Frank's blog

Most Westerns are a snooze-fest. You know the ones. Twenty pages of a guy staring at a cactus. Three chapters dedicated to the "majesty" of a sunset. That’s fine if you want a nap. It’s trash if you want a story. Readers today don’t have time for literary filler. They want pulse-pounding, throat-gripping action. They want characters who bleed and a plot that moves like a bullet train. If you want to read: or write: a novel that people actually finish, you need a different pla