Tag: fantasy
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End of August Post
Not one of my busiest months, but it was up there. Still was incredibly successful across my writing, reading, and gaming! I did get a writing-related post in here (my list of helpful writing resources!) but I didn’t quite get my GPS/PNT one done. That’ll come next month. Writing I went from 90,000 words on…
Ryan Patrick
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Writing Resources
Going to collect all of the different resources that I find helpful in one post. Hope it helps someone and I’ll be referring back to it a ton later. It’ll be divided into three sections: writing craft, feedback, and business. Writing Craft Sanderson This is the “how to” of writing. The best place I recommend…
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August 2024 Goals
Going to be another busy month as I push to get The Europan Deception done and into its next phase! Writing In my writing, I want to get to 120,000 words done (out of a currently-planned 140,000) for that book. I hit 50,000 last month and I don’t see it being an issue in August.…
Ryan Patrick
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End of July 2024
What a month! I had my most productive writing month since 2020, somehow putting down over 60,000 words, mostly on The Europan Deception, which I hope to have an update on soon. That book is a blast. I added a couple of POVs – characters who had been main characters in the last draft getting…
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How I Outline
“How do you manage to write a book?” I get this question quite a bit, from mixed-experience writing servers on Discord to my own mother in a phone call. And, despite my best efforts to sabotage myself, I have written six novels – two of which are self-published, the other four in various stages of…
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End of June 2024 Wrap-Up
It’s been a weird, busy month and I’m honestly glad it’s over – it was both a marathon and a sprint. Reading This month, I read: Started some others (mainly a few that I mentioned in my beginning-of-month post) but haven’t finished them yet. Goodreads says I’m still on track for 100 books by the…
Ryan Patrick
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6 Months of Sales
As anyone who’s worked with me in a professional setting knows, I’m always open and honest, even to a fault. I’m going to be like that with my book sales too. I’m planning to give an update every 6 months, with all of my successes or failures highlighted for the world to see. It might…
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June 2024 Goals
I didn’t quite meet my writing or reading goals in May, so I need to pick up the pace in June! Since my last blog post, I did finish Mongol Moon (great book, 5 stars, recommend to anyone who likes Tom Clancy) but I didn’t get Extinction done. For reading, I want to finish: In…
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Orbits for Sci-Fi Writers
When I alpha or beta read, or when I see published works involving topics that I am well-versed in from my professional life – astrodynamics, space-to-ground communications, orbits, etc – I often cringe. Most authors at least try to get the high-level stuff right, but get lost in the details, while others simply don’t understand…
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Alpha, Beta, and ARC Reading
I have a little more free time this week and I need a bit of a break from my current WIPs…so I decided to write a post about alpha, beta, and ARC reading and why they’re different. Alpha Reading Alpha reading for a less-polished work. It can be a first draft, but is generally a…
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