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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Mozette
July 1, 2017 at 7:50 AM //
http://youcantgoback-andotherimpossibilities.blogspot.com.au/2017/07/the-house-nobody-built.html
enjoy.
Mel
July 3, 2017 at 11:04 AM //
https://melodyklink.com/2017/07/01/flash-fiction-someones-dragon-is-double-parked-outside/
Tomlin the Satyr gets in waaaaaay over his head in “Someone’s Dragon is Double-Parked Outside.”
LC
July 4, 2017 at 4:32 AM //
“Going through a break-up and then listening to brides complain is not easy you know Rufus. It takes someone with character and drive and I am that someone” she says while pointing a finger to her chest.
https://thewritingsoflc.wordpress.com/2017/07/04/i-shouldnt-have-swiped-right-flash-fiction/
Kate Baray
July 4, 2017 at 1:15 PM //
Thanks for the fun title! Wrote this under my alt pen, since it fit better in that world. http://www.catelawley.com/someones-dragon-is-double-parked-outside/
boundbeautifunk
July 4, 2017 at 7:32 PM //
I did Paper Cuts Make Good Bait and write about a fat cat.
https://cheesywriterblog.wordpress.com/2017/07/04/paper-cuts-make-good-bait/
aimeethere
July 13, 2017 at 8:35 PM //
This was a fun read! (I hope that doesn’t sound dismissive, because I definitely enjoyed it.)
AN
July 5, 2017 at 4:22 PM //
Robbie Benson, Save Me
https://outrageousactsofwriting.wordpress.com/2017/07/05/dear-robbie-benson-save-me/
Sam Brady
July 6, 2017 at 12:28 AM //
Ghosts of the Sea Queen is probably just what you think it’s going to be. I think it’s pretty good, though. Please let me know what you think!
https://sambrady.wordpress.com/2017/07/06/chuck-wendig-ghosts-of-the-sea-queen/
AN
July 19, 2017 at 7:30 AM //
Hey Sam! I enjoyed your story. Ghost ship, pirates and all. Perhaps if the last of the crew decided to join the Sea Queen and her malevolent ways, the story could continue on its voyage 🙂
Vicente L Ruiz
July 6, 2017 at 4:30 AM //
I almost did “Time For Tea And Treachery”, but in the end I went for “Someone’s Dragon Is Double-Parked Outside”. It’s set in a world where I’ve already written twice:
https://medium.com/@VicenteLRuiz/someones-dragon-is-double-parked-outside-408cdde0d9d9
aliceekeyes
July 6, 2017 at 6:56 PM //
Time for Tea and Treachery
https://aliceekeyes.blogspot.com/
Rebecca Douglass
July 6, 2017 at 11:16 PM //
I also went for the double-parked dragon. Another bar story.
http://www.ninjalibrarian.com/2017/07/flash-fiction-friday-someones-dragon-is.html
vous (@onauratoujours)
July 6, 2017 at 11:52 PM //
hope you like reading about the type of garden a vampire would keep~
https://iseeyoureyesiknowyoureyes.tumblr.com/post/162693964036/
pamtanzey
July 7, 2017 at 12:28 AM //
I chose Once There Was Far Music, thanks!
https://pamtanzey.wordpress.com/2017/07/06/once-there-was-far-music/
aimeethere
July 7, 2017 at 1:15 AM //
Ooh, I made it in time this week! So I did The House No One Built, and I tried to do something a little different for me. My goal was to do something quiet and a little sad that builds to something vaguely horrifying. I don’t know that I exactly hit that, but here you go:
https://aimeethere.wordpress.com/2017/07/07/the-house-no-one-built/
Bianca Drumea
July 7, 2017 at 10:02 AM //
I really enjoyed this! Entrancing writing.
aimeethere
July 13, 2017 at 8:30 PM //
Thank you! I liked yours a lot as well–it was dizzying in a very effective way.
India Emerald
July 7, 2017 at 8:20 AM //
Ghosts of the Sea Queen for me 🙂 A mwelcome distraction from editing lol
https://www.booksie.com/512317-ghosts-of-the-sea-queen
Kate Elizabeth
July 7, 2017 at 8:32 AM //
Dear Robbie Benson, Save Me
http://signedkateelizabeth.com/2017/07/07/dear-robbie-benson-save-me/
Bianca Drumea
July 7, 2017 at 9:56 AM //
I don’t have a fancy blog, so enjoy this story via Google Drive. I wrote “I Shouldn’t Have Swiped Right”. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JsDzgfiKJmewEkIRERqkkfLk3_jcpASKtmLP-CtlKYA/edit?usp=sharing
S.E. White
July 7, 2017 at 11:09 AM //
Here’s paper cuts make good bait. The titles were so much fun. Thanks for coming up with awesome ones to give the muse a swift kick in the ass, you Terribleminds.
https://sewhitebooks.wordpress.com/2017/07/07/8169/
Tobias Backman
July 7, 2017 at 11:11 AM //
https://tobybackman.wordpress.com/2017/07/07/the-house-no-one-build/
You should never rush into something big, like buying a house.
grahamwrites
July 9, 2017 at 5:52 AM //
Wildly overdue. But sure why not. Spawned from “You Don’t Steal My Shit” –
http://grahamwho.com/grahamwrites/2017/07/09/a-little-retribution/