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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. And since that post, I received another volley of rejections. It was expected, yes, but still discouraging. And so, my rate of pitching agents slowed…
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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 I’m positive I’ll have plenty more in the future. But when you’re in the thick of it, it sure does suck. So why am I…
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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, nervous, anxious, terrified, and beyond happy (with a few more emotions mixed in). Our amazing families have been a huge support so far and will…
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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. With finishing up the latest round, I decided to go out on a limb and begin sending out query letters to agents. This meant writing…
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Tyler Hillis 