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The Saturn Anomaly Update
Today, I’m going to discuss The Saturn Anomaly, the sequel to The Martian Incident and three of my biggest challenges with drafting it. The Martian Incident was originally a prequel to what became The Europan Deception, then the two books diverged – a lot. For a while, it was a trunk novel, then I had…
Ryan Patrick
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End of July/Beginning of August 2025
Going to combine these posts, there’s not much value in keeping them separate. Here’s where I am and where I’m going. Crush Depth Beta feedback has been coming in over the last month and it’s been mostly positive from a developmental standpoint, but there’s a lot that I need to fix at the line level.…
Ryan Patrick
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July 2025 Goals
Smaller goals than the previous few months – the first half of the month is shot with a pair of short vacations. Nevertheless, time to get some writing done! Crush Depth It’s out with my alpha readers – hopefully I can start edits based on their feedback by the end of the month. I’d also…
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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Sales and Reviews
I see a lot of discussions on Twitter (X), Discord, Facebook, and other places authors congregate about reviews and their relationship to sales. There’s a lot of chaff and misconceptions, and I might even have bought into some of them! But I’m going to go through the roughly 18 months of data that I have…
Ryan Patrick
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June 2025 Goals
Start of summer, time to write! The Europan Deception Working on some advertising stuff – hoping to get an ad or two working; really haven’t had any of them “click” for me like The Martian Incident‘s auto-ad has. Again, thank you all who have already read & reviewed/rated it! Again, if you haven’t picked it…
Ryan Patrick
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May 2025 Wrapup
It’s been a month – my wife joked to me that it’s been “Maycember.” So much stuff going on, at work, with my family, with my friends, and with my writing! It’s been mostly all good though – with a couple of hiccups that I’ll talk about. The Europan Deception I had hoped for at…
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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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…
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