James D. Best

The Washington Post has an article on “ The 23 most unforgettable last sentences in fiction .” Many critics and readers focus on th...

Patrick deWitt One of the great things about submitting a book for editing is the sense of freedom to do something other than write. I...

I’m making pre-editing revisions to my latest book . I want to share my goals for a final pass-through for any of my books. After I have t...

To start with, I occasionally write for What Would The Founders Think? and the reviewer is a friend. But ... it's a good review, so...

Elmore Leonard In 2009, The Western Writers of America presented Elmore Leonard with their prestigious Owen Wister Award for lifetim...

In the olden days—like maybe four years ago—Kindle and Nook readers were fairly tolerant of formatting errors. The technology was brand span...

About a month ago, my wife and I took a road trip with some good friends through many of the Westerns states.  We visited Nevada, Utah, ...

In early 1860, Abraham Lincoln was a little known regional politician from Springfield, Illinois. The Republican Party was new, and had...

Here's your starter set. Good Luck! Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary Your book is in here.  Some assembly requi...

Open Range The movie Open Range started me thinking about plot pacing. Westerns films are supposed to be action/adventure, but Open Ran...

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...