The article I wrote for Writer's Digest Magazine about neurodivergence and genre writing is now available on their website! www.writersdigest.com/write-better...

Nerdy wonderland, a SFF book fair, and updates! mailchi.mp/cc90ca8b241f...

Read it Again Books in Suwannee, Ga is now fully stocked with SIGNED copies of Faed to Black! And they ship!

It's here! Faed to Black, releases today! If Gwen doesn't figure out who is killing her family, and perhaps more importantly, why, the entire Seelie way of life will come to an end. And so will Gwen. That's really not good for humanity. Links in thread!

2 MORE DAYS!!!

Hey! Guess what! COVER REVEAL: Faed to Black - mailchi.mp/14c9be390dc6...

It's been a full week of debilitating back pain (like, can't stand straight, got stuck on the couch, can only shuffle from one room to another pain). Back to the dr today. My tolerance for BS or pretty much anything is nonexistent. I'm basically Roy Kent from Ted Lasso at this point. Fuuuuuuuuuu

I somehow made it to 5yo’s karate after spending the day unable to walk without bursting into tears (yay for modern medicine). Usually I put in earplugs to deal with the sound in here, but it’s a blast metal directly into my ear holes kind of day.

I simultaneously feel like I’ve accomplished nothing and everything today.

Ok, but am I the only one who really wants to see Oliver’s play?!

Pumpkin bread time!!!

I don't know why axolotls are suddenly the "it" creature, but I'm here for it.

How can this empty page become a full manuscript? How can this one scene become a story? How can these few pieces of ideas form a novel? How can this cobbled-together mess of a few chapters, this 20k words, this plot-hole riddled 50k words, this shitty first draft... Wait. I just wrote a book.

I’ll be at Multiverse next month!

I’m at DragonCon! I’ll be signing books at 10am today in booth 3201-3203 of the vendor’s hall (Americas Mart bldg 2, 3 floor) (Also at 3pm Sunday)

And Double-Crossing the Bridge is about drunk trolls pulling a heist on the evil corporation The Covered Bridge.

Fairy Godmurder is about a fairy godmother who turns her back on her responsibilities to hunt down the bastard who slaughtered her princess.

I write books! The book you can buy and read is this one, which is about an ex-imaginary friend battling trauma, anxiety, and the first serial killer to attack the land of unwanted ideas. (Said ex-imaginary friend is a stuffed triceratops PI. I make the rules.) Link: tyler-hayes.com/publications

Self-promo alert! Because it's Back-to-School time and that's always time for fun fiction. My collection of SFF and other weird short stories, THROUGH THE GREY, is available as ebook ( books2read.com/u/3LyY0e or www.amazon.com/Through-Grey... ) and audio ( tantor.com/through-the-... )

Buckle up. I've got thoughts about the white supremacist being published in F&SF, and how a lot of y'all are treating Sheree. I guarantee some of you are about to get your feelings hurt because I see y'all doing the exact thing I'm about to talk about. 1/?

I just did a find for “eyes” in my manuscript to make sure nobody’s eyes magically changed color between chapters again. 🤦‍♀️

You know how most people get a song stuck in their head every so often? I usually have 2-3 songs playing at once, frequently in a deranged mashup, sometimes as overlays. I'm able to focus in and hear only one of them for short stints, but the others don't full fade for long.

And me, along with Milton Davis L. Marie Wood Kyoko Ronald T. Jones Alledria Hurt #BlackIndieAuthorDay

Share your computer stickers!

Perhaps two weeks prior to hitting up DragonCon for what is essentially my first time is not the best time to plan buying a new house. Also, it's the beginning of the school year for my kiddos. I'm not sure my anxiety meds are strong enough for this.

I'm trudging through my copy edits, and its becoming increasingly more real that my third book will be out in the world soon. Squeak.

I made it past the bouncer! Don't let them know they let another nerd in.