Wheaton runs his own blog, Wil Wheaton Dot Net.
Between 2001 and late 2004, he operated a message board, known as "The Soapbox" or "Paracosm", as part of the blog site.
Two collections of writings taken from postings to the message board have been published, titled Boxer Shorts (ISBN 1-932461-00-0) and Boxer Shorts Redux (ISBN 1-932461-03-5).
He contributes regularly to the Los Angeles-based Metroblogging site.
In June 2005, he became that month's featured Tech writer for the SuicideGirls Newswire.
He had a monthly column, entitled "Wil Save", in the Dungeons & Dragons-based magazine Dungeon, until May 2005.
From January 2005 to October 2006, he wrote a column for The A.V. Club about early video games, called "Games of Our Lives."
On December 12, 2008, he returned to his role as Geek in Review editor, with his editorials being published every second Wednesday of the month.

In early 2003, he founded the independent publishing company Monolith Press and released a memoir entitled Dancing Barefoot.
Monolith Press was "founded on the idea that publication should not be limited by opportunity."
Most of the entries are extended versions of his blog entries.
Dancing Barefoot sold out three printings in four months.
In winter 2003, Wheaton signed to publisher Tim O'Reilly with a three-book contract.
O'Reilly acquired Dancing Barefoot, and published his extended memoirs, Just a Geek, in summer of 2004.
He has since written about his bitterness regarding how the book was marketed, believing it was pitched as a Star Trek book when he intended it as more of a personal memoir.
Subsequently, in 2007, his next book, The Happiest Days of Our Lives was again published by Monolith Press.

With the release of Sunken Treasure: Wil Wheaton's Hot Cocoa Box Sampler in February 2009, instead of using traditional publishing, Wheaton decided to self-publish using Lulu Publishing, releasing paperback and digital copies, something he has continued to do with all his publications since.
As a chapbook, Sunken Treasure contains several small extracts of various different projects, including two short stories from Ficlets, an ACME comedy sketch, William's Tell and a Criminal Minds production diary.
The production diary was later released as an audiobook.
Later that same year, Wheaton released Memories of the Future: Volume 1, a humorous critique, as well as an account of Wheaton's own experiences with, and memories of, the first thirteen episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Closing up 2009, Wheaton published a special edition of The Happiest Days of Our Lives, which also included an afterword by his son, Ryan.
The Happiest Days of Our Lives and Sunken Treasure were also released on a Creative Commons license.

In 2017, Wheaton wrote the short story "Laina" for the Star Wars anthology From a Certain Point of View.
The book features 40 short stories, each by a different author, to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Star Wars.
Wheaton runs his own blog, Wil Wheaton Dot Net. Between 2001 and late 2004, he operated a message board, known as "The Soapbox" or "Paracosm", as part of the blog site. Two collections of writings taken from postings to the message board have been published, titled Boxer Shorts (ISBN 1-932461-00-0) and Boxer Shorts Redux (ISBN 1-932461-03-5). He contributes regularly to the Los Angeles-based Metroblogging site. In June 2005, he became that month's featured Tech writer for the SuicideGirls Newswire. He had a monthly column, entitled "Wil Save", in the Dungeons & Dragons-based magazine Dungeon, until May 2005. From January 2005 to October 2006, he wrote a column for The A.V. Club about early video games, called "Games of Our Lives." On December 12, 2008, he returned to his role as Geek in Review editor, with his editorials being published every second Wednesday of the month.
In early 2003, he founded the independent publishing company Monolith Press and released a memoir entitled Dancing Barefoot. Monolith Press was "founded on the idea that publication should not be limited by opportunity." Most of the entries are extended versions of his blog entries. Dancing Barefoot sold out three printings in four months. In winter 2003, Wheaton signed to publisher Tim O'Reilly with a three-book contract. O'Reilly acquired Dancing Barefoot, and published his extended memoirs, Just a Geek, in summer of 2004. He has since written about his bitterness regarding how the book was marketed, believing it was pitched as a Star Trek book when he intended it as more of a personal memoir. Subsequently, in 2007, his next book, The Happiest Days of Our Lives was again published by Monolith Press.
With the release of Sunken Treasure: Wil Wheaton's Hot Cocoa Box Sampler in February 2009, instead of using traditional publishing, Wheaton decided to self-publish using Lulu Publishing, releasing paperback and digital copies, something he has continued to do with all his publications since. As a chapbook, Sunken Treasure contains several small extracts of various different projects, including two short stories from Ficlets, an ACME comedy sketch, William's Tell and a Criminal Minds production diary. The production diary was later released as an audiobook. Later that same year, Wheaton released Memories of the Future: Volume 1, a humorous critique, as well as an account of Wheaton's own experiences with, and memories of, the first thirteen episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Closing up 2009, Wheaton published a special edition of The Happiest Days of Our Lives, which also included an afterword by his son, Ryan. The Happiest Days of Our Lives and Sunken Treasure were also released on a Creative Commons license.
In 2017, Wheaton wrote the short story "Laina" for the Star Wars anthology From a Certain Point of View. The book features 40 short stories, each by a different author, to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Star Wars.
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