Tag: reading
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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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Types of Rockets
Like my posts in May and June about orbits and remote sensing respectively, this is a 100-level overview on the different kinds of rockets and how they can be used in sci-fi writing. Note that I’m only going to go through the four primary methods for a rocket to get out of a gravity well,…
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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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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…
Ryan Patrick
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End of May Update
It’s been a month! I finally outprocessed from the military and joined Blue Origin as a senior engineer. Most of my time has been spent getting back up to speed on the program I worked on January through March, in addition to helping my wife finish her semester of grad school at UVA and my…
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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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May 2024 Plans
May is going to be a big month for me. I’m starting my new job and hopefully getting back on track in terms of reading and writing. For reading, here’s what I want to finish this month: It’s a lot, but I also have already started the first two. We’ll see how I’m able to…
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End of April Wrapup!
Well, that was a month! I’m still in the outprocessing stage, but the end is in sight for my active-duty Space Force career. I start with Blue Origin on Monday, and am super excited for that next phase of my life. However, my reading and writing really suffered as a result of a lack of…
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