Tyler J. Yates is the pen name of a financial services pro living in the greater Rocky Mountain region with his wife and daughter. First published at age 5, he took a 40-year hiatus to recover and hone his craft. He now writes like he's making up for lost time.
Remember this: follow-through is a fundamental skill. The #nerdpire comedy-horror vampire Series 1, a collaboration with my writer relative (aka wrelative), is in the hopper.… Read More »#nerdpire is now The Unholy Comedy
Authors are dramatic people. It’s one of the tests you have to pass to be part of the super-secret author club and receive instruction in… Read More »That cliché about life getting in the way of writing
Hello, fellow readers! I’m thrilled to turn the page on 2020 with hope for a better 2021. The last 10 months have been rough for… Read More »Happy New Year and Welcome to the Society
Hello from the cold and inadequately snowy Mountain West of the U.S.! In the spirit of the season, next week I’m running a Kindle Countdown… Read More »Synchronicity sale, #nerdpire update, New Novel taking shape
This week, my wrelative and I released our comedy-horror collaboration we’re calling #nerdpire. If you’re already excited about the idea, you can start reading it… Read More »New Release: #nerdpire online comedy-horror serial
Having just released Alchemy, the sequel to Synchronicity, my first thought was to kick my feet up and relax. But there’s just not enough time… Read More »#nerdpire status and the New Novel
Alchemy, the sequel to Synchronicity and Psycons and Grace Book 2, is now live on Amazon. After leaving Travis in a world changed seemingly for… Read More »Alchemy now LIVE! on Amazon
Writing a novel and seeing it for sale on Amazon was special, but holding a physical copy in my hands was beyond that. It was… Read More »Synchronicity in paperback: it’s magical
As I’ve mentioned before, writing Alchemy was great fun. Compare that to the process for Synchronicity, which was weighted down with a) learning to write,… Read More »Turning unique plot into ever-elusive gold in Alchemy
My editor’s markup of Alchemy was an affirmation of the importance of character depth in any novel. I’m drawn to character combinations myself, with normal… Read More »Character depth and the unusual in Synchronicity