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"The story begins in the summer of 2000. When asked by a waitress, "Didn't you used to be an actor?" Wil Wheaton realized that he'd become what he'd always feared: "I was a has-been. I 'used to be an actor' when I was a kid!" In the spotlight for nearly his entire childhood, Will starred in the movie Stand By Me at the tender age of 12 and grew up on television as Wesley Crusher on Star Trek: The Next Generation. But after Star Trek, the roles he expected didn't materialize, leaving Will to grapple with the big questions: could he avoid the pitfalls that typically befall a child star, create a real life, and define success on his own terms?" "Just a Geek is the story of how Wil faced down his constant companion, the ghost he calls "Prove To Everyone That Quitting Star Trek Wasn't A Mistake." The key to banishing that ghost turned out to be a weblog, or online journal, that he launched in 2001 at wilwheaton.net On his weblog, Wil shared his real life: the struggles of being a working-class actor, the joys of being married and raising two step-children, and the experience of growing up on the Starship Enterprise. The kid actor was now a writer too, with an audience of nearly a million readers a month." "Not the usual celebrity biography, Just a Geek fleshes out the stories that started on the weblog. Wil takes you with him to auditions, to Star Trek conventions, to his living room, and into the deepest reaches of his soul. Along the way, he realizes he's happy to be...Just a Geek."--BOOK JACKET.
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Actors, Biography, Career in writing, Writing, Motion picture actors and actresses, Actors, biography, Television actors and actresses, Fame, WebmastersPeople
Wil WheatonPlaces
United StatesTimes
the late 1990s, the early 2000sShowing 5 featured editions. View all 5 editions?
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Just a Geek: Unflinchingly honest tales of the search for life, love, and fulfillment beyond the Starship Enterprise
Sep 07, 2009, O'Reilly Media
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Just a geek: unflinchingly honest tales of the search for life, love, and fulfillment beyond the Starship Enterprise
2004, O'Reilly
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Just a Geek: Unflinchingly Honest Tales of the Search for Life, Love, and Fulfillment Beyond the Starship Enterprise
2004, O'Reilly Media, Incorporated
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Just a Geek: Unflinchingly Honest Tales of the Search for Life, Love, and Fulfillment Beyond the Starship Enterprise
2004, O'Reilly Media, Incorporated
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Wil Wheaton comes to terms with his acting career and moves towards writing.
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