Tag: self-pub
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Crush Depth 1: In Late, Out Early!
If you read my update from earlier in the month, you know I shelved Crush Depth. It was a hard decision. It’s a 2nd draft and a story idea that I’ve spent a lot of time writing and editing since 2020. And if giving up on the manuscript last time was hard, this one was…
Ryan Patrick
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Crush Depth Update
Ok, so the bad news first. I’m going through feedback on Crush Depth and while it’s overwhelmingly positive, I’ve come to the realization that just it’s not the book I wanted to write. The idea isn’t dead, but the current draft doesn’t work in the way that I wanted it to – for a number…
Ryan Patrick
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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,…
Ryan Patrick
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