Tag: writing
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Elon at My Launch
Posted this on Twitter, may as well share here too. No NDAs will be violated, and of course opinions are my own. I was the government mission manager for the STP-2 (Space Test Program-2) launch – the first DOD Falcon Heavy. I owned the $160M contract, had to make all technical and programmatic decisions, etc.…
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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…
Ryan Patrick
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End of April 2025
Well, second consecutive month I didn’t get a “real” blog post in. Work and my family stuff has kept me very busy – more updates on that in my quarterly newsletter that’ll go out in June. But I did get a bit of writing in! The Europan Deception The Europan Deception releases on May 6,…
Ryan Patrick
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April 2025
Not even going to try and get into what’s happened to my reading and video game schedules – writing goals only for the month. The Europan Deception I’m done with the manuscript but I was hoping for more ARC reviews. Going to bug some people and see if I can’t get at least 10 in…
Ryan Patrick
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March 2025 Wrapup
Busy month. Got more done in some areas than others. Going to focus on my writing because I didn’t read much (!) and barely had any times for video games. The Europan Deception Proofreading is done and the final version is uploaded to Amazon! Reviews are trickling in and they are great, beyond my wildest…
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