Hello Fireant...................Like BobBong has said is the best way, hung in a warm, dark, dry area with ventilation is the absolute best way of drying and retaining potency.

I have forced dried small amounts before, by layering a liitle out in a cardboard box and placing the box on top of the transformer that runs my grow lamp, then I gently turned the buds every 6 hours or so. It dried out in 2-3 days and it did I think lose a little potency, but it worked.

However hanging and drying naturally is by far the best way I have found.
How you describe the conditions you have it in now will mould it.

Good luck love.................love mand xxx