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When a Man Loves a Woman (guest blog: Gina Wheeler)
Tuesday, February 14th, 2017 @ 6:23 pm Jeff's Blog | 3Comments
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... Read More
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