Anne Wheeler

Last month, I posted the story of Faded Embers. Fresh from Realm Makers less than a week before, I was excited about the change in my writing life. The book that had been the bane of my existence for two years was going to happen, and I was incredibly thrilled. Only I wasn’t quite honest … Continue reading Part 1 of the Faded Embers story →

When I was doing the final revisions of Unbroken Fire, I knew Avery’s story wasn’t quite over. Readers had asked over and over for more on her brother Quen, so at the same time I was working on Shattered Honor, I wrote what I jokingly called The Quen Book. It did not, in fact, turn … Continue reading The Faded Embers story →

We don’t write off the world because it hates us. We write for the world because it needs us. Brent Weeks I’ll be honest, I did not head to St. Louis last Wednesday all that excited about this writing conference for Christian writers of speculative fiction. I’d not had a wonderful experience at the conference … Continue reading 2019 Realm Makers Debrief & Lessons Learned →

We’ve all heard it—writers self-publish because their work isn’t good enough to be published traditionally, right? While that can be true for some writers and some books, it’s not the whole story. I’ve been asked a few times why I chose to self-publish, so here they are. I’m a control freak Actually, I’m not much … Continue reading Why I self-publish →

Swapping beta reads has been a tradition for as long as I’ve been writing. Can’t find beta readers? Offer to swap, writers always say. Unfortunately, this has been a bad system for me, for a very long time. So, going forward, I’m going to a more pay it forward system. I've always done no-strings-attached beta … Continue reading We need to talk about beta swaps →