As the editor of the San Francisco based Overland Monthly magazine (founded by Bret Harte), she became an early proponent of Jack London as a writer.

Netta also introduced London to the town of Glen Ellen, where he settled, developed a ranch, and spent his final years.

In April 1865, as the Civil War came to an end, the Wiley family left their rural log cabin, where all the children had been born, to move west.

[2] In 1875 at age 25, Netta married Roscoe L. Eames, 30, of Maine, the business manager of the San Francisco-based magazine Overland Monthly.

[4] Even before her death, Daisey (a minor poet) and saloon owner Captain Willard Kittredge, had been indifferent parents and Netta had already been raising the young girl, even before marrying Roscoe.

[5] Netta home schooled Charmian in subjects including literature, geography, and art, resulting in a well-rounded woman with a genuine love for music and the discipline to train herself to become an accomplished pianist, organist and singer.

[4] Roscoe was frequently absent and involved with other women, but he taught Charmian typing and a special technique of shorthand.

In the late 1890s Charmian, who had worked her way through Mills College in Oakland as a typist and typing instructor, became an assistant to Netta at Overland Monthly.

[6] Through an 1899 lunch with Netta, a 28-year-old Charmian met Jack London, several years her junior, who periodically wrote for Overland Monthly.

Netta taught Charmian to be responsible, with a great deal of intellectual and sexual freedom, but extremely disciplined.

[7] She invited Jack London and his family to visit in 1903, which was his introduction to Glen Ellen, where he would later buy a ranch, build a home, and where he died about 13 years later.

Shortly after their marriage, the new couple took up residence nearby with Netta and Roscoe at Wake Robin, where an annex was built for them.

[6] In her early work, circa 1880s, Netta wrote about Mendocino County, and collaborated with A. O. Carpenter who photographed landscapes to be published with her travel stories.

One of the passengers, Professor Borland, “an authority on geology and archaeology”, had been hired by the California State Mining Bureau “to make a report of this island”.

During the voyage, Netta's uncle, Edward Bruner, recounted his visit to see the Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island in Santa Barbara with his father in 1853 when he was a young boy.

[13] During the 1890s, Netta became an editor of the Overland Monthly where Roscoe worked as the business manager, and her niece Charmian helped out in her spare time by writing reviews and articles.