James D. Best

I think I did pretty well, considering I started out with nothing but a bunch of blank paper.-- Steve Martin Writing a book is a adven...

Robert Newton Writing good dialog is hard. It’s especially hard for historical fiction. How did people talk in some long ago period? A...

An article in the  Wall Street Journal  got me thinking. Single-tasking has become a luxury. L. Gordon Crovitz's article is titled “...

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

This is a fun posting on Buzz Feed. Some very good advice, as well.  Before you become too enamored with other authors' perspective on...

Books Eats is a unique blog. It combines literary review with food talk. Two things that belong together. Whenever I travel in tim...

I've been gone for a month, plus I let things slide for a couple weeks before I left for Europe. I just finished looking at my recent sa...

I love to travel, but it's always good to get home again. We attended a wedding in Istanbul, and then spent a few weeks in Spain. We...