Category: End of Month
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Jan 2026 Update & Monthly Goals
Still doing these! The Saturn Anomaly Still at the Pentagon, but it’s fully edited. The only work I’ve done on it is to do some math on how long it’ll take after I get clearance to publish it – 60 days is what it worked out to. Hoping to hear back and set a release…
Ryan Patrick
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End Nov 25/Start Dec 25
Not my best writing month, but it ended well, and it bodes well for December and January. Work and family stuff took a lot of my time, The Saturn Anomaly Still at the Pentagon, but at least the government reopened and hopefully they’ll get to my book soon! I also went through all of my…
Ryan Patrick
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End of October/Beginning of November
A great month both in my personal/professional life and my writing one! Crush Depth Lots of blog posts on this; check the book page (click on the title above) to see them all. I wrote 30,000 words this month. I had hoped for about half that but outlining took a lot less time than I…
Ryan Patrick
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End of September/Beginning of October 2025
An absolute whirlwind of a month. It was fun while it lasted but I’m glad it’s over! Crush Depth I’ve decided to shelve the current version – you can read about that here. But I’m making a lot of progress on the next iteration – read about my progress here (where I do a quick…
Ryan Patrick
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End of August/Beginning of September 2025 Update
Another month in the books! Actually got a few blog posts in, but wrote a bit slower than I would have liked. Crush Depth Feedback is still trickling in, and I decided to get The Saturn Anomaly out the door to my beta readers before I really dive into the feedback. Still, I don’t think…
Ryan Patrick
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June 2025 Wrapup
It’s been a very busy month, but I still got a lot of writing done! Crush Depth Crush Depth‘s 2nd draft is done and I’m doing a round of self-edits before I get it to my alpha and beta readers and into manuscript swaps. It’s good, but definitely needs some more work, and having some…
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…
Ryan Patrick
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End of December 2024
The month went by quickly! Onto 2025. Writing I was about 55,000 words into Crush Depth when I realized that one of my subplots – carried from previous versions – no longer works. Thankfully, I have a fix! Just need to work it in. I’m probably on track to finish in April or May, pushing…
Ryan Patrick
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Start of December 2024
Last month of the year! And what a year it’s been. I released my 2nd book, left the military, joined Blue Origin, and finally finished The Europan Deception. Here’s what’s on tap for December: Writing Would love to get to 60,000 words done of Crush Depth. 15,000 words/month is a lot less than I did…
Ryan Patrick
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End of September Update
It’s been another whirlwind of a month, with a lot of both work and personal travel. But it’s been an incredibly productive one! Writing I finished The Europan Deception and queried it to a still-unnamed small press. If they take it, I’ll go with them, if they don’t, I’m debating going to another small press…
Ryan Patrick
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