But one of those editors remembered Just A Geek. They were just, like, “NOPE.” I think it’s a neat little story, but clearly capital-P Publishing disagrees. Like, it was so rejected, nobody even gave us notes on how to make it better.

My agent shopped it, and it was universally rejected.

About two years ago, I wrote a novel, and got it as close to finished as I could. Literally dozens of people read it, and a lot of them seemed to like it, but I have felt for years that it’s just been forgotten by pretty much everyone. From his times on the Enterprise to his struggles with depression to his starting a family and finding his passion-writing-Wil Wheaton is someone whose life is both a cautionary tale and a story of finding one’s true purpose that should resonate with fans and aspiring artists alike.I wrote a book in 2004 called Just A Geek. The result is an incredibly raw and honest memoir, in which Wil opens up about his life, about falling in love, about coming to grips with his past work, choices, and family, and finding fulfillment in the new phases of his career. In Still Just a Geek, Wil revisits his 2004 collection of blog posts, Just a Geek, filled with insightful and often laugh-out-loud annotated comments, additional later writings, and all new material written for this publication. He still blogs, and now has an enormous following on social media with well over 3 million followers. Yet, much to his surprise, people were reading. Believing himself to have fallen victim to the curse of the child actor, Wil felt relegated to the convention circuit, and didn’t expect many would want to read about his random experiences and personal philosophies.

From starring in Stand by Me to playing Wesley Crusher on Star Trek: The Next Generation to playing himself, in his second (third?) iconic role of Evil Wil Wheaton in The Big Bang Theory, to becoming a social media supernova, Wil Wheaton has charted a career course unlike anyone else, and has emerged as one of the most popular and well respected names in science fiction, fantasy and pop culture.īack in 2001, Wil began blogging on.

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