Tyler Hillis

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  • A Complicated Grace

    For the past two years I’ve been agonizing and wrestling with “the book.” This project – a high-fantasy debut novel – has pushed my creativity and persistence to new levels, and you can read all about my struggles and triumphs in my previous blog posts. So it comes as a surprise to myself that my…

    go buy
    T
    Oct 1, 2024
    addiction, book, complicated, forgiveness, grace, grief, memoir, trauma, writing
  • Book Update #13

    Wow, it’s been a while. And life continues to roll on. As mentioned in my last blog post, work on the book has continued on. Perhaps not as quickly as I planned (a universal truth of creative projects), but continued nonetheless. Since that post I sent out another volley of Query Letters to prospective agents.…

    Book Updates
    T
    Sep 24, 2024
    agents, book, book publishing, literary-agents, novel, publishing, query, query letter, querying, reedsy, story, writing, writing-tips
  • The waxing and waning of the creative mind

    I’m feeling a bit beat down today, creatively. I’m in one of those states where I’m ready to toss up my hands and yell to the cosmos, “fine, you win. I give up on this. I was never any good to begin with.” We’ve all had those days. I’ve had plenty in the past, and…

    Misc
    T
    Apr 10, 2024
    agents, book, depression, doubt, euphoria, novel, overcoming, rejection, short story, story, writers block, writing
  • Book Update #12

    Hello! It’s been a while. There have been some big life events that have kept me from updating this blog as regularly as I’d like. But I’ve found some time to jot down a few thoughts. First, my wife and I are expecting our first child in July. As to be expected, we are excited,…

    Book Updates
    T
    Feb 29, 2024
    agents, book, book publishing, books, novel, publishing, query, query letter, querying, story, writing
  • Book Update #11

    I’ve hit some big milestones since my last update. I finished another round of editing on the book. I feel as though it’s really coming together into what I had envisioned. The more editing passes I take, the more refined it becomes. And the more confident I become in the story I’m trying to tell.…

    Book Updates
    T
    Dec 11, 2023
    agents, book, book publishing, creative-writing, novel, nyc midnight, publishing, query, query letter, query-letters, story, writing, writing-tips
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