The Grim Tidings Podcast
Grimdark is a subgenre or a way to describe the tone, style or setting of speculative fiction (especially fantasy) that is, depending on the definition used, markedly dystopian or amoral, or particularly violent or realistic.
8 years ago

Clean Fantasy with Jeff Wheeler

In the latest episode we chat with clean fantasy author and founder of the Deep Magic e-zine, Jeff Wheeler! Jeff caught fire self-publishing in 2011 and has gone on to find success with Amazon’s publishing imprint 47North, Kindle Direct, and Kindle Worl...

In the latest episode we chat with clean fantasy author and founder of the Deep Magic e-zine, Jeff Wheeler! Jeff caught fire self-publishing in 2011 and has gone on to find success with Amazon’s publishing imprint 47North, Kindle Direct, and Kindle Worlds. We dive into Jeff’s approach to writing clean fantasy fiction, veering away from the grittier fantasy story lines, recommendations for other authors who write clean fantasy, the importance of great cover art and a catchy title, the first million words principle, writing practice novels,the dangers of publishing too soon, and Jeff’s experience publishing the Deep Magic fan e-zine. Jeff’s latest novel THE THIEF’S DAUGHTER, book two of the Kingfoutain Series is available now on Amazon. Find Jeff online at Jeff-Wheeler.com, or on Twitter @muirwoodwheeler!

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Past episodes you may want to check out:

Interview with Michael J. Sullivan & Robin Sullivan

Interview with editor Bryan Thomas Schmidt