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.
From November 10-17 (starting at 8AM Pacific Time), both Synchronicity and Demergence are available at Amazon for $0.99. Of course, you can currently pick up… Read More »Synchronicity & Demergence available at Amazon for $0.99 this week
SYNCHRONICITY, my first full-length novel, is now available on Amazon. It’s the story of Travis Edison, a young man caught in an occupational rut and… Read More »3, 2, 1…LAUNCH!
The Social Science Icons & Grace series, at least the first trilogy, is a set of multiple redemption stories. And, when focusing on redemption stories,… Read More »Redemptions galore
Hello, all! The promised late-summer site reboot is now complete. That’s not to say that the tylerjyates.com site is everything I want it to be,… Read More »It’s a new day: site reboot complete, novella published
It’s time to gear up for the novel and novella (DEMERGENCE) releases scheduled for this fall. Sometime later this summer, this site will undergo big… Read More »Coming later this summer: a complete re-boot
It turns out my cover designer is going to help solve my categorization challenges. Who knew? While I have no clue yet about the cover’s… Read More »The cover genius and the developmental edit
The downside to writing outside a clear genre is figuring out enough of a genre match to sell books. For example, my forthcoming novel has:… Read More »Find a sub-genre: harder than it seems
Back in the day (3 weeks ago), I naively understood self-publishing to be the single last step of the writing process. Today, my half-educated brain… Read More »12 reasons self-publishing is an occupation
For the next few months, I’m taking several steps to prepare for self-publishing, hopefully in the fall. First, I’m continuing my listening and reading about… Read More »Preparing to publish
Several months ago I sent my first query letter, excited by potential success. Then I waited. And waited. And got distracted by work and home… Read More »The self-service option