James D. Best

I'm pleased to have been invited to participate in the Kentucky Book Fair. http://kybookfair.org/ The central purpose of the Kentucky Bo...

Do book trailers help people select books? I haven't a clue. Even though I don't know if they provide value for book buyers, I went ...

The Western Writers of America reviewed The Shopkeeper in the August issue of the organization's Roundup Magazine . Best, James D. ...

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-t...

Everybody drives a car. Many fantasize they can race at the NASCAR level, but few daily commuters would actually venture beyond their daydre...

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...

In 2008, USA Today ran an article titled "The good, the bad, and the anti-hero." The lead sentence claimed that, “Heroes are old ...