Tayler spends time regularly during the week drawing at a local comic book and gaming store,[3] as well as producing a weekly writing tips podcast called Writing Excuses with fellow authors Brandon Sanderson, Dan Wells, Mary Robinette Kowal, and producer Jordan Sanderson.

[1] By 2009, he was able to earn enough from the sales of the compilation books and other merchandise to make ends meet and reduce his weekly workload from 80–100 hours to 40–50.

From its debut on June 12, 2000 to its conclusion on 25 July, 2020, the comic was updated daily, began to support its author,[5] and was nominated for three Hugo Awards.

[4] Running weekly since February 10, 2008, this 15-minute writing tips podcast featured notable guests including Steve Jackson, Phil Foglio, Brandon Mull, Tracy Hickman, and Patrick Rothfuss.

[4] Along with best-selling fantasy author Tracy Hickman and his son, Curtis, he illustrated and published XDM: X-Treme Dungeon Mastery.

[13] He was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story for Schlock Mercenary four times: The Body Politic (2009);[7] The Longshoreman of the Apocalypse (2010);[8] Massively Parallel (2011),[14] and Force Multiplication (2012).