When I look back on New Years Day one year ago, at the beginning of 2017, I would never have guessed all that’s happened in a year. That’s probably a good thing. Surprises can be fun. Earlier last year, we got to go to Universal Studios for the first time

What’s this picture? A Christmas wreath? Not exactly. It is the pub-day present I just got from 47North. A wreath made out of magnolia leaves in honor of The Forsaken Throne coming out. It’s like they actually read my books or something! Happy NaNoWriMo to all of you this month!

It’s been a busy summer and I haven’t written a blog posting in a while. My family moved from California to the Rocky Mountains this summer. After being in our last house for 16 years, it’s been quite an adjustment. I also just returned from a trip to New York

While doing final line-edits for THE FORSAKEN THRONE, I discovered that I’d mis-attributed a quote to Abraham Lincoln in my author’s note. The quote is “The best way to predict the future is to invent it” and it was actually said by a guy working for Xerox Parc, the team

Life has interesting ups and downs and some unexpected turns. When I was finishing The Hollow Crown, I couldn’t have predicted where I would be when the book was released. For me, Pub Days are usually pretty quiet. I don’t do launch parties, book signings, or stuff like that. I’m

by Gina Wheeler Hello dear readers! Happy Valentine’s Day – a day which I personally enjoy, while also realizing its over-hyped importance. But what better day to guest on my husband’s blog than today? Jeff has shared with me many of your emails, and so I feel a deep sense

Finding Your Own Voice (or, in other words, how to make characters feel real) by Jeff Wheeler Inside almost every work of fiction, usually on the copyright page, is a disclaimer that publishers put there to deflect potential lawsuits stating that the incidents and people represented in the work are

I’m a fantasy author, but it may surprise you to know that my first love was science fiction. I still have strong memories and impressions dating back to 1977 when I was sitting in the Century movie theaters on Winchester Blvd in San Jose (which, incidentally, kind of looked like