James D. Best

Center Point will publish a hard bound, large print version of Crossing the Animas , A Steve Dancy Tale . They’re a great group of pe...

Henry Miller, circa 1930 As someone who admires storytelling skills, I’m not a fan of Henry Miller . He wrote stop-and-read-again sente...

Fame is but 70,000 words away Recently I talked with an aspiring writer who felt unsure about her first novel. She asked how I starte...

Kailua Beach and The Mokolua Islands The Jenny's Revenge manuscript arrived back from my editor. I happen to be in Hawaii visiti...

In a Barnes & Noble Book Blog, Stephen King presents 20 writing tips. Most famous writers offer ten or perhaps a dozen tips, bu...

An Editor on the Comstock Lode by Wells Drury Previously, I wrote that Mark Twain is my favorite Western writer . Twain actually ...

A relative asked for advice on how to publish a math book he had written. I've included my answers below in the hope it might help ot...

Now, this is fun.

He did. On the evening of February 27, 1860, Lincoln gave a famous speech at Cooper Union. This was a political speech made before New York...

The Cornishman reports that Mounts Bay Academy has banned red markers. Red ink will be replaced with green to protect the self-esteem of ...