Author: Ryan Patrick
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How I Edit
Following on from my posts How I Outline and How I Draft, here’s How I Edit! First Things First I don’t edit while I write – at all. If I know there’s an issue, I take a note in my notebook or make a comment in Word. This helps me keep going to get to…
Ryan Patrick
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My Top 10 Video Games
Like my post a few months ago with my top 10 books, without further ado, here’s my 10 favorite video games (and yes, I’m using series in a few spots so I’m cheating!). No particular order other than #1. Mass Effect Trilogy I yap about them a lot on Twitter, but the Mass Effect trilogy…
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The Europan Deception Releases Today!
It’s been a long time coming. The Europan Deception is now available in ebook, paperback, and hardcover from Amazon. If you’re looking for a fast-paced sci-fi thriller, this is the novel for you. It’s the best book I’ve ever written and I hope you all enjoy it as much as I (and my ARC readers)…
Ryan Patrick
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May 2025 Goals
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…
Ryan Patrick
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End of April 2025
Well, second consecutive month I didn’t get a “real” blog post in. Work and my family stuff has kept me very busy – more updates on that in my quarterly newsletter that’ll go out in June. But I did get a bit of writing in! The Europan Deception The Europan Deception releases on May 6,…
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April 2025
Not even going to try and get into what’s happened to my reading and video game schedules – writing goals only for the month. The Europan Deception I’m done with the manuscript but I was hoping for more ARC reviews. Going to bug some people and see if I can’t get at least 10 in…
Ryan Patrick
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March 2025 Wrapup
Busy month. Got more done in some areas than others. Going to focus on my writing because I didn’t read much (!) and barely had any times for video games. The Europan Deception Proofreading is done and the final version is uploaded to Amazon! Reviews are trickling in and they are great, beyond my wildest…
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How I Draft
As a follow-up to my post late last year on How I Outline (one of my most popular ones!), this one will cover how I draft – get words down on (electronic, usually) paper, and the things I do to make sure that I actually can get them down. I won’t use a specific example…
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2 Months to Release
In exactly 2 months, The Europan Deception will be released – the culmination of over two decades of planning, writing, and editing! May 6 can’t come soon enough. Preorder it here or request an ARC copy here.
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March 2025 Look Ahead
Looking at my schedule, I might have a pretty productive month ahead, especially from a writing standpoint. Writing Going to be doing my final proofread of The Europan Deception and making sure all of my ARC readers have the book and are posting reviews to Goodreads (Amazon won’t be ready until launch). If you haven’t…
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