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End of January 2025 Wrapup

It’s been a month. My company launched our first orbital rocket, and I was part of the team supporting it. I didn’t get anywhere near as much done in my hobbies (weightlifting, writing, reading, video games) as I had planned. But it still was a successful one. Writing I finished the final developmental edits for…
Ryan Patrick
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New Glenn Launch!
I don’t necessarily advertise it, but I work for Blue Origin, have been since I left the military in May of last year. I’m not part of the New Glenn business unit, but I worked on the Blue Ring Pathfinder space vehicle that was the payload of the inaugural launch last night. It’s a huge…
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Me and the Fantasy Genre
Quick blog post on my complicated relationship with the fantasy genre. For two of the genres I write in – sci-fi and technothrillers – my interest is almost self-explanatory. I’m an astronautical engineer who has been fascinated with space since I was a child, of course I’m going to want to read and write books…
Ryan Patrick
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January 2025 Goals
This is it, the start of the new year! I have a lot of writing goals for the year, and this is where it all begins. Writing The Europan Deception I’ll be editing this one hardcore in January and February. I had 15 beta readers’ worth of feedback and I’ll be incorporating a lot of…
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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The Space Force
It’s the first question I get asked on almost every BookTube or interview I do, What is the Space Force? As someone who was around for the U.S. Space Force’s creation, the standup of the Space Force Element (SFELM) at the National Reconnaissance Office, and the expansion of the initial cadre at HQ USSF at…
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2025 Goals
2025 is going to be a big year for me. If everything holds, it’ll be the year I release The Europan Deception, my white whale – the book I’ve always wanted to write and that’s kept me going as I’ve improve my craft. I’ve got a lot of other things I’m working on too. I…
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 November 2024
It’s been a great month from a personal and professional standpoint, but my writing’s been slower than I’d like. If you want to follow along with the prototype Blue Ring satellite I’ve been working on, Spaceflight Now is tracking the status of the first New Glenn launch that will take it to orbit – the…
Ryan Patrick
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Pentagon Prepublication Review
I’ve talked a lot, both here and on Twitter, about how all of my books have to go through a prepublication security review. But what is it? Who has to do it? How much of a pain is it? If you’ve signed a non-disclosure agreement with the U.S. government for a security clearance, you’ve entered…
Ryan Patrick