James D. Best

Raymond Chandler Raymond Chandler is one of my favorite authors. I even wanted to buy a house he owned in La Jolla. I wanted to buy i...

Writer’s Digest did a piece titled, “10 Things Shakespeare Can Teach us About Writing Thrillers.” The ten tips actually help with any genr...

In 1944, Raymond Chandler wrote an essay for The Atlantic Monthly titled, "The Simple Art of Murder." It was reprinted in 1950...

Snobs come in every variety At Booktrust, Matt Haig started a cross-pond rhubarb with a post belittling literary snobs. Haig's...

When  The Return  was at the publishers for book design and proofreading, I had a rare opportunity to wander around the internet for no pu...

Raymond Chandler is one of my favorite writers. To this day, he is well known for his novels and screenplays, but many don’t realize he ...

I like to read author biographies and this is a fascinating book about a fascinating author. The first quarter is biographical, and...

Check out this SlideShare Presentation: Another Time, Another Place, Another story Another Time, Another Place, Another story from ...

I will be making a presentation on storytelling at Trilogy Vistancia on April 22, 2010, 6:30-8:00 pm in the Tewa Ball Room. The event i...

Whenever the Oscars come around, I'm reminded of this article written by Raymond Chandler in March of 1948. By the way, in 1948, th...

I asked myself this question as I tried to figure out why the Western genre had been relegated to a couple of obscure shelves in most bookst...