James D. Best

Deluge is a disaster story. A real potential disaster is bearing down on the East Coast, and people would be wise to take every preca...

I took a break from social media for about four months. Fatigue, I guess. I wanted to write, enjoy my family, and surf.  The writing and fa...

The 2014 Tucson Festival of Books is over, but thankfully, there will be a TFoB 2015. They expected 240,000 and my guess is that they made t...

I arrived in Arizona last night with my wife. For the next two days, we’ll be staying with friends in their home surrounded by a stunning d...

Sam Elliott is one of my favorite actors. Although he has done outstanding work in Western films, I first became a fan after watching t...

We arrived Friday evening in Omaha. It was late and we were very tired. Eight hundred and sixty miles of driving in a single day tends ...

In a bygone era, milk was delivered fresh to the door in reusable bottles, ice cream trucks p...

I haven't written too many posts lately because I've been busy with some really important stuff. My daughter and her kids have been ...

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...

San Diego San Diego has a lot going for it. It’s a great city with a world-famous zoo, great museums, fun harbor areas, a vibrant d...

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

A few posts ago, I described meeting an old high school friend at his mountain retreat in the Sierras. Mountain Sanctuary When we...

Yesterday, I visited a high school friend I had not seen for at least thirty years. Before diverting north, the trip started through the...

My brother and sister and their spouses spent the week with us in San Diego. We talked, surfed, visited museums, dined out, cooked in, and...

In a previous post I wrote about giving the reader a clear signal that the point of view was about to change. It all depends on how yo...

I just spent a week writing and surfing in San Diego. The writing went well, the surfing not so much. The weather was crappy for three day...

A few days ago, I posted that I was going to Pacific Beach to get in a little surfing. The first day was blown out (windy), but I did have...

My wife has flown to Omaha to do some tasks that have to do with spa colors, soothing music, and aromatherapy.  She’s helping my daughter op...

The difference between reality and imagination is an important distinction for me. Especially since I make my living writing fiction. ...