Going to be a busy March!