Posts related to my day job working in the financial services industry
We arrive. It’s a square building, nondescript, concrete with a pair of smoky glass rectangles allowing entrance and exit. It screams lack of imagination. Utilitarianism.… Read More »A universal failure of parenting advice
On Thanksgiving 2019, I have much to keep me thankful… A wife and daughter who I love. Engaging work shared with fantastic people. The luck… Read More »Something new to be thankful for: reviews
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
Much of my time is spent thinking and reading about corporate strategy. This is important because my day job industry, financial services, is being actively… Read More »How is novel writing like corporate strategy?