James D. Best

The Tucson Festival of Books is the largest free book fair in the nation. It's a great adventure, and if you did not attend this year, y...

    On March 14 and 15, on the University of Arizona campus, more than 130,000 readers and over 300 authors will celebrate the written wor...

  A couple Steve Dancy Tales take place in Carson City. I like the town. I like it today and I like historic Carson City. Since statehood, ...

As of this morning, Amazon is offering The Return, A Steve Dancy Tale in print and Kindle formats. The hardcover large print edition i...

A few weeks ago, The Shopkeeper has reached a milestone, so to speak. The novel was reviewed for the 100th time by an Amazon customer. On...

Robert Peecher is a journalist and author of  the Jackson Speed Memoirs . He has posted a blog article about indie-publishing and incl...

At times, friends and relatives can be hard to buy for. Some seem to have everything. Due to age or illness, others may be less mobile t...

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

This is a well-plotted mystery, as well as a terrific Old West story. I found the idea of a stock swindle entertaining, esp...

Mr. Know-it-All (Gary Clothier) is a columnist for the  Star Democrat  in Maryland. Nice answer to a reader's question. At least I lik...

"With all the plot developments the story has a natural fast pace and before I knew it I had reached the end, leaving me wanting to ...

Leadville is now available. This is the second novel in the Steve Dancy series. It took longer than expected, and I want to thank my reade...

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...