Ryan M. Patrick

@ryanpatrickauthor.bsky.social

Aerospace engineer, sci-fi and technothriller author, USAF/USSF vet, married dad of 4 https://www.ryanmpatrickauthor.com

I'm shortlisted for the BSFA award for audio fiction! Very excited to be on a list of such wonderful stories and authors. Congrats to everyone nominated in all of the categories! For those going to Eastercon, I can't wait to celebrate. file770.com/bsfa-awards-...

BSFA Awards 2024 Shortlist

The British Science Fiction Association today announced the shortlist of nominees for the BSFA Awards for work published in 2024. The BSFA Awards have been presented annually since 1970. They are v…

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This one deserves further exploration. The over-burdened colleague of the agent asked me to "show [him] what [I'm] working on." I shared an early draft of The Other Eight. It turns out "show me what you're working on" means something polished and marketable. Not, you know, what you're WORKING on.

Joseph R. Lallo@bookofdeacon.com · 2y ago

Not one but two literary agencies tried to recruit me. I got to the cusp of signing with one of them when the agent moved on to do audio acquisitions for a publisher and I got dumped onto a colleague with no openings. He declined to represent me.