James D. Best

  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...

Update: In the Land of Men is now available. In previous posts, I mentioned that several times a year I read books about writing , the p...

This weekend, I ran across this cartoon. At one time, everyone predicted the electronic books would supplant  the printed variety . I thi...

Partial Outline for Tempest at Dawn I believe novels are like wine, they need to age in a metaphorical cask for just the right amount...

The digital revolution continues to roil publishing, so here are a few of my recent observations. I suspect at least three of these five ar...

Many people are unaware that Amazon has a program called Matchbook. If the publisher enrolls their books in the program, Amazon purchasers...

Kim McDougall of Castelane, Inc. recently wrote to  ask for permission to re-publish  on the new  Castlelane website   an article I wrote f...

Friday, I signed the final approval forms for The Return, A Steve Dancy Tale . Whew! The Return by James D. Best I wish th...

I returned from my trip to Nebraska to find a publishing contract from Center Point for The Return, A Steve Dancy Tale . They’re a gr...

Orgainc? Now that's embarrassing.  A couple weeks ago, I went through the galley proof for The Return and found over twenty change...

I indie-publish because I like the control and speed. Traditional publishing is far too controlling and works at a glacial pace. I know be...

I’m currently going through the galley proof for The Return, A Steve Dancy Tale . In my supposedly perfect manuscript,  I've  already ...

Hi, I'm looking for a Bible for my mother but I'm not quite sure who the author is Here are three sites that allow us to lau...

Book cover design is an art ...and I am not an artist. At least, not a visual artist. Previously, I posted a mock-up of the book cover for ...

Publishers Weekly has an article that estimates the number of sales required to reach a Top 5 ranking on Amazon. Something doesn’t loo...

Wordpreneur has a regular feature called Peeps. These are short pieces about indie-authors and they were gracious enough to do an arti...

I’m reading a thriller from a big name author. It’s a bestseller published under a Simon & Schuster imprint. Yeah, I found a few typ...

Huffington Post Books published an article titled " Bad Reviews Of Great Authors. "   When you get a bad review of your work, i...

It is the superfluous things for which men sweat. Seneca (c. 5 BC-AD c. 65), Roman writer A friend of mine unintentionally ch...

I'm a compulsive reader. I read everything and I read all the time. I suspect it started when I was in the fifth grade and I spent my...