James D. Best

I like westerns and I like Quentin Tarantino films, so I had high expectation when I rented The Hateful Eight . Bummer. It's not ...

I moved to Omaha last year, so I found this 1877 article from the Omaha Herald interesting. For those who loath TSA, tiny seats,...

Hemingway never published advice for aspiring writers, but he spoke or wrote enough about writing that Larry W. Phillips was able to ...

Characterization is a crucial aspect of fiction. We know this because it's drilled into us at school, in workshops, and in all the how-...

Chuck Jones created 9 Golden rules for the Road Runner cartoons . These famous rules insured that fans received exactly what they exp...

Kurt Vonnegut I'm collecting writing tips from famous author's. You can read them here . In this post, I'm adding Kurt Vo...

Honest westerns filled with dishonest characters. Speed bumps take readers out of the story. The final throes of revising Jenny’...