James D. Best

Joaquin Phoenix and John C. Reilly This weekend I saw Sisters Brothers . I write westerns, so I’m critical of Hollywood ventures i...

"Author/Blogger James D. Best found me on the web and sent me his novel Leadville: A Steve Dancy Tale (2nd in a series) to review! I h...

Blade Runner 1982 versus Blade Runner 2049 IMDB users rate Blade Runner 2049 at 8.2 out of 10. Pretty heady rating for IMDB...

I had a pleasant surprise today when I received notice of a new book review for the Steve Dancy Tales. Diane Scearce at Examiner.com revie...

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...

Robert Peecher, author and journalist, has published an interview with me on his blog. Q. When you started writing did you know St...

I’m making pre-editing revisions to my latest book . I want to share my goals for a final pass-through for any of my books. After I have t...

"This is a compelling narrative and as good as the best of classic Westerns. James D. Best is a name to remember." Read ...

Ron Scheer at Buddies in the Saddle has reviewed The Shopkeeper and published a companion  interview with me. "This is an ...

To start with, I occasionally write for What Would The Founders Think? and the reviewer is a friend. But ... it's a good review, so...

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...

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

I love to travel, but it's always good to get home again. We attended a wedding in Istanbul, and then spent a few weeks in Spain. We...

Martin, at What Would the Founders Think  reviews Principled Action, Lessons from the Origins of the American Republic. (Martin...

"There is no more important time in our present times to learn the how and why of the founding of our great republic. This highly ...

The Shut Mouth Society  by   James D. Best is the kind of book I like best. It starts with a rich collector who has discovered an earl...

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...

In order to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution, we need to understand it. Luckily, there are some great learning tools ...

About a month ago, my wife and I took a road trip with some good friends through many of the Westerns states.  We visited Nevada, Utah, ...

Best does a great job of weaving historic Prescott into the story with accurate depictions of well-known features like Whiskey Row, the ...