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"Joe
Wheeler is... James Dobson, Focus on the Family More and more often, readers send their favorite stories to Dr. Wheeler along with this attachment: “This is a Joe Wheeler type of story.” This is because they have discovered that he is unique among story anthologizers in that he maintains that, to him, who wrote a given story means little: It is the emotive power of the story itself that determines which ones make it in and which ones do not. Indeed, for every one that does make it into one of his collections, well over a hundred will not. These all-too-rare stories that touch the heart, that move him so deeply he’s forced to reach for a box of Kleenex®, stories that take him somewhere he’s never been before, that run through the gamut of emotions (from laughter to tears) – these are the precious ones his readers have come to expect of him. Contemporary Authors editors liken Wheeler to an archeologist who sifts through the story strata of the past seeking out timeless story artifacts that have stood the test of time. What joy it brings him to rescue a given author from the very brink of extinction, and listen to that long-stilled voice speak once again. He is passionate about this responsibility, convicted as he is that since children become their favorite stories, what a sacred trust it is to provide concerned parents with stories incorporating values worth internalizing.
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