Tag: book-reviews
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End of June/Beginning of July 2026
Halfway through the year! A much better month in terms of writing, but still no traction on my two novels in the Pentagon security review. The Saturn Anomaly and Crush Depth NSTR. Still at the Pentagon. I’ll ping them again in July or August. The Kuiper Dominion Great month. I finished at 94,000 words and have been…
Ryan Patrick
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Technothrillers
Had a (shockingly good) Twitter interaction earlier this month Decided to write a bit more about it. And given my background I may be one of the few people who’s able to coherently do so. In this blog post, I’ll talk about what a technothriller is, and then break them into two camps – the…
Ryan Patrick
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AI and Writing – Part 1, AI-Generated Text vs Human Writing
I am working on some other posts in this vein but they’re longer and require more research than this one. But I am absolutely fascinating by the confluence of AI and creative writing and I feel like I need to start getting my thoughts on it out. Part 1 of this series will be on…
Ryan Patrick
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End of March 2026/Beginning of April 2026
This month flew by. Not much has changed other than on The Saturn Anomaly and Crush Depth Still at the Pentagon. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. Not much else to say, I’ll probably bug them again at the end of April. Price of doing business with me writing in the genres I write in, I guess. But Crush Depth…
Ryan Patrick
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Inefficiency
In my last post, I talked about abandoned projects and wasted words. I have only manage to publish a fraction of what I’ve written since I started in 2012. But why is this the case? Why am I so inefficient? In this post I’ll talk through some reasons as to why I think this is…
Ryan Patrick
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End of Feb 2025/Beginning of Mar 2025
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…
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Crush Depth 20: Chapters 42-Epilogue – The End
Old posts are on the main Crush Depth page at the bottom. This is the end! Chapter Forty-Two: Pick up as soon as the last chapter ended. The survivors board the Nautilus; mosasaurs gently guide the submersible upward taking into account “the bends”. Lots of discussion and speculation, and a few points where they think…
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Crush Depth 16: Chapters 30-32 – Recovery
Older posts can be found on the main Crush Depth page. This is an incredibly valuable exercise for me and it also gives my readers an insight into my writing process. It’s been a long journey but there is light at the end of the tunnel. Chapter Thirty: Parkowski’s head is briefly probed by one…
Ryan Patrick
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Crush Depth 15: Chapters 27-29 – Aftershocks
Previous posts in this series can be found on the main Crush Depth page at the bottom. We left off after the big attack at the midpoint. The habitat is damage, some characters are dead or wounded, and the crew is recovering and theorizing about what the creatures are that are attacking them. Chapter Twenty-Seven:…
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Technical Accuracy vs Rule of Cool
I love Top Gun. Who doesn’t? Both the original 1986 movie and its 2022 sequel are great, pro-America, pro-U.S. military action movies with great characters and flying sequences. The original is one of my all-time favorites and the sequel is pretty good too, especially compared to the slop Hollywood has been putting out the last…
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