Author: Ryan Patrick

• Focus

  The last few years, I’ve been writing a lot, but I’ve been all over the place. It’s time to focus in and finally start publishing some of my stuff. I’m doing two passes of The Martian Incident, one for content, one a line-by-line copy edit. After that, it’s off to the Pentagon for a security…

  Ryan Patrick

  March 23, 2023

  Miscellaneous, Posts

• Changes

  It looks like my time in the military is going to come to a close sometime in the next year or so. I just don’t have the same dedication that I used to, and I think my time is up. I’m up for a move next summer and I don’t want to uproot my family…

  Ryan Patrick

  March 17, 2023

  Miscellaneous, Posts

• Traditional publishing versus self-publishing

  Up until about a year ago, I had always planned to traditionally publish. I grew up reading books that had gone through the agent->editor->publish route, if I was to be a “real” writer, why wouldn’t that be my path as well? But the world has changed. Self-publishing is a viable – and respected – route,…

  Ryan Patrick

  January 20, 2023

  Miscellaneous, Posts

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• The start

  I’ve tried this in the past, and haven’t really gotten anywhere or kept up with it. I’ve been writing for a long time, but decided to get serious about it a couple of years ago. Now, I have a bunch of books ready, and finally made the decision to go with my real name (there…

  Ryan Patrick

  January 18, 2023

  Miscellaneous, Posts