ZACHRY WHEELER
SCIENCE FICTION NOVELIST
Welcome to the Zeedub Blog! I have a lot to say about many things, be it through book reviews, interviews, or casual musings about the wonderful world of hummus. Disclaimer: my opinions are my own and they change over time, like a normal human being with a functioning cerebrial cortex.
What can I say about 2001: A Space Odyssey that hasn't been said before? Arthur C. Clarke's masterpiece of a novel has been lauded since its 1968 release. It was the subject of an equally captivating film by Stanley Kubrick, which remains one of my...
One of the highlights of my author career has been working with Royal Wave Media to produce audiobooks. They have done a brilliant job with Max and the Multiverse, so I was very excited to see how they approached the Immortal Wake. The hunt was on...
Name something you dislike doing so much that you'll pay someone else to do it. Changing the oil in my car. I grew up with a handy father who taught me the basics of auto maintenance, including changing the oil. It's a nice skill to have, but it's...
One of the biggest white whales of my author career has been the release of audiobooks. The desire has persisted from day one, but as any author can attest, they are extremely difficult to produce. Thankfully, there are talented voice actors like...
As with most readers, my intro to George Orwell came by way of Nineteen Eighty-Four. The novel remains a dystopian masterpiece by which all others are measured. It birthed an entire genre and coined the "Orwellian" adjective, used to describe ideas...
There has to be a better way. Publishing books requires a lot of complicated tools and software that authors need to install, learn, and keep updated. It's a necessary evil that we all endure. So when my ebook generator released a recent update, I...
One thing I have learned after four decades on this planet is that anything can get boring. Donuts for breakfast? The delight will fade. Roller coasters every day? The thrill will abate. Reading sci-fi on a regular basis? (gasp) Yes, even that will...
Andy Weir, famed author of The Martian, has carved out a unique place among the greats of science fiction. He has single-handedly created his own sub-genre, which I can best describe as "witty serious." Hard sci-fi and funny sci-fi rarely go hand...
Every author has a love-hate relationship with technology. It is critical to modern publishing and can save huge amounts of time, but it can also be a vexing source of frustration. I have lost count of the times I beat my head against the wall...
Fantasy author team Geoff Habiger and Coy Kissee are at it again with Myth of the Tenz River Troll, a prequel novella that leads into the Constable Inspector Lunaria Adventure book series. These word-slingers are well-known for their genre mashups,...
Every now and then, you just need a little more. That's the beauty of short stories and novellas, in that they give authors room to flesh out interesting ideas that exist in tandem to the main story. So when I heard that authors Geoff Habiger and...
Have you ever written a character with an actor in mind? I have never started a project with an actor in mind, but characters will often reveal themselves as actors. One that sticks out for me is Max from Max and the Multiverse. From an early...
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