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Tyler Tichelaar
Tyler Tichelaar Imagination is the Salvation of Mankind!

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MARQUETTE, MICHIGAN
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    Tyler - Marquette Fiction's Interests
GeneralWriting - especially Fiction. Reading (primarily 19th century British and Gothic, Arthurian, Spiritual and religious, history, philosophy), medieval history, genealogy, religion, spirituality, psychology, the Law of Attraction.
MusicBroadway - especially Rodgers & Hammerstein, Lerner & Loewe, Victor Herbert, Stephen Sondheim, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Boublil & Schonberg Soft Rock - especially 80s
MoviesGone With the Wind, Camelot, Fight Club, Wuthering Heights (1939), The Wizard of Oz, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Kingdom of Heaven, Tarzan films (especially Johnny Weismuller), Phantom of the Opera, Remains of the Day, Howards End, Tristan and Isolde.
TelevisionTelevision is pretty much a wasteland. About the only thing I watch on it are movies, Masterpiece Theatre, The Office, and the news.
BooksFiction - The Mists of Avalon, Gone With the Wind, Les Miserables, anything by Charles Dickens, Anthony Trollope, the Brontes, L. Frank Baum, Louisa May Alcott, Frances Burney, Mrs. Radcliffe, Samuel Richardson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Willa Cather, Helen Hooven Santmyer, Ayn Rand, Anne Tyler, Edgar Rice Burroughs, E.M. Forster, Anne Rice, and all Arthurian Fiction - medieval to modern, and some but not all of the books I've written NonFiction - The Bible, Ask and It is Given by Esther and Jerry Hicks, Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill, The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale, The Closing of the Western Mind.
HeroesAnyone who follows his or her dream despite what anyone else thinks.
"Find your Dream. Follow It. Tell Everyone Else to Buzz Off." - Abraham-Hicks
"If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint' then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced." - Vincent Van Gogh
"If everything is under control, then you're going to slow." - Mario Andretti
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Status:Single
Here for:Networking, Friends
Ethnicity:White / Caucasian
Zodiac Sign:Gemini
Education:Grad / professional school
Occupation:Novelist

   Tyler - Marquette Fiction's Schools
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo,Michigan
Graduated: 2000
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Ph.D.
Major: British Literature - 19th century
Minor: Medieval literature
 

1995 to 2000
Northern Michigan University
Marquette,Michigan
Graduated: 1995
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Master's Degree
Major: English Literature
 

1993 to 1995
Northern Michigan University
Marquette,Michigan
Graduated: 1993
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major: English
Minor: History
 

1989 to 1993
Gwinn High School
Gwinn,Michigan
Graduated: 1989
Student status: Alumni
Degree: High School Diploma
Clubs: National Honor Society, French Club, Drama Club, Chorus, High School Bowl
 

1985 to 1989

   Tyler - Marquette Fiction's Networking
Publishing - Writer - Novelist
Historical Fiction

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Marquette Fiction
Marquette, Michigan US
President & CEO, Chief Novelist Extraordinaire

2005 - present
Superior Book Promotions
Marquette, Michigan US
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About me:
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I am the author of the Marquette Trilogy: Iron Pioneers, The Queen City, and Superior Heritage. The trilogy is a multi-generation saga ranging over 7 generations from 1849-1999 set in Upper Michigan. I introduce several families in the initial volume, who ultimately all intermarry until the hero of the third novel is descended from all the early pioneer families. The novels concentrate on roots, family, home, and wanting to leave home and the struggle to do so. It is a testament to courage and survival amid all odds, and the characters continually quest for the meaning of life and happiness.

NOVEL SUMMARIES:

IRON PIONEERS, The Marquette Trilogy: Book One:
When iron ore is discovered in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula in the 1840s, newlyweds Gerald Henning and his beautiful socialite wife Clara travel from Boston to the little village of Marquette on the shores of Lake Superior. They and their companions, Irish and German immigrants, French Canadians, and fellow New Englanders face blizzards and near starvation, devastating fires and financial hardships. Yet these iron pioneers persevere until their wilderness village becomes integral to the Union cause in the Civil War and then a prosperous modern city. Meticulously researched, warmly written, and spanning half a century, Iron Pioneers is a testament to the spirit that forged America.

THE QUEEN CITY, The Marquette Trilogy: Book Two:
During the first half of the twentieth century, Marquette grows into the Queen City of the North. Here is the tale of a small town undergoing change as its horses are replaced by streetcars and automobiles, and its pioneers are replaced by new generations who prosper despite two World Wars and the Great Depression. Margaret Dalrymple finds her Scottish prince, though he is neither Scottish nor a prince. Molly Bergmann becomes an inspiration to her grandchildren. Jacob Whitman’s children engage in a family feud. The Queen City’s residents marry, divorce, have children, die, break their hearts, go to war, gossip, blackmail, raise families, move away, and then return to Marquette. And always, always they are in love with the haunting land that is their home.

SUPERIOR HERITAGE, The Marquette Trilogy: Book Three:
The Marquette Trilogy comes to a satisfying conclusion as it brings together characters and plots from the earlier novels and culminates with Marquette’s sesquicentennial celebrations in 1999. What happened to Madeleine Henning is finally revealed as secrets from the past shed light upon the present. Marquette’s residents struggle with a difficult local economy, yet remain optimistic for the future. The novel’s main character, John Vandelaare, is descended from all the early Marquette families in Iron Pioneers and The Queen City. While he cherishes his family’s past, he questions whether he should remain in his hometown. Then an event happens that will change his life forever.

NARROW LIVES: A Novel - Winner of the 2009 Reader Views Literary Award for Best Historical Fiction
Narrow Lives is the story of those whose lives were affected by Lysander Blackmore, the sinister banker first introduced to readers in The Queen City. It is a novel that stands alone, yet readers of The Marquette Trilogy will be reacquainted with some familiar characters. Written as a collection of connected short stories, each told in first person by a different character, Narrow Lives depicts the influence one person has, even in death, upon others, and it explores the prisons of grief, loneliness, and fear self-created when people doubt their own worthiness.

THE ONLY THING THAT LASTS: A Novel

The Only Thing That Lasts is written as the autobiography of Robert O’Neill, the famous novelist first introduced in The Marquette Trilogy. As a young boy during World War I, Robert is forced to leave his South Carolina home to live in Marquette with his grandmother and aunt. He finds there a cold climate, but many warmhearted friends as he matures into adulthood and becomes a famous writer. The Only Thing That Lasts is a joyful, lighthearted, yet meaningful story of home and hearth.
Mr. Tichelaar says of this work, “I wanted to write an old-fashioned novel in the style of Louisa May Alcott or L. Frank Baum’s Aunt Jane’s Nieces, or even Marquette’s own Carroll Watson Rankin, whose Dandelion Cottage first made Marquette the setting for a novel. 'The Only Thing That Lasts' is the first novel I ever wrote.”

MY REVIEWS:
My fans have referred to me as the James Michener of Upper Michigan and said that Iron Pioneers immortalizes Marquette the way Gone With the Wind immortalized the Old South.

Praise for IRON PIONEERS:

If you're the sort of person who likes a nice long novel with lots of things going on, this is the book for you. - Andrew Grgurich, The Mining Journal

Iron Pioneers is one of the best books I've read in a long time. Two thumbs way up. - Book.of.the. Moment

Praise for THE QUEEN CITY:

Tichelaar has a knack for creating characters that the reader connects with. You know you've just finished reading a good book when you have to stop and remind yourself that these aren't people who will be coming over for dinner later, or whom you'll bump into at the grocery store; but rather characters in a story. They're that real. - Book.of.the.Moment

“If you are from the U.P., ever visited the U.P., or have always wondered where the heck the U.P. is--grab these books, curl up somewhere comfy, and ENJOY!!” - Gretchen Green, UP Native

Praise for SUPERIOR HERITAGE:

"Customers have been raving about these historical novels." - Snowbound Books, Marquette, Michigan

“I am now and forever a huge Tyler Tichelaar fan. He's a man with a wonderful gift for story telling, and a knack for presenting historical facts in a way that can rival any great historical fiction author.” – Bethany Andrews, Book.of.the.Moment

Praise for NARROW LIVES:

“Narrow Lives is a must for its fresh format and unique approach to prose.” – Midwest Book Review

“Tyler R. Tichelaar's writing is rich and powerful.” – Reader Views

CHECK OUT MORE INFORMATION AND BUY MY BOOKS AT

www.marquettefiction.com

Listen to my radio interview on my books and being a regional writer at: www.authorsaccess.com

And another radio interview on the Eric Jones Show January 17th, 2008

www.Eric Jones Blog Talk Radio

I'm also the owner of Superior Book Promotions. Contact me to review your book or help you with your editing and proofreading needs:
www.superiorbookpromotions.com

Besides writing, I enjoy public speaking, meeting other writers, reading, genealogy, watching movies, being outdoors, hanging out with friends, drinking coke, eating pizza, listening to music, going for walks along magnificent Lake Superior, and traveling. Besides my international year long book tour I am planning (still in the works), I really want to go to Germany and the Netherlands.
Who I'd like to meet:
Jesus, Moses, Joan of Arc, OPRAH!, Charles Dickens, Anne Tyler, St. Teresa of Avila, OPRAH!, Mother Teresa, Winston Churchill, FDR, OPRAH!, Princess Diana, Pope John Paul II, Norman Vincent Peale, OPRAH!, Suzie Ormond, Esther and Jerry Hicks, Abraham, Practicers of the Law of Attraction, OPRAH!, High Vibration Allowers, mystics, anyone with a good heart, Oh and did I mention OPRAH!.

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Green-Eyed Mystic

Green-Eyed Mystic



Dec 21 2009 11:32 PM

Tyler,

I haven't seen A Tale of Two Cities, but I have seen James Barbour onstage, in Pittsburgh, in Camelot as Launcelot. He is really good. And, yesterday, I saw JANE EYRE the play at the Pittsburgh Irish and Classical Theatre. It was very good. The script a gem. Almost all the lines were direct lines from the novel. 

I forgot that you live in America. EMMA is playing on PBS at the end of January; it already has in Britain. I watched it on YouTube, where it still is, oddly enough. I would have thought the BBC would have taken it off by now.

I can't WAIT to see Nine. 

Hope you have a wonderful Holiday season as well! Talk to you after.

Helen
Green-Eyed Mystic

Green-Eyed Mystic



Dec 20 2009 3:21 PM

Tyler,

I hope you are well and enjoying this festive season. Did you see EMMA? What did you think?

Happy Holidays Pictures, Images and Photos

-- Helen
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Dec 20 2009 3:20 PM

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Dec 16 2009 9:42 PM

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As a winter present for everyone, I'm offering a free novella on my website.

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Dec 3 2009 7:54 PM

Thank you for the add!

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Nov 23 2009 11:48 PM

Thank you for being a friend!!!:) Keep on grooving!!:)
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Nov 23 2009 11:48 PM

Pleased to meet you, Tyler. Thanks for accepting my invite. Here's to poetry!
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Nov 19 2009 11:49 PM

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Alex

Alex Sinclair



Oct 25 2009 2:32 PM

Hi Tyler, thank you for adding me. I hope you are having a really great day!
D. H. BROWN

D. H. BROWN



Oct 22 2009 10:24 PM

Thanks for the add, Tyler. It is in all ways a pleasure to meet another storyteller. Thanks for the comment and may the adventure continue. I believe you would like Major Westfall as he tackled terrorists in HONOR DEFENDED as they attempt to attack the Washington State ferries. Let me know. May this turning of the Great Wheel of Life bring you many blessings. Be well, DH
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In conflict mated, we were created
Sentenced as each other's keeper
Till death do us part
."
 ~The Major


Kaya

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Oct 11 2009 4:22 PM

Greetings from Charlotte!
Green-Eyed Mystic

Green-Eyed Mystic



Oct 5 2009 9:30 PM

Hey Tyler,

I haven't read those books about darcy as a vampire. lol. I don't read those kinds of books. They aren't usually very well written (imho) and can't keep my interest. Have you? Would you recommend that I do? 

So, a new adaptations of Austen's Emma will be broadcast on the bbc next week, and should come to America a few months after, I would suppose. 

Here's a recent article in the Times (British) about the BBC dumbing down costume dramas. 


Hope things are going well with you.

Helen
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Oct 5 2009 9:30 PM

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you have a great week.
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Sep 29 2009 9:56 PM

Thanks for hopping aboard.  Good luck to you as well.  C.S.E.Shttp://www.myspace.com/spacequeencathy
The Fresh Pen

Fresh Pen



Sep 19 2009 2:32 PM

Thank you for the very kind birthday wishes! I look forward to seeing you around The Fresh Pen! :D 

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Sep 19 2009 2:31 PM

Thanks for becoming a friend of 'The Entire Animal', Tyler!

All best wishes from the UK,

Gregory Heath.
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Sep 17 2009 11:32 PM

I wish you the same fortune. If you have the time, please check out The Fresh Pen:

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The Fresh Pen is a community which fosters the growth of writers. I would love to see you on the site, posting your work or chatting on the Forum. I hope to talk to you soon!
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