James D. Best

  “The fascination that the Old West has will never die." John Wayne The mythology of the Old West has been denigrated by the people wh...

Book 2 in the American Exceptionalism Series Maelstrom, A Civil War Novel Ebook, Hardcover, and paperback “I enjoyed this.”  Harold Holzer, ...

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...

Grok Self-Portrait I wasn't a strong proponent of artificial intelligence until I asked Grok about my own work. Now, I'm a fan of AI...

Honest westerns. Full of dishonest characters.   Readers are giving Old Haunts great ratings. After two months, the new Steve Dancy Tale h...

  In a previous post I previewed a number of Old Haunts cover mock-ups. The one I selected wasn't among the initial alternatives. I sel...

Honest westerns. Full of dishonest characters.   Old haunts is now available in hardcover , trade paperback , and Kindle . Get a copy while...

Honest westerns. Full of dishonest characters. As a promotion for the soon to be release of Old Haunts , The Shopkeeper  ebook will be free ...

  Interim Cover Old Haunts, A Steve Dancy Tale has entered the proofreading stage. The new Steve Dancy should be available in 4-6 weeks. Th...

No Peace, A Steve Dancy Tale Available in paperback (6X9 Trade Paperback) and for Kindles. Excerpt “Stay put. You’re not leaving ...

Honest westerns filled with dishonest people. Progress Report The latest Steve Dancy Tale has been returned from my editor and I ha...

Honest Westerns filled with dishonest characters. My beta readers have finished and I've incorporated their suggestions. (Or no...

Honest westerns filled with dishonest characters. My new Steve Dancy book takes place in 1885, three years after Steve and Virginia ...

The Steve Dancy Tales will be featured in a full-page ad in the April edition of True West Magazine . Look for it in your mail box or local...

Jennifer Cody Epstein published, “10 Rules for Rewriting History” at Writer Unboxed .  As a historical writer, I found the article help...

The U.K. based Western Fiction Review has reviewed The Return, A Steve Dancy Tale . It’s a good review that everyone in the world should...

We had a great visit to the Big Apple. Father/daughter cruise around Manhattan, grandson playing a double header on Randall's Island,...

There are no ugly book reviews — only good and bad reviews.  At least that would be true under the axiom that any publicity is good pu...

Steve Dancy has had a rocky romantic life in the first three novels. His mother pushed him to marry a young lady who would enhance the fa...

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