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Finding Your Own Voice
Wednesday, February 8th, 2017 @ 4:30 pm Articles Writing Craft | 4Comments
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... Read MoreCover Reveal: The Hollow Crown (Kingfountain book#4)
Monday, December 5th, 2016 @ 3:58 pm Jeff's Blog Novels | Comments Off
I've been waiting for days now to make this post, so I'm excited to do it now. As I wrote in the author's note of King's Traitor, as I was writing that book, I saw immediately another series in the world of Kingfountain. As you already know, the prequel novel Read More
Sci-Fi Roots
Tuesday, November 15th, 2016 @ 3:27 pm Articles Writing Craft | 6Comments
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... Read MoreCover Reveal: The Maid’s War (Kingfountain prequel)
Wednesday, October 5th, 2016 @ 6:28 pm Uncategorized | 3Comments
I'm super excited to share with you the fantastic cover art for my next book: The Maid's War. This is the one I mentioned in my previous blog post. It is a novel I was inspired to write based on Ankarette, the queen's poisoner, that so many of you know... Read More
What comes after Kingfountain?
Tuesday, September 6th, 2016 @ 12:58 am Jeff's Blog Writing Craft | 16Comments
Today is pub day for my novel, The King's Traitor. Everything about the Kingfountain series has been a risk for me. Writing from the point of view of an eight year old protagonist? And a boy at that? Thwarting the love interest in book two and making everyone (including myself)... Read MoreOne Million Words
Thursday, August 4th, 2016 @ 9:48 pm Uncategorized | 2Comments
I created this blog 10 years ago to document my journey to publication. It's really not worth reading chronologically, but I recently went back to a post I made on June 28, 2006. At that point in my life, I had recently shut down Deep Magic. I... Read MoreNew short story & on-line writer’s seminar
Wednesday, June 22nd, 2016 @ 12:21 am Jeff's Blog | 2Comments
What an amazing month it's been! I've re-booted Deep Magic: the E-zine of Clean Fantasy and Science Fiction, spoken to a huge crowd at a local charter school, became a Wall Street Journal bestselling author because of The Thief's Daughter and will be teaching a fiction writing... Read More
Deep Magic is back!
Friday, May 6th, 2016 @ 5:00 am Jeff's Blog Writing Craft | Comments Off
I've been giddy with excitement about this for months now and can finally share it. After a 10 year hiatus, Deep Magic is back! Ten years ago, we shut down the e-zine after a four-year run including 49 issues. In June, exactly ten years later, we'll be re-launching Deep Magic: the... Read MoreKindle First: The Queen’s Poisoner (my new book!)
Tuesday, March 1st, 2016 @ 9:08 am Jeff's Blog Novels | 9Comments
It's finally here -- the big secret I've been hinting at for months! When Amazon Publishing offered me the Kindle First deal for my new book last year, I was giddy with excitement but couldn't talk about it openly. Here's how it works. For Amazon Prime members, you get to... Read More