James D. Best

  Honest westerns. Filled with dishonest characters. This feels like a major milestone, so I guess it must be. In January, The Steve Dancy T...

Nelson DeMille The Barnes and Noble Book Blog published a list of 25 odd, clever, or humorous book dedications . Ever since Cathedral...

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...

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...

The Kindle version of The Shopkeeper has moved to the Number 1 bestselling Western on Amazon for print or eBook formats. The print ver...

What fun!  It’s no wonder that Jim is as popular as he is on Amazon and that readers clamor for him to release his next installment of h...

Dialogue by Doc Ross, Christchurch, New Zealand Dialogue in fiction is not conversation. At least not the kind of conversation we have e...

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...