Tag: scifi
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My Writing Journey
I was going to write a post this month on something else, but I was at my brother’s wedding out in Texas and my mom gave me some printouts of my old stories. It made me incredibly nostalgic, and really put how far I’ve come into perspective. I started when I was maybe 9 or…
Ryan Patrick
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September 2024
Going to be another busy month before (hopefully) things calm down a little in October. I have a couple of work trips and my brother’s wedding so I’ll be traveling quite a bit, but I think I’m going to be able to get a lot done. Writing Need to finish up the last few thousand…
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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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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…
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Remote Sensing for Writers
“Captain, we can see on our sensors that the alien ship is adrift.” How often do you hear something like this in a sci-fi book, movie, or TV show? There’s nothing wrong with that line of dialog; a softer/less-technical story would fit it in without any concern. But, it could be better – and, with…
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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…
Ryan Patrick
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