Ryan M. Patrick

Going to be another busy month, but I think now that my wife is done with her master’s degree I might have a little more time.

The Europan Deception

Nothing to do but see how the release goes! I’m expecting it to be better-performing than my last two, but who knows. Hoping for more than the 30 units I moved for the first month of The Martian Incident!

Crush Depth

The current plan is to get to Chapter 64 and about 94,000 words from my current status of 55 chapters complete and about 77,000 words. That’s a tall order and I’m not sure I’ll be able to pull it off…but I think I can!

Memento Vivere

Another slower month for this WIP, I’m writing some emotionally tough chapters and they drain me a bit more than the action-packed Crush Depth. I’d like to write 4 chapters and 8-10,000 words, which will put me at around Chapter 42 (out of 56). Might need some more developmental work once the draft is done but we’ll worry about that at a later point.

Other Stuff

Expect at least 2 blog posts this month! These drive traffic and to a lesser extent sales, plus it helps me get my ideas out in a clear, concise fashion. I’ll be doing one on my top-10 favorite video games and another on rocket nozzles, and maybe one on my influences for The Europan Deception.

I’d love to get back into short stories this month but I think it’s going to be later in the year. Just haven’t had any good ideas for one recently.

We’ll see how I do at the end of the month! Hope you all have a great May.