James D. Best

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...

When people talk about the film industry, they seldom mention Thomas Edison, yet he filmed the first western at his studio in New York Cit...

Now Available for Pre-Order at Amazon Publication Date, September 9, 2019 After marriage, Steve Dancy has quietly settled in ...

Del Monte Hotel, Monterey, California No Peace, A Steve Dancy Tale takes place at the Hotel Del Monte in Monterey, Californ...

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

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

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...

Several book reviews have criticized Steve Dancy as barely better than the bad guys. Seriously? I believe vile villains make a story wo...

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...

JR Sanders posted on  Facebook for  Western Writers of America an io9 article titled “10 Writing ‘Rules’ We Wish More Science Fiction and ...

Previously I wrote a blog posting which questioned whether Western mash-ups worked. I personally dislike mash-ups because they rely too mu...

Yesterday we walked our new house with a contractor. Whew, do we have a lot of work to do. Just about everything we own is in storage await...

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...

Bandits' Roost, Photograph by Jacob Riis, 1887 New York City gangs were notorious. This historic photograph appealed to me becaus...

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

John Wayne was a lucky man. As the leading man in 142 films, he had the honor of working with somewhere near 142 leading ladies. Ink Tank do...

The Lone Ranger has ginned up a lot of controversy. It’s not a homage to the 1950s television series, nor should it be. Reinvigorating t...

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