
Chuck is the author of the published novels: Blackbirds, Mockingbird, Under the Empyrean Sky, Blue Blazes, Double Dead, Bait Dog, Dinocalypse Now, Beyond Dinocalypse and Gods & Monsters: Unclean Spirits. He also the author of the soon-to-be-published novels: The Cormorant, Blightborn (Heartland Book #2), Heartland Book #3, Dinocalypse Forever, Frack You, and The Hellsblood Bride. Also coming soon is his compilation book of writing advice from this very blog: The Kick-Ass Writer, coming from Writers Digest.
He, along with writing partner Lance Weiler, is an alum of the Sundance Film Festival Screenwriter’s Lab (2010). Their short film, Pandemic, showed at the Sundance Film Festival 2011, and their feature film HiM is in development with producers Ted Hope and Anne Carey. Together they co-wrote the digital transmedia drama Collapsus, which was nominated for an International Digital Emmy and a Games 4 Change award.
Chuck has contributed over two million words to the game industry, and was the developer of the popular Hunter: The Vigil game line (White Wolf Game Studios / CCP). He was a frequent contributor to The Escapist, writing about games and pop culture.
Much of his writing advice has been collected in various writing- and storytelling-related e-books.
He currently lives in the forests of Pennsyltucky with wife, two dogs, and tiny human.
He is likely drunk and untrustworthy. This blog is NSFW and probably NSFL.
You may reach him at terribleminds [at] gmail [dot] com.
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John the Great
December 6, 2012 at 3:37 PM //
But you’re famous enough people are finally using you to promote their scams! You’ve made it!
terribleminds
December 6, 2012 at 4:35 PM //
I am the luckiest boy in the world!
Christopher Wright
December 6, 2012 at 3:43 PM //
Hm. I hadn’t considered simply putting words in your mouth to promote my stuff. Brilliant! Well, except for the part where it’s monumentally stupid, but I’m sure I find a way to work around that.
Bill Cameron (@bcmystery)
December 6, 2012 at 4:20 PM //
“Bill Cameron has a purty mouf.” —Chuck Wendig
I like how this works.
mark matthews
December 6, 2012 at 4:36 PM //
Oh my. I was just about to say “wow, chuck endorsed this agency” since I know you would only do so with our best interests in mine. Fuckers.
Anthony Elmore
December 6, 2012 at 4:45 PM //
Sure that isn’t an mirror world Chuck Wendig who did use their service? Maybe the mirror world internet jumped tracks and your expletive free, beardless anti-Wendig wrote that?
Ursula Vernon
December 6, 2012 at 5:03 PM //
Jeez, at least when I fake testimony from you, it’s to provide an alibi. (By the way, when they call, we were at a bar the night the rhino went missing.)
Chihuahua Zero (@chihuahuazero)
December 6, 2012 at 5:25 PM //
There got to be some way to call an investigation into a potential scam based on a faked testimonial.
On a lighter note, I love the new layout of the blog.
garethmskarka
December 6, 2012 at 5:50 PM //
“I am Spartacus.”
–Chuck Wendig
jeffo
December 6, 2012 at 6:59 PM //
Bastards!
Lexi Revellian
December 6, 2012 at 7:19 PM //
This is a needy, weedy Chuck Wendig from an alternative universe who sounds spookily entirely different from the bolder, ruder Chuck Wendig we all know and love.
M. Chapman
December 6, 2012 at 8:26 PM //
This made me face-palm.
Beth L.
December 6, 2012 at 8:56 PM //
It doesn’t even sound a little bit like you, profanity or not. What a load.
mark matthews
December 6, 2012 at 10:58 PM //
I was really really angry at this. I wanted to plaster message boards everywhere and curse their names, i wanted to tweet everyone who had tweeted them and unveil their true nature, I wanted to break into their house tonight and piss on their toothbrushes. Then I spoke with my inner therapist and asked why I was so angry, and we had a nice sit down. I’m all better now.
Stephen Hunt
December 7, 2012 at 3:37 AM //
Can I make up some BS quotes from you too, please… maybe how much you love SFcrowsnest.org.uk ?
decayingorbits
December 7, 2012 at 6:18 AM //
I would really like to see the list of 10K authors this purports to represent. Because that’s a lot, and false advertising is a crime.
anaginghipster
December 7, 2012 at 2:06 PM //
it was easy to spot it as a fraud, there was no list of 25 reason for endorsing them.
tarynblackthorne
December 7, 2012 at 2:15 PM //
actually, it’s Chuck D. Wendig…no relation to you at all 🙂
terribleminds
December 7, 2012 at 2:21 PM //
@Taryn —
Actually, I AM Chuck D Wendig, so. 🙂
— c.
The Albee Alibi
December 7, 2012 at 3:33 PM //
Hello out there assholes. We here are a fine organization that will help your book soar. Just pay us 500$ and we’ll get started (note, for an additional $1000 we’ll actually get finished). Here are some fine words of praise:
“Is it bad one of my testacles is bigger than the other?” -Darth Vader
“Here at the Albee Agency, I learned how to see Russia from my house.” -Sarah Palin
“Thanks to the Albee Agency, I can now lift a dumbell over my head” -John McCain
“I don’t always visit the Albee Agency, but when I do, I always come back empty-handed” -some random Puerto Rican
“The Albee Agency can count to Potatoe” -Joseph Stalin
“Do you want fries with that?” -Creg from McDonalds
“Hold my pants” -some random hobo in front of Arbee’s
Thom Marrion
December 7, 2012 at 5:42 PM //
They could have at least thrown in a dick joke or something for your fake testimonial. Honestly, it’s like they wanted to get caught.
Lockhart 11
December 7, 2012 at 10:03 PM //
I am a landscaper/writer/father/mediavictimlikeeveryoneelse and I would like to say your greatest power is in your written word. Most of us consider that testimonials to be bunch of caca anyway. I haven’t even read your books yet (I request books from the library), but they are coming. Big smile and thanks and happy anticipation.
Susan Spann
December 8, 2012 at 6:57 PM //
You know, Chuck, when I read about this on Writer Beware my FIRST thought was actually, “That can’t be Wendig. There aren’t enough four-letter words.” I didn’t honestly think you’d drop an F-bomb on a third-party website (though it WOULD tell us you were actually involved…) but the words were too pale and pasty to be yours.
The testimonial read like something written by a bad PR agency.
Oh.
Wait…
Imelda Evans
December 8, 2012 at 11:54 PM //
As I said on the Twitters, it doesn’t say much for their sense that they chose Chuck, king of the interwebs and favourite of writers on same (who are their market) to fake a testimonial from. Seriously, how did they think they were going to get away with it? You’d think that at least they’d choose some famously reclusive and internet-averse writing type. If that’s the best they can do… (shakes head at idiocy)
Oh, like the new look, btw!
Thomas Delano
December 9, 2012 at 1:28 AM //
Their testimonials section has now been replaced with a ‘Media Reach’, in which they list major TV shows, radio programs, and presses, confirming that the Albee Agency is capable of more than two Google searches.