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Showing posts with label villains. Show all posts

Friday, February 9, 2018

Blade Runner vs. Blade Runner 2049

Blade Runner 1982 versus Blade Runner 2049 IMDB users rate Blade Runner 2049 at 8.2 out of 10. Pretty heady rating for IMDB...

Friday, December 6, 2013

Hero or villain?

Several book reviews have criticized Steve Dancy as barely better than the bad guys. Seriously? I believe vile villains make a story wo...

Friday, September 20, 2013

10 Writing "Rules" Western Authors Should Break

JR Sanders posted on Facebook for Western Writers of America an io9 article titled “10 Writing ‘Rules’ We Wish More Science Fiction and ...

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Characters Matter

Frank. A true black hat villain. Characterization is a crucial aspect of fiction. We know this because it's drilled into us a...

Sunday, January 13, 2013

Django Unchained—Quentin Tarantino’s Does Spaghetti Western

I like Tarantino movies and Westerns, so I expected to love Django Unchained . I only liked it. It wasn’t bad; it just didn’t live up t...

Friday, November 16, 2012

Is Pinterest Good For Anything?

When I get stuck writing, I find myself wandering over to Pinterest. What is it about this site that's so fascinating? First, it'...

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James D. Best: James Best is the author of the bestselling Steve Dancy Tales, an eight-book series. His contemporary thrillers include The Shut Mouth Society, Deluge, and The Templar Reprisals. Tempest at Dawn is a classic novelization of the Constitutional Convention. His latest historical novel is Maelstrom, A Civil War Novel. James has also written several nonfiction books, ghostwritten three books, authored two regular magazine columns, and published numerous journal articles. As a conference speaker, he has made presentations throughout North America and Europe.

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