Tyler Hillis

Carving out my own small corner of the internet

  • Book Update #9

    The second draft is finished…but the work is far from over. The next step is to get this thing (this magnificent, obsessive, pain-in-the-ass thing) in front of other people. I need some miniscule amount of validation to confirm that what I’ve started is worth continuing. My first generous readers will be a litmus test. Yes,…

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  • Book Update #8

    THE VISION I promise, what is listed out below is not meant to be an edgy cryptic post. It is simply the first letter of each word that I wrote out on a page in my journal. This page is THE VISION that has formed while working on this book. It is my 3-year plan…

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  • Book Update #7

    The work begins again. It has been longer than I initially planned to step away from the book, but honestly, the three and a half months now feel like time well spent. Not only do I think it will help in the editing process of the book, but I also achieved other things. I had…

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  • Book Update #6

    It is finished! The first draft, at least. Coming in at 390 pages, 110,000 words, 28 Chapters. The Great Tower City has taken its first complete form. This, my biggest project to date, took three months of daily writing to complete. I’ve detailed my process in a previous post, but committing to at least a…

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  • Book Update #5

    The work continues with steady routine. When I first set out to write this book, I never imagined how long it would take me to finish the first draft. Once I got a little over halfway through it, the length intimidated me. I saw what was left to write and felt as though my ambition…

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