James D. Best

The trade paperback edition of Crossing the Animas is now available. You can buy it at Amazon here . You might be surprised by the ...

I like westerns and I like Quentin Tarantino films, so I had high expectation when I rented The Hateful Eight . Bummer. It's not ...

The Return, A Steve Dancy Tale is now available in audio. Jim Tedder has done an exceptional job in narrating this fourth book in the St...

Audio is now the fastest growing format for books. Most people walk around with a smart phone, tablet, iPad, or ebook reader, all of wh...

Agatha Christie as a Young Woman Agatha Christie is often listed as the bestselling novelist of all time. If the list is for fiction ...

Whispersync is an Amazon feature that allows you to switch between an ebook version and an audiobook of the same title. It’s a pretty...

The audio version of Murder at Thumb Butte read by Jim Tedder is now available. Tedder is a consummate professional with over 35 years in...

I like  Quentin Tarantino films, especially the Kill Bill  duple. I wasn't over-enthusiastic for Django Unchained (I prefer my  ...

What Would the Founders Think? has reviewed Jenny's Revenge . In the  past, I have been a contributor to this site. Despite our chu...

We're off to San Diego to escape winter in Nebraska. If the body is willing, I also hope to get in a little surfing. Actually, we d...

The Author’s Academy is a subscription website dedicated to teaching “authors how to write, produce, and market their books successfu...

I write historical novels. Most of my books are Westerns, and I strive to properly reflect the lifestyle, technology, and politics of the e...

I carry my Kindle with me almost everywhere I go. Now, instead of fuming at airport security, I read or shop for my next book. If my wife a...

I self-published The Shopkeeper in 2007. It seems like a lifetime ago, but in indie-publishing terms, it was an eon. I stumbled into i...

Yours Truly on an overhead wave.(Who're ya gonna believe, me or yer lyin' eyes.) Writing and surfing and sun and good food and ...

A relative asked for advice on how to publish a math book he had written. I've included my answers below in the hope it might help ot...

My granddaughter catching her first wave Tonight, I head west. At least until I hit the Pacific Ocean. My plan is two weeks of surf, ...

My father is furthest out on the wing. Father’s Day is special. I use the day to remember a father I never knew. He died in WWII in the...

Coming up with a good book title is difficult, at least for me. Ideally, you want the title that will grab a buyer’s attention in three or ...

Everything is working just fine. The grandkids in New York and Omaha are great, our electronic gizmos have not rebelled against...