Ryan M. Patrick

Not a terrible month, but could have been better.

The Saturn Anomaly

Still at the Pentagon in its prepublication security review. I pinged them in the middle of the month and they told me that there’s still a DOD element that needs to approve it. Waiting and waiting…hopefully with a resolution soon!

Crush Depth

Also at the Pentagon as of 19 February, hoping for a quick resolution on that one! Also l paid for a new cover (the one on that page is a DIY placeholder) and I hope to reveal that to the world soon. Who knows, this one may out faster than The Saturn Anomaly!

The Kuiper Dominion

I only wrote about 2,000 words this month, but I did fix the outline and take out some problematic elements. I’m currently sitting at 14,000 words and I’d like to get to 40,000 words by the end of March. This is my primary project at the moment and I’d like to be done with the first draft by the end of June of this year, then edit the back half of 2026 while I fix Memento Vivere.

Short Stories

I finished “The Golem of Checkpoint Charlie” and sent it out to a couple of beta readers. I was going to start an idea from my backlog but I came up with a new one for a different Rac Press call – more on that soon. I’ll probably start on that sometime in March.

Outlining

I got through The Horsehead Incursion in February. I’m working through some roadblocks on the Roman Time Travel one and I’ll be developing that further in March.

Critique

I beta-read two novels in February – I’m well ahead of schedule, 4 done this year, much better than my 1/month goal.

Thanks and hope you all had a great month! Onwards to March.