James D. Best

Kimberly Turner published a piece on Lit Reactor titled, “ 7 Horrifying Ailments Named After Literary Characters .” I believe she missed a ...

Some people are visual. I'm not one of them. But I appreciate good design, even if I'm incapable of drawing a straight line with a r...

Matt Haig posted an article titled “12 Years as a Writer” . It’s a lessons-learned piece. I especially like #11, which reads: “We like ...

Aspiring writers frequently agonize over words, sentences, and paragraphs. They want to get every piece of it right. Because they admire gr...

As a kid I was not a big fan of Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, or The Lone Ranger. Sure, I watched them, but they never had the pull of Jos...

I don’t believe there are only seven basic stories types, or that all stories are about “a man goes on a journey or a stranger comes to tow...

Novel Posters has created posters from the text of famous novels. This one is for The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. It is not only ...

Book cover design is an art ...and I am not an artist. At least, not a visual artist. Previously, I posted a mock-up of the book cover for ...

Don Schimmel Photography There are many ways to preserve our Western Culture. I prefer books, of course. I have no visual or musical...